🙂(01/23/2025) Meeting Minutes

Attendees:

Name	Role	Voting Seat (Y/N)
P. Lucas	Chair	Y
Adam Dean NP	Vice Chair	Y
Terence ‘Tex’ McCutcheon	Secretary	N
Christian Taylor	Member/Seat	Y
Sandip Pandey NP	Member/Seat	Y
Georg Link NP	Member/Seat	Y
Jonathan Kelly	Member/Seat	Y
Sebastian Pabon	Member/Seat	Y
Moritz Angermann NP	Member/Seat	Y
Robin Böning	Member/Seat	Y
Nicolas Henin NP	Member/Seat	Y

Community/Other Attendees

• Abhik Nag

Recording: Open Source Committee (Intersect) - 2025/01/23 07:37 CST - Recording

Transcript: Open Source Committee (Intersect) - 2025/01/23 07:37 CST - Transcript

Chat Transcript: Open Source Committee Meeting – 2025/01/23 – Chat Transcript

Intros

Christian: Head of Open Source Office, Intersect Staff

Tex: Open Source Program Manager, Intersect Staff, Open Source Committee Secretary

Sandip: Dquadrant

Adam: Adam Dean, LLC, Co-Founder, DripDropz, LLC, CIP Editors, Intersect Maintainer

Georg: TBD Bitergia

Lucas: 45B - Cardano Enablement, Onboarding end-users; Supporting cardano Projects;

Sebastian: Gimbalabs contributor, MeshJS contributor, Andamio platform co-founder

Johnny: Non-Custodial Co-Management SysOps Engineer (Tech Janitor) for 3 Mainnet Stake Pools. Cardano Keystone Wallet Ambassador.

Moritz: Head of Platform Engineering, IOE

Nicolas: TBD

Robin: Cardano Cube, LACE stake pool

Agenda 1.23.25

• Old Business

  • Developer Advocate Check-in

  • Contribution Ladder Review/Ratify

  • PI: Acceptance Criteria

• New Business

  • Intersect Steering Update

Decisions/Actions

• Decision: Contribution Ladder Approval for Testing Action: Conduct a-sync vote.

• Decision: Need for a Document Review/Approval Process Action: Committee Members to begin drafting process. .

Discussion Point	Notes	Actions: Responsible / Note
Contribution Ladder	- Reviewed the revised Contribution Ladder document. - Discussed how the ladder applies to individuals across different projects. - Confirmed the ladder is adapted from existing Web2 standards. - Addressed the need for testing and refinement.	- Conduct an asynchronous vote for conditional approval to move to the testing phase. - Test the ladder with Emergo projects and core Cardano teams. - Get TSC review before ratification. - Brief core Cardano teams on mentorship opportunities.
Project Incubation	- Reviewed the Project Incubation document. - Discussed the document's structure and language, including specific word choices and the flow of information. - Addressed the need for clarity and conciseness in the document. - Discussed the application of Cardano vs. Intersect-specific standards.	- Ratify the Project Incubation document (pending minor revisions). - Clarify the document's language and structure based on feedback. - Address comments and suggestions from Alex. - Determine if a link to security practices is necessary.
Document Approval Process	- Discussed the need for a clear and transparent document approval process. - Outlined the stages of the process: document review, approval (conditional or for testing), TSC review, and ratification.	- Jonathan to draft a one-pager outlining the document approval process. - Review and validate the drafted process document.
Intersect Marketing Initiative	- Pedro provided an update on the reorganization of the Intersect Marketing Working Group into a committee. - Discussed the potential influence of Rare Evo in the new committee. - Terence offered to answer further questions outside the meeting. - Pedro encouraged cross-committee collaboration and awareness.	- No specific actions identified.
Open Source in Cardano	- Pedro discussed the idea of creating a landing page or flagship resource to promote open source in Cardano and attract developers from other industries. - Suggested this might align with initiatives like hackathons and bug bounties.	- Pedro to further explore the idea and potentially present a proposal.