# December 08, ISC Meeting ## Agenda: * Holiday Season * Update from Committees * Delivery Assurance Update * Committee Reward Update & Next Step * 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 | No | Director - Operations (Interim) | Y | | Sheldon Hunt | Yes | 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 | No | OSC Chair | Y | | Samuel Leathers | Yes | Product Chair | Y | | Maureen Wepngogn | Yes | MCC Chair | Y | | Megan Hess | Yes | CBC Chair | Y | | Kevin Hammond | Yes | TSC Chair | Y | | Tim Harrison | No | 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 | Yes | 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 | N | | Lara Bonasorte | Yes | Secretary of GMC | | ### Additional Attendees: Thiago Nunes - Observer ## Discussion/Actions ### 1. Committee Updates **Product Committee** Updates were shared on the upcoming Vision, Mission & Strategy submission. Final edits are underway, with a shift to presenting all areas as “pillars” for clarity. Committees provided feedback that the draft requires additional KPIs. Due to time constraints before year-end, the plan is to submit the strategy now and include a note indicating that a comprehensive KPI update will follow in early 2026. Work is ongoing to separate marketing KPIs from technical and ecosystem KPIs to avoid conflicts and ensure feasibility. TSC will review the KPI sets once organized. **Civics Committee** The Governance Health Working Group’s KPI report was approved for publication. The Constitutional Amendment Process Working Group’s requirements document was also approved. The committee discussed the snap election outcome and reached consensus on advancing only the winning candidate (Curia) to restore CC quorum, while keeping the second-place candidate (Christina) prepared as an alternate. The committee evaluated three options before selecting this approach. **Technical Steering Committee (TSC)** The Hard Fork Working Group has reconvened and is aligning with the latest node development progress. Based on current timelines, a mainnet hard fork proposal is unlikely before mid-Q1 2026. A chain-incident working group has formed to support an independent fact-finding process; a neutral chair will be appointed, and a factual report is expected before the holiday break. **Growth & Marketing Committee (GMC)** The GMC finalized its strategic direction: the committee is positioned as a steering body for ecosystem-wide coordination rather than an operational marketing executor. Work continues on defining North-Star KPIs, refreshing objectives quarterly, clarifying scope boundaries, and engaging DReps through a public “problem statement” document. Planning has started for electing a vice chair, and the committee is exploring a vendor working group to improve communication with ecosystem participants. **Membership & Community Committee (MCC)** The MCC outlined workstreams for 2026, including operations and governance participation, member benefits, communications, transparency, and support for hubs. Leads were assigned for each stream, and a weekly execution cadence with community reporting is being established. December will focus on defining communications workflows, with full execution beginning in January. ### 2. Treasury Actions and Constitutional Committee Restoration Updates were provided on several governance actions: * The 70M ADA integration budget withdrawal request is being submitted, pending signatures from CF and IOG. * Timing remains tight due to dependencies on the CC being restored, the NCL extension info action passing, and the budget info action being found constitutional. * Parallel submission of the withdrawal and CC restoration action is intended to maximize available epochs for ratification. * Concerns were raised regarding procedural risk if the CC is not restored promptly; however, members agreed that proceeding now preserves momentum without obligating premature spending. ### 3. Delivery Assurance Update Intersect shared a detailed overview of improvements to treasury administration: * A third-party audit firm (Apperly) has begun evaluating both Intersect’s delivery under its own proposal and the broader treasury-administration framework. * Findings will be made public, with a focus on quality, evidence standards, and opportunities for iterative improvement. * Vendor feedback surveys have been launched; additional communication channels and multilingual formats are in development. * Work is underway to streamline stable-asset processes in collaboration with tooling providers (Assembly, NBX, USDA). * Smart contract upgrades for treasury administration are entering discovery, incorporating feedback from 15 vendors. A full option paper will be presented in January or early February. ### 4. Committee Reward Policy – Implementation Update The first bulk payment is being executed manually. * 53 members have completed all required steps and will receive a test payment of 1 ADA today. * Around 15 members declined rewards and 12 have incomplete steps; these individuals will be contacted again, including in January. * Once automated claiming is implemented in the Member Area, individuals may defer or claim past rewards at any time. * Any unused ADA will be returned to the treasury. ### 6. Any Other Business * Interest in the emerging Business Development Working Group was expressed by multiple participants. * No additional motions or decisions were raised. *** ### Next Steps / Actions * No new formal actions were assigned during this meeting. --- # 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. 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