# (10/31/2024) Meeting Minutes {% hint style="info" %} The October 17th Meeting was held privately to finalize OSC Budget for Internal Review. {% endhint %} ## Attendees: * Christian Taylor (OSO Rep) [Christian Taylor](mailto:christian.taylor@intersectmbo.org) * Sandip Pandey * Terence McCutcheon [Terence McCutcheon](mailto:terence.mccutcheon@intersectmbo.org) * Alex Seregin * Adam Dean * Diane Mueller * Seomon Register * Johnathan Kelly * Pedro Lucas * Samuel Leathers * Sebastian Pabon **Recording:** [Open Source Committee (Intersect) – 2024/10/31 07:52 CDT – Recording](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qHxHpvVh0Pxc9SLSyFZWZyRAONq4zYmd/view?usp=sharing) **Transcript:** [Open Source Committee (Intersect) – 2024/10/31 07:52 CDT – Transcript](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZAeTv31g-uL2qkAKQCX4pVJXsdxKX8GUIjxAxDKAcCQ/edit?usp=sharing) **Chat Transcript:** [Open Source Committee (Intersect) – 2024/10/31 07:52 CDT – Chat](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TJUeu4yvX8KM973jZCmOXDsnQtSUtvGk/view?usp=sharing) ## 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:** TBD **Nicolas:** TBD **Robin:** TBD ## Agenda 10.31.24 * Review Current Priorities/Tasking of OSC * OSC Candidates Onboarding * Open Forum **Decision: OSC Approved Budget Proposal Request 3.2M USD** | Discussion Point | Notes | Actions: Responsible / Note | | ---------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Welcome & Agenda Overview | Terence opened the meeting, covering the agenda with a focus on onboarding, chair selection, and reviewing pipeline documents. | Members to drop in affiliations and conflict of interest. | | Chair Selection | Discussed appointing a chair and co-chair during this meeting, aiming for a resolution in a week if asynchronous participation is needed. | Interim chair appointed (Sandip) until elections are finalized asynchronously. Election to conclude by next meeting. | | Committee Structure & Roles | Detailed committee roles and responsibilities, including meeting attendance and working group leadership. Discussed potential co-chair rotation every six months. | Update committee roles to reflect Adam’s suggestion to clarify voting seats as “seats” and not “chairs.” | | Mission & Vision | Reviewed open source mission statement and its alignment with Cardano’s governance. | Open GitBook page for member review. | | Open Source Strategy & Goals | Reviewed the committee’s strategy pillars focusing on community engagement, governance, and technical sustainability. Discussed the 2024 achievements and areas for improvement. |

Incorporate top strategy goals into the charter. Gather feedback on additional pillars.


| | Community Feedback | Need to revisit community feedback in the future to ensure alignment. Past feedback survey summarized and available in open source documents. |

Schedule for another feedback cycle and update survey by mid-2025.


| | Maturity Survey | Reviewed results from the 2024 open source maturity survey and objectives for 2025, noting a passing but low maturity score of 59.5. | Expand participation in the next maturity survey to gain a larger sample size. | | Budget & Funding | Outlined 2024-2025 budget structure with a 90/10 split, allocating 10% to the open source committee. Funding covers maintainers and projects. | Finalize open source budget documents and prepare draft budget review for next committee meeting. | | Project Lifecycle & Workflow | Presentation on the project support services workflow. Discussed onboarding, project incubation, and lifecycle phases. |

Finalize acceptance criteria for project onboarding.


| | Chair Nomination Process | Process for chair nomination and election discussed; agreed to proceed with a two-week asynchronous nomination period. | Initiate nomination in both Slack and Discord; finalize vote in the next meeting. | | Legal Considerations | Discussed implications of geopolitical conflicts on participation eligibility, especially in light of recent Linux Foundation actions regarding Russian maintainers. |

Coordinate with legal for clarity on maintainers’ eligibility requirements.


| | Meeting Cadence | Proposed bi-weekly meetings with flexibility for additional meetings as needed. | Set an ad-hoc meeting for next week, then revert to bi-weekly cadence. | | Communication Channels | Outlined committee’s use of Slack and Discord for meeting notifications and member engagement. |

Ensure all members are notified of meetings in both Slack and Discord.


| | Charter Update | Reviewed charter structure, roles, responsibilities, and goals for the committee’s updated remit. |

Draft and share updated charter for feedback.


| | Community Participation | Encouraged members to engage in future community feedback and open source documentation efforts. | Share contribution ladder and incubation program draft for committee feedback. | | Closing Remarks | Reminder of next week’s ad-hoc meeting and bi-weekly cadence afterward. | Schedule next meeting and notify members. | --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://opensourcecommittee.docs.intersectmbo.org/osc-meeting-minutes/open-source-committee-meeting-minutes/2024-meeting-minutes/10-31-2024-meeting-minutes.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.