Council members value transparency and have agreed to follow Chatham House Rules for sharing meeting notes. On Tuesday, September 7, 2021, The Graph Council held its 13th meeting.
Roster
Council Members (“Members”)
Brandon Ramirez
Jim Cousins
Gary Morris
Michael Anderson
Santiago Palladino
Spencer Noon
Yaniv Tal
Yondon Fu
The Graph Foundation
Eva Beylin, Director, The Graph Foundation (the “Foundation”)
Note Taker
Oliver Zerhusen, the Foundation
Council Business
The meeting commenced at 11:03 am PDT
Meeting
Grant Discussions
The Members spent discussing three different grant opportunities for multi-year terms. One Member requested a review of grants and a breakdown of funding across categories.
User Council Seat
The Members discussed potential options for a User Council Member seat. The Members agreed that the Council would benefit from stronger representation for both subgraph development and consumer experience. The Members agreed on a shortlist of candidates to be interviewed by Members in the coming weeks.
Indexer Support Initiatives
The Members reviewed various ideas for promoting Indexer growth in the network as well as support programs for smaller Indexers. There are various discussions ongoing in the community expressed in different Forum posts.
GIP & Protocol Updates
The Members were made aware that a Council vote for Batch GNS transactions (deploy & signal) will be set up shortly for a vote. The Members discussed the usage of Radicle, the pros and cons communicated by various community members with that platform. One Member discussed the roadmap for using Radicle as features are developed. One Member raised the need to review Delegator and Curator experience feedback expressed in Forum posts in more detail at future Council meetings.
