# June 23, 2025 ISC Meeting ## Agenda * Committees Update * ISC Actions/Update from last week * Board Election/ Recommendation from the Intersect Governance WG * Committee Funding after TW * 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 | | YUTA | Yes | Community Member Seat | Y | | Phil Lewis | Yes | Community Member Seat | Y | | Sheldon Hunt | No | Community Member Seat | Y | | Fred Tanaka | Yes | Community Member Seat | Y | | Pedro Lucas | Yes | OSC Chair | Y | | Samuel Leathers | No | Product Chair | Y | | Darlington Welsh | Yes | MCC Chair | Y | | Kristijan Kowalsky | Yes | CBC Chair | Y | | Kevin Hammond | Yes | TSC Chair | Y | | Wes Parkison | No | GMC Chair | Y | | Nicolas Cerny | Yes | Interim CCC Chair | Y | | Christian Taylor | No | Head of OSO | N | | Lorenzo Bruno | Yes | Head of Product | N | | Matt Davis | No | Head of Tech Operation | N | | Duncan Soutar | Yes | Secretary of TSC | N | | Lloyd Duhon | Yes | Secretary of Budget Committee | N | | Larisa Mcfarlane | Yes | Secretary of CCC | N | | Terence McCutcheon | No | Secretary of OSC | N | \ Additional Attendees: Kyle Solomon - Observer Thiago Nunes - Observer ## Discussion/Action: ### 1. Committee Updates The meeting opened with updates from the various committees, following a new agenda structure where committee updates are prioritized to facilitate cross-committee collaboration. * Civics Committee is developing OKRs for 2025 through a series of workshops. They launched a dedicated X (Twitter) account and are exploring best practices for content access and hosting Spaces. The committee will define social media access guidelines, emphasizing security and appropriate delegation of responsibilities. * Budget Committee is engaged in: * A cleanup and revision of internal documentation and charters, to be submitted to the board for approval. * A retrospective analysis of the 2025 budget process to inform the 2026 cycle. The committee aims for broad stakeholder engagement through surveys, workshops, and outreach, involving both on-chain actors and off-chain contributors. * Members emphasized the importance of updating only internal process elements, not the broader governance structure. * Technical Steering Committee (TSC) shared updates on several initiatives: * Coordination with the Product and Growth Committees to align remits and priorities. * Plans to broaden the Hydra working group into a Layer 2-focused group. * A proposal to increase Plutus memory limits is underway, pending the constitutionally required three-month notice period. * A potential intra-era hard fork is being evaluated, with discussions to begin in 2–3 months after development matures. * Membership and Community Committee (MCC) is onboarding new members and exploring a credentials working group tied to membership verification and the portal. Further coordination with Intersect support is being planned. * Product Committee is continuing work on the 2030 vision, collecting feedback from founding entities and node teams. A draft vision template has been created to formalize insights. Committee members emphasized that the visioning process is ongoing and iterative. * Open Source Committee (OSC) has launched new developer advocate applications and is refining its maintainer retainer program. A key concern raised was defining the scope and depth of oversight over funded proposals, especially regarding technical assessments. ### 2. ISC Action Items / Update from Last Week * A decision-making framework proposal will be reviewed and discussed in the Governance WG before being brought back to the ISC. * A consultant transition plan has been finalized and will be presented to the board on Thursday. * ISC members were invited to present updates to the board. Two members volunteered and will participate during the dedicated 15-20 minute board session. ### 3. Treasury Withdrawal Execution Planning Updates were shared regarding the readiness to submit 39 individual treasury withdrawal actions: * Smart contract testing on mainnet has been completed. * Metadata templates for each withdrawal are being prepared. * A clarification was provided on the role of "info actions" in the constitution. Although not strictly required, an info action summarizing the withdrawal plan may still be submitted for transparency. * There was alignment that the withdrawals should reference the approved budget action and include validation steps to ensure fund recipients match approved entities. * Submission is tentatively scheduled for epoch 567 (early next week), pending board approval on Wednesday. * A communication plan will be developed and coordinated with the Budget Committee post-board approval. ### 4. Board Election Recommendation from Intersect Governance Working Group * The Governance WG presented a recommendation for the upcoming board election: * Suggests restricting voting to members who have held membership for at least 3 months prior to the election. * Give one or more options for anyone that joined after the cut-off to be verified (ex. Proof of Life, identity verification etc.) * Emphasized risks related to vote-buying and the need for minimal friction to retain voter participation. * The proposal received broad support from ISC members and will be presented to the board on Thursday. ### 5. Deferred Item A discussion on 2025 committee funding after treasury withdrawal was deferred to the next meeting due to time constraints. ### Next Steps / Action Items: * Governance WG to continue refining the decision-making framework. * ISC representatives to participate in Thursday’s board meeting to present key updates and priorities from the respective committee. * \`intersect Governance WG’s election recommendation to be formally reviewed by the board this week. * Committee funding topic to be added to the next ISC agenda. --- # 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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