# December 01, ISC Meeting ## Agenda: * Update from Committees * AMM Update & Next Steps * Committee Reward Update & Next Step * Chair Election Policy FYI * AOB & Meeting Close ## Attendees: | Name | Attendance | Role | Voting Seat (Y/N) | | ---------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------------------- | ----------------- | | [Simo Simovic](mailto:simo.simovic@intersectmbo.org) | Yes | Secretary | N | | Jack Briggs | Yes | Interim Executive Director | Y | | Nick Cook | Yes | Director - Operations (Interim) | Y | | Sheldon Hunt | No | Community Member Seat | Y | | Fred Tanaka | Yes | Community Member Seat | Y | | Kristijan Kowalsky | Yes | Community Member Seat | Y | | Jose Miguel de Gamboa | Yes | Community Member Seat | Y | | Elaine Cardenas | Yes | OSC Chair | Y | | Samuel Leathers | No | Product Chair | Y | | Maureen Wepngogn | Yes | MCC Chair | Y | | Megan Hess | Yes | CBC Chair | Y | | Kevin Hammond | Yes | TSC Chair | Y | | Tim Harrison | Yes | GMC Chair | Y | | Nicolas Cerny | No | CCC Chair | Y | | Christian Taylor | Yes | Head of OSO | N | | Lorenzo Bruno | Yes | Secretary of CPC | N | | Bosko Majdanac | Yes | Secretary of TSC | N | | Abhik Nag | No | Secretary of MCC | N | | Lloyd Duhon | Yes | Secretary of Budget Committee | N | | Larisa Mcfarlane | Yes | Secretary of CCC | N | | Terence McCutcheon | Yes | Secretary of OSC & GMC | N | ### Additional Attendees: Thiago Nunes - Observer ## Discussion/Actions #### 1. Committee Updates #### Technical Steering Committee (TSC) TSC reported on the recent mainnet incident and shared that a forensic working group (TSC + Security Council) has produced an initial draft summary of findings. The purpose is fact-finding, not assigning blame, and final recommendations will follow.\ The Hard Fork Working Group is being reactivated, with the first open meeting scheduled for the week. Expected timeline: * Intra-era hard fork → Q1 2026, possibly early Q2 * Next era hard fork (Dystra) → earliest Q4 2026, pending development and community alignment #### Growth & Marketing Committee (GMC) The incoming chair reported that the committee will reset and define 2026 priorities, including: * Supporting the budget process by helping define ecosystem-level KPIs * Improving communications for major technical events (e.g., hard fork) * Strengthening incident-response communication following the recent network partition\ GMC expects to collaborate more closely with Product, TSC, and the Hard Fork Working Group in 2026. #### Other Committees No additional committees provided updates during this meeting. ### 2. Annual Member Meeting (AMM) – Review & Feedback A detailed debrief was shared on the Annual Member Meeting, a global 23-hour virtual event hosted in partnership with Clay. Key points included: * 210–250 viewers on the livestream, with \~50 participants present at any given time in the virtual hub * Sessions and welcome videos from multiple regions (Australia, Japan, China, Vietnam, UK, Sri Lanka, Europe, Latin America, Kenya) * Some strong sessions, including Civics and Latin America community discussions * Technical issues occurred (audio bugs for \~7 hours, avatar issues, unclear navigation cues) ISC members shared constructive feedback: * Need for broader pre-event user testing, including community testers * Improve visibility and diversity of avatars * Strengthen communications during live issues (e.g., where to join sessions, backup streams) * Ensure earlier coordination with committee chairs to prepare videos and contributions * Increase Discord communication cadence, as announcements were not fully up-to-date during the AMM Next steps for AMM follow-up: * Create a full public report summarizing the AMM * Prepare a dedicated feedback form * Maintain the virtual hub year-round and improve it ahead of next year ### 3. Annual Member Survey Insights (Initial Findings) Lorenzo shared early analysis of the \~70 survey responses, with a detailed report to follow. Key themes: Individual Member Priorities: * Transparency and clearer communication * Predictability of Intersect and Cardano processes * Easier onboarding and navigation of Intersect * Streamlined processes (“less bureaucracy, more action”) Enterprise Member Priorities: * Roadmap clarity and standards * Predictability for business planning * Clearer communication structures * Access to organizational materials and updates Cross-group takeaways: * Need for improved coordination across committees/working groups * Clearer membership value proposition * Better signposting in the Knowledge Base * Desire for an accessible org chart (staff + committee structure) * Discussion around potential DR Delegates forum for improved engagement (to be considered by Civics Committee) ### 4. Committee Reward Policy – Implementation Update ISC was updated on manual implementation of the initial bulk reward payments (July–November): * Members were emailed instructions for wallet submission, KYC, and tax form completion * Test transactions targeted for 8 December * Full bulk payment planned for 15 December, before Intersect’s holiday shutdown * From January onward, members will claim monthly rewards directly through the new Member Dashboard, with automated tax-form collection once per year ISC members noted concerns about emails appearing like phishing; chairs were asked to reassure committee members. ### 5. Chair Election Policy & Committee Term Review The Governance Working Group is reviewing: * Standardizing chair/vice-chair election processes across committees * Considering whether to move from 6-month terms to 2-year terms, depending on community sentiment * Ensuring processes reflect differences across committees Chairs were encouraged to join Thursday’s working group meeting for input. ### 6. Other Business * Suggestion was made to create a long-term ISC agenda / multi-month work plan for better visibility. * ISC agreed this will be developed. * A meeting link for the governance working group was shared. *** ## Next Steps & Actions * ISC → Develop long-term agenda/work plan for upcoming months. --- # 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://steeringcommittee.docs.intersectmbo.org/committee-meeting-notes/2025-meeting-notes/december-01-isc-meeting.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.