πŸ˜›(11/14/2024) Meeting Minutes

Attendees:

Name

Role

Voting Seat (Y/N)

P. Lucas

Chair

Y

Adam Dean

Vice Chair

Y

Terence β€˜Tex’ McCutcheon

Secretary

N

Christian Taylor

Member/Seat

Y

Sandip Pandey

Member/Seat

Y

Diane Mueller DNA

Member/Seat

Y

Jonathan Kelly

Member/Seat

Y

Sebastian Pabon

Member/Seat

Y

Moritz Angermann

Member/Seat

Y

Robin BΓΆning

Member/Seat

Y

Nicolas Henin

Member/Seat

Y

Community/Other Attendees

  • Alex Seregin

  • Jingles K

  • Udai Solanki

Recording: Open Source Committee (Intersect) - 2024/11/14 07:57 CST - Recording

Transcript: Open Source Committee (Intersect) - 2024/11/14 07:57 CST - Transcript

Chat Transcript: Open Source Committee Meeting – 2024/11/14 – 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

Diane: Diane Mueller, Director Research and Advisor Services, 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: Platform Engineer, IOE

Nicolas: Technical Architect at IOG (Innovation R&D)

Robin: TBD

Agenda 11.14.24

Old Business

  • Finalize Charter Draft

  • Confirm Meeting Cadence EOY

  • Budget Questions/Concerns

  • Budget Approval

  • Legal Restrictions - Developers

New Business

  • Begin Tooling Discussion

  • Contribution Ladder Review

  • Project Incubation - Acceptance Criteria

  • AOB - Any Other Business

Decisions/Actions

  • Decision: Schedule tentative meeting for 12/19 Action: Terence to schedule the Meeting

  • Decision: Create clear pathways for open-source projects to come under Intersect Action: Consensus agreement to focus on this in 2025

  • Decision: Prioritize Charter and other Document review. Action: Committee members to devote time asynchronously to review assigned docs.

Discussion Point

Notes

Actions: Responsible / Note

Quorum and Introductions

- Meeting quorum confirmed; Robin noted leaving early.

- Lucas, recently elected as Chair, welcomed participants.

- Attendees reminded to declare affiliations and conflicts of interest.

Review of Previous Minutes

- Previous minutes made available for asynchronous review.

- No immediate concerns raised.

- Terence to upload and circulate minutes for review.

Charter Draft Finalization

- Reviewed sections on responsibilities, voting policy, and inclusion of open source ecosystem maintenance.

- Debate over the phrasing of committee goals vs. values.

- Consensus to focus on promoting openness and composability rather than specific ecosystem tools.

- Committee members to review Charter asynchronously and provide feedback by Dec 12.

Meeting Cadence

- Proposed meeting on Dec 19, 2024, to finalize pending items.

- Agreement to hold Dec 19 meeting unless all business is resolved by Dec 12.

- Schedule Dec 19 meeting as tentative.

- Confirm final decision by Dec 12 meeting.

Budget Review

- Budget concerns focused on public transparency and how the education and outreach bucket would be administered.

- Possibility of budget moving under MCC.

- Terence to confirm details with MCC and share updates with the committee.

- Plan for a public AMA or call to address budget transparency.

Legal Restrictions Update

- Ongoing discussions about compliance with FATF and Wyoming OFAC standards.

- Legal clarity pending further review of the membership agreement.

- Christian to follow up and report updates once consensus is reached.

Contribution Ladder and Acceptance Criteria

- Explainer videos and documents for contribution ladder and project incubation acceptance criteria shared.

- Discussions centered on defining criteria for project maintainers and funding eligibility.

- Members encouraged to review explainer videos and documents.

- Provide comments and feedback asynchronously.

Partner Chains

- Discussed removal of "partner chains" terminology in the Cardano constitution.

- Agreement to emphasize promoting openness and composability over specific references to partner chains.

- Updates shared regarding Midnight’s roadmap toward open source practices.

- Lucas to draft and share revised language for review.

- Monitor Midnight’s open source progress and provide updates.

Tooling Discussion

- Exploration of managing external projects critical to the ecosystem, such as Lucid.

- Consensus to create clear pathways for external projects to transition to community maintainership and align with open source principles.

- Continue tooling discussions in 2024 for defining pathways and support mechanisms.

Future Planning

- Agreed to prioritize finalizing the charter, contribution ladder, and acceptance criteria by end of year.

- Members to allocate time for review and feedback asynchronously over the next three weeks.

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