# The Graph Council #35 Notes

**URL:** <https://forum.thegraph.com/t/the-graph-council-35-notes/3690>\
**Category:** Ecosystem Updates\
**Tags:** council\
**Created:** [October 31, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.thegraph.com/t/the-graph-council-35-notes/3690 "2022-10-31T14:36:03Z")\
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Council members value transparency and have agreed to follow Chatham House Rules for sharing meeting notes. On September 8, 2022, The Graph Council held its 35th meeting.

# Roster

**Council Members (”Members”)**

Alex Bourget  
Jim Cousins  
Yondon Fu  
Mable Jiang  
Justin Moses  
Spencer Noon  
Santiago Palladino  
Brandon Ramirez  
Sebastian Siemssen  
Yaniv Tal

**The Graph Foundation (”Foundation”)**  
Eva Beylin, Director, the Foundation

**Observer and Note Taker**  
Observer: Mark Swiderski, for the Foundation  
Note taker: Chloe Buffalino, for the Foundation

**Council Business**  
The meeting commenced at 8 a.m. PST.

# Meeting

## Governance & GIPs

The council discussed a GIP related to the deployment of The Graph contracts on Arbitrum, and the pros and cons of two potential technical approaches for handling cross-chain rewards. Specific GIPs discussed included:

- **GIP-0031: An Arbitrum GRT Bridge** [https://forum.thegraph.com/t/gip-0031-arbitrum-grt-bridge/3305](https://forum.thegraph.com/t/gip-0031-arbitrum-grt-bridge/3305)
- **GIP-0034: The Graph Arbitrum deployment with rewards distribution using drip mechanism** [https://forum.thegraph.com/t/gip-0034-the-graph-arbitrum-deployment-with-a-new-rewards-issuance-and-distribution-mechanism/3418](https://forum.thegraph.com/t/gip-0034-the-graph-arbitrum-deployment-with-a-new-rewards-issuance-and-distribution-mechanism/3418)
- **GIP-0037: The Graph Arbitrum deployment with linear reward distribution minted on L2** [https://forum.thegraph.com/t/gip-0037-the-graph-arbitrum-deployment-with-linear-rewards-minted-in-l2/3551](https://forum.thegraph.com/t/gip-0037-the-graph-arbitrum-deployment-with-linear-rewards-minted-in-l2/3551)

## Other Matters

The council discussed ideas to improve the experience for subgraph developers with respect to payment of query fees. The council discussed developer concerns about the sunset of the hosted service, and how it would be critical to ensure quality of service on the decentralized network before the transition. A Foundation representative stated that a proposed budget for 2023/2024 would be forthcoming soon.