# May 22, 2025

## Attendees: 

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="217.5234375"></th><th width="162.625"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Name</td><td>Attendance</td><td>Role</td></tr><tr><td><a href="mailto:simo.simovic@intersectmbo.org">Simo Simovic</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>WG Lead/Secretary</td></tr><tr><td>Phil Lewis</td><td>Yes</td><td>ISC Member</td></tr><tr><td>Thiago Nunes</td><td>No</td><td>Interim ISC Member</td></tr><tr><td>Pedro Lucas</td><td>Yes</td><td>OSC Chair, Representing two Enterprise Members</td></tr><tr><td>Nicholas Cerny</td><td>Yes</td><td>Civics Committee Chair</td></tr><tr><td>Vaibhav S</td><td>Yes</td><td>GMC Member</td></tr><tr><td>Naushad Fouze</td><td>Yes</td><td>Product Committee</td></tr><tr><td>Jose Iadicicco</td><td>Yes</td><td>Community Member</td></tr><tr><td>Maureen Wepngong</td><td>Yes</td><td>DRep</td></tr><tr><td>Terence McCutcheon</td><td>Yes</td><td>Intersect</td></tr><tr><td>Tevo Saks</td><td>No</td><td>Community Member</td></tr><tr><td>Nana Safo</td><td>No</td><td>DRep</td></tr></tbody></table>

Recording: [Intersect Governance WG Weekly - 2025/05/22 15:57 CEST - Recording](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qXVuMs95I03MGc6nS5bK5uPnQsEPibeY/view)

Transcript: [Intersect Governance WG Weekly - 2025/05/22 15:57 CEST - Transcript](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wKc9Ph5RmcNY497sfZan76WqYfNLLAnoIAMzABj-4tU/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.drj5vvn54wrj)

## Agenda

* Update from last week
* Voting Members
* Document Review
* Recommendations Discussion

## Decisions/Actions

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="166.25"></th><th></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Discussion Point</td><td>Notes</td><td>Actions: Responsible / Note</td></tr><tr><td>Voting Member Criteria and Quorum</td><td>Discussion on defining who is eligible to be a voting member of the WG, including ideas such as attendance thresholds (e.g., 3 meetings to join, 2 missed to drop off). Agreement to start with a list and adjust if needed.</td><td>Simo: Track attendance and maintain list of voting members; group agreed on a flexible threshold-based approach.</td></tr><tr><td>Recommendation Register &#x26; Problem Framing</td><td>Discussion on improving how issues are entered into the recommendation register, emphasizing clarity in problem statements before discussing solutions.</td><td>All members: Review and revise entries to clearly state problem statements; flag high-priority items for next meeting.</td></tr><tr><td>Election Transparency and Voting Stats</td><td>Debate on the value and risks of live voting stats and dashboards. Pros: improved transparency and campaign adaptation. Cons: strategic voting, potential bias.</td><td>Marine, Gintama: Reframe suggestions as problem statements and update register; Phil: Flag topic for further review next session.</td></tr><tr><td>One-Person-One-Vote Concerns</td><td>Concerns about sybil resistance, especially for board elections. Suggestions included KYC, participation tracking, and merging multiple accounts under one identity.</td><td>Phil: Mark sybil resistance for board election as high priority; Lorenzo, Pedro: Explore options for identifying and merging accounts.</td></tr><tr><td>Technical Barriers to Membership</td><td>Issue raised that wallet-based payments for membership are not functioning consistently. Impacts community participation.</td><td><br></td></tr><tr><td>Meeting Structure and Time Use</td><td>Agreement to structure meetings with focus on problem statements first, and reserve time for solution ideation. Consider asynchronous collaboration or breakout sessions.</td><td><br></td></tr></tbody></table>

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