(9/9/24) Meeting Minutes

Sept 9, 2024

Attendees:

• Trym Bruset

• Santiago Carmuega

• Nicholas Clarke

• Benjamin Hart

• Leonard Hegarty

• Hwang Huongket

• Samuel Leathers

• Stefano Leone

• Evangelos Markakis

• Lewis Mayne

• Fergie Miller

• Nori Nishigaya

• Romain Soulat

• Duncan Soutar

Agenda

Discussion Points	Notes/Action Items	Actions: Responsible/None
Introduction & Quorum	Quorum achieved
Approve the Agenda	Agenda reviewed and approved with minor changes over Eystein’s absence
Minutes, Online Votes, & Publishing Updates	Minutes approved
Review 90-day milestone plan - Leonard	Progress on first 30 days of plan discussed Special Interest Groups (SIGs) need more refinement and progress Action needed to get scalability SIG moving forward Initial items for budget approval to be discussed in this meeting	Leonard, Nick and Ben to prepare technical input required for the SIGs.
Proposed Item Review - Duncan	Stefano Leone presented four proposals for Plutus team: Static analyzer, property-based testing tool, Plinth model checker, and transaction monitoring system for discussion Concerns raised about the small scale of the static analyzer proposal Community research highlighted as required for property-based testing tool, Plinth model checker and transaction monitoring system.	Property Based Tool and Plinth model Checker: Romain Soulat and Ben and Nick Clark to opine on Property Based Tool to rate against existing solution. Hwang to invite Marshall Swatt on Plutus Core matters
Review Triage -Leonard	1) Evangelos Markakis discussed proposal for DRep Incentives Decision to put D-Rep incentives on hold until after Voltaire implementation 2) Discussion on Ouroboros Leios simulations and potential work on Mithril Sam Leathers emphasized focus on maintenance and scalability for the coming year Need to break down maintenance into specific topics like scalability and usability	Anti-Grinding: Leonard to reach out to Giorgios Mithril: Leonard & Ben to reach out to Reza
Proposal to lower SIGs communication entry barrier - Eystein	Tabled until Eystein's return
Champions - Sizing and Deliverables - Ben	1) Item sizing discussion Discussion on sizing and prioritization of roadmap items Proposal to normalize sizing based on 1L = 5 person/year of work 2) Budget allocation Debate on allocation of budget between new features, maintenance, and community needs Discussion on how to present maintenance work in the roadmap Proposal to categorize maintenance work into buckets for better oversight Need for detailed presentation of maintenance work to justify budget allocation	Leonard, Ben and Duncan to set up meeting to align on state of items/ budget
New Business	Update on Committee Election Hwang provided update on upcoming committee elections Elections limited to core committees, excluding subcommittees and working groups Decision to have follow-up meetings to refine roadmap items and budget allocation Follow-up meetings will focus on categorizing roadmap items into maintenance and development buckets for clearer budget allocation. Participants will discuss the need for additional details and outlines for each item to ensure comprehensive understanding and planning. The outcome of these meetings will be presented to the Technical Steering Committee for validation and alignment on budget distribution.
Adjournment	N/A