Civics Committee Minutes 19th March 2026

Attendees

Name	Attendance	Role	Voting Seat (Y/N)	Election Term
Nicolas Cerny	Yes	Chair	Y	April 2026
Larisa Mcfarlane	Yes	Secretary	N	N/A
Thomas Lindseth	Yes	Intersect	N	N/A
Ken-Erik O	Yes	Member	Y	April 2026
Nana Safo	Yes	Member	Y	April 2026
Alex Seregin	No	Member	Y	April 2026
Randy	Yes	Member	Y	April 2026
Dzubang Mermoz	No	Member	Y	April 2026
Ian Hartwell	Yes	Member	Y	October 2026
Megan Dyamond	Yes	Member	Y	October 2026
Musa Ridwan Itopa	Yes	Member	Y	October 2026
Simon Fleck	Yes	Member	Y	October 2026

Sources

CIVICS Committee (Intersect) Meeting - 2026/03/19 12:50 GMT - Notes by Gemini

CIVICS Committee (Intersect) Meeting - 2026/03/19 12:50 GMT - Recording

Agenda Items

• Updates and Housekeeping

• Committee Election Discussion

• Virtual Hub (VH) and X-spaces

• Working Group Updates

• Guest Discussion: Committee Minimum Size

Decisions/Actions

The CIVICS Committee meeting covered updates on partner chain governance and technical hard fork status. Key discussions included finalizing working group deliverables and a significant recommendation to reduce the Constitutional Committee (CC) minimum size from seven to five to enhance governance resilience. Consensus was reached to proceed with this recommendation, while emphasizing a desired actual committee size of seven or more members.

Decisions Made

Constitutional Committee Minimum Size Reduction: Consensus was confirmed to move forward with the recommendation from the Parameter Committee and TSC to reduce the Constitutional Committee (CC) minimum size from 7 to 5. This aims to prevent governance stalling due to a single resignation, with the understanding that the desired actual committee size should remain 7 or more.

CAP Editors' Roles and Guidelines Ratification: The CAP working group finalized CAP editors' roles and guidelines, which have met quorum in favor of ratification and are expected to be ratified next week.

Action Items

NS: Reach out to KO for assistance publishing the educational resources knowledge base on the service kit.

LM: Check with Simo regarding when claimants should expect payment release times.

LM: Add confirmed committee election X space dates and links into documents. Send out calendar invites to individual members for the April 14th space.

KH: Help ensure the requested clarification on Constitutional Committee min size meta text is included in the parameter update.

Parameter Committee: Discuss the optimal timing of the Constitutional Committee min size governance action relative to the Plutus cost model update this evening.

Topic Notes

Topic	Discussion	Notes
1. AS Departure	AS said farewell to the committee, with the committee thanking them for their service.	AS departed.
3. Agenda Review & ISC Update	Agenda included updates, elections, VH, X-spaces, working groups, and CC min size. KO provided ISC update, noting high attendance.	Agenda reviewed. ISC update given.
4. TSC & Hard Fork Status	TSC is working on parameter updates. Awaiting node 10.7 for hard fork status, followed by a new sync version.	Budget/params in progress. Node 10.7 awaited.
5. Product Group & Town Square	Members discussed a partner chains X-space and a successful Town Square meeting. LM noted Town Square as a good experiment.	X-space, Town Square successful.
6. Partner Chains & Governance	Discussion on partner chains X-space. KH suggested effective constitutional governance of partner chains as a group role.	Partner chain governance discussed.
7. Transparency of Governance	LM confirmed Intersect is developing a renewed website section to clarify future governance actions and roadmap for community transparency.	Website to detail governance roadmap.
8. Open Source Office & Next Meeting	KO announced DS will preview Beyond MVG data at the next Civics meeting.	DS to present next.
9. Committee Election X-Space & VH	Confirmed dates for Committee Election X-spaces and VH sessions (March 31, April 7, April 14). Civics members requested for April 2nd and April 14th.	Election X-spaces and VH sessions set. Civics on April 2nd and April 14.
10. CAP Working Group Update	TL reported CAP editors' roles/guidelines finalized, met quorum, and expected ratification. Discussions started on transition from CAPs to governance action.	CAP roles ratified. Process for CAPs.