# (11/14/2024) Meeting Minutes
## Attendees:
| Name | Role | Voting Seat (Y/N) |
| ------------------------ | ----------- | ----------------- |
| P. Lucas | Chair | Y |
| Adam Dean | Vice Chair | Y |
| Terence ‘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 Böning | 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](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V-pznJYVZPKsyTU-P9kyPU11QCSTqbn1/view?usp=sharing)
**Transcript:** [Open Source Committee (Intersect) - 2024/11/14 07:57 CST - Transcript](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FOJPGBGJFR-IyuXX5wuQfYuUmo_cxVkH0bokbnf5vIk/edit?usp=sharing)
**Chat Transcript:** [Open Source Committee Meeting – 2024/11/14 – Chat Transcript](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Vb7gpfJyeSksKPhe8Aflg4TnFOGlu3OW/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:** 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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