# The Graph Council - Meeting #21 Notes

**URL:** <https://forum.thegraph.com/t/the-graph-council-meeting-21-notes/2913>\
**Category:** Ecosystem Updates\
**Tags:** council\
**Created:** [January 13, 2022, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.thegraph.com/t/the-graph-council-meeting-21-notes/2913 "2022-01-13T22:27:12Z")\
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Council members value transparency and have agreed to follow Chatham House Rules for sharing meeting notes. On Tuesday, January 11, 2022, The Graph Council held its 21st meeting.

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## Roster

**Council Members** _(“Members”)_  
Brandon Ramirez  
Gary Morris  
Jim Cousins  
Justin Moses  
Michael Anderson  
Santiago Palladino  
Sebastian Siemssen  
Spencer Noon  
Yaniv Tal

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

**Observer and Note Taker**  
Observer: Jeremy Sklaroff, Edge & Node Ventures, Inc. (“Edge & Node”)  
Note taker: Oliver Zerhusen, the Foundation

**Council Business**  
The meeting commenced at 11:02 am PST

## Meeting

### Grant Discussions

The Members discussed details of a grant proposal for protocol R&D, network services and ecosystem support. The Members agreed to evaluate various options and levels of engagement for this grant proposal.

The Members reviewed another proposal for a grant expanding the front-end use case for the protocol. One Member highlighted the importance and alignment of the proposal scope to the Graph’s mission. The Members agreed to explore alternate approaches of this proposal.

### Governance & GIPs

One Member provided an update of [GIP-0018: Subgraph ownership transfer](https://forum.thegraph.com/t/gip-0018-subgraph-ownership-transfer/2589). A quality audit following the Council Snapshot vote required a change to the GIP. The Members agreed that a new Snapshot Vote is necessary to be held in response to those updates. The new vote will supersede the initial [GIP-0018 Council Snapshot vote](https://snapshot.org/#/council.graphprotocol.eth/proposal/0xaaa3183b018252e69120be53c696d2c53ab52f455b3be5bb658e4b47d1c71aa1).

### Treasury Budget

One Foundation member provided a summary of the 2021 budget and an outlook for the upcoming two years. One Member emphasized the benefits of creating an overarching technology roadmap with visions that can aspire and align efforts by members across the community.