😆(01/22/2026) Meeting Minutes

Attendees:

Name	Attendance	Role	Voting Seat (Y/N)	Term
Georg Link	Yes	Chair	Y	April 2026
Udai Solanki	Yes	Vice Chair	Y	October 2026
Terence ‘Tex’ McCutcheon	Yes	Secretary	N	N/A
Christian Taylor	Yes	SME	N	N/A
Bernard Sibanda	No	Member	Y	October 2026
Jordan Hill	Yes	Member	Y	October 2026
Philip DiSarro	No	Member	Y	April 2026
Sebastian Pabon	Yes	Member	Y	October 2026
Reshma Mohan	Yes	Member	Y	October 2026
Empty Seat	No	Member	Y	April 2026
Empty Seat	No	Member	Y	April 2026
Empty Seat	No	Member	Y	April 2026

Community/Other Attendees

• Hammad Ali

• Harun Mwangi

• Lloyd Duhon

• Uche Obasi

• Vinay Devabhakthuni

• Vinit Inamke

• Wilco van de Burgwal

Recording: Open Source Committee (Intersect) - 2026/01/22 - Recording

Transcript: Open Source Committee (Intersect) - 2026/01/22 - Transcript

Chat Transcript: Open Source Committee Meeting – 2026/01/22 – Chat Transcript

Intros

Christian: Head of Open Source Office, Intersect, OS SME Tex: Open Source Program Manager, Intersect Staff, Open Source Committee Secretary Bernard: TBD Georg: Bitergia Jordan: TBD Reshma: TBD Sebastian: OSC, Gimbalabs, contributor, Andamio co-founder. Philip: TBD Udai: TBD

Agenda 01.22.26

• MRP Confirm placements

• TSP Approvals

  • Selection Criteria

  • Cicerium

  • MLabs Proposals

• Code for Us

• Events Q1

• Interview Summary Approval (SIM)

• Event Summary Approval

• OSS Minneapolis Sponsorship

• Bug Bounty Payouts (Approvals)

• Q4 DA Report (Async review) 48 hours

Decisions/Actions

Decisions

• Approval of Bug Bounty Payouts: Approved the disbursement of $40,000 from the $300,000 budget for identified vulnerabilities.

• Maintainer Selections: Approved the hiring/placement of Kevin, Joris, Jonathan, Leonard, Quirin, Andre, Darlington, and Suganya for the Maintainer Retainer Program.

• Approval of Milestone Evidence: Formally accepted the interview summary for Mike Hornan and the Cardano Summit after-action reports as proof of milestone completion.

• Travel Policy: Established that event attendance for OSC members costing $3,000 or less is considered automatically approved.

• Developer Advocate (DA) Support: Decided to extend the OSC travel budget to cover Developer Advocates, provided they submit specific requests.

• Inactive Member Removal: Agreed to initiate the removal process for committee members who have been inactive for more than two months.

• Tie-breaking Authority: Confirmed Christian as the tie-breaking vote following the resignations of Elaine and Arnaud.

Actions

• Tooling Sustainability Program (TSP) Review: Members are tasked with reviewing the TSP ‘Selection Criteria’ document on Discord and adding comments before the next meeting.

• Token IQ Event Proposal: Reshma to share detailed documentation and budget for the Token IQ booth in Discord for committee review.

• Q1/Q2 Event Planning: Terence needs to finalize the list of attendees for upcoming events (FOSTM, ETH Denver, Game Developers Conference, Builderfest) by the end of the week.

• DA Travel Submissions: Developer Advocates are requested to submit their travel expectations and estimated costs for the year.

• Q4 DA Report: Committee members to conduct an async review of the Q4 Developer Advocate report.

Topic	Discussion	Notes
Introductions & Logistics	Georg (newly voted Lead) opened the meeting. Members shared names/affiliations in chat to establish quorum.	Terence confirmed quorum (6-7 members present). Georg is visiting Germany; Rashma is in India.
New Meeting Workflow	Georg proposed using ClickUp for the agenda. Important info and motions will be pre-formulated in the task description to allow for faster voting and last-minute discussion.	The committee acknowledged to use this workflow to streamline decision-making.
Bug Bounty Payouts	Discussion on the Bug Bounty budget ($300k total, $40k to be paid out). Georg clarified the OSC provides oversight, while the Security Council determines bug severity.	Approved. (5 Yes, 1 Abstain). Payouts to be dispersed based on Security Council determinations.
Committee Resignations	Terence announced the resignations of Elaine and Arno.	Christian will serve as a tie-breaking vote when required due to the reduced committee size.
Maintainer Retainer Program (MRP)	Approval of selections: Kevin, Joris, Jonathan, Leonard, Kieran, Andre, Darlington, and Suganga for various projects.	Approved. (5 Yes, 1 Abstain). Plutonomicon position remains open with no applications yet.
Tooling Sustainability Program (TSP)	Review of the TSP document. Christian noted that the OSC is currently reviewing applications directly due to low momentum in the Tooling Working Group.	Action: Committee members to review/comment on the document in Discord for approval next meeting.
Cesarium Budget Approval	Lloyd (Guest) requested urgent approval for Cicerium (proposal development tool) to meet budget reconciliation deadlines. Sebastian expressed technical concerns but general support.	Approved. (5 Yes, 1 Abstain).
Interview & Event Evidence	Approval of the interview summary for Mike Hornin and the Cardano Summit after-action report as milestone evidence.	Approved. (5 Yes, 1 Abstain). Sebastian confirmed his summary is in the events folder.
Q1 Event Attendance	Discussion on attending FOSTM, ETH Denver, Game Developers Conference, and Builderfest. Rashma proposed a booth at the Token IQ event in India.	Approved: Events under $3,000 per person are pre-approved. Reshma to share Token IQ details in Discord for async approval.
Developer Advocate (DA) Travel	Discussion on whether the OSC travel budget ($125k) should cover DAs. Uche inquired about the Cardano Africa Tech Summit. Jordan expressed concern about overspending.	Approved: DAs can apply for coverage. DAs are asked to submit travel expectations and booth requirements for Q1.
Open Source Summit Sponsorship	Terence proposed a Gold Level sponsorship ($40k) for the OS Summit in Minneapolis (May). Total cost with travel for 10 people estimated at $50k–$60k.	Committee generally in favor as it utilizes the budget effectively and provides high visibility.
DA Q4 Report	Brief mention of the Q4 DA report, and Code for Us being turned into an Intersect contract.	Action: Members to review and provide comments on these documents in Discord within 48 hours.
Member Removal Process	Georg initiated a process to remove committee members who have been inactive for more than two months.	Approved via verbal consensus. One member is currently affected.