# 20th February 2025

The session was run in the related [miro board](https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVKro_lxs=/). 

📽️ The meeting recording can be found [here](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oCzazCqfDyaQJwHsH02RRS0e6ZQlvoXQ/view?usp=sharing).

## Participants

<table><thead><tr><th width="202">Position</th><th width="194">POC</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Secretary</td><td>Lorenzo Bruno</td></tr><tr><td>Chair</td><td>Samuel Leathers</td></tr><tr><td>Vice-chair</td><td>Kyle Solomon</td></tr><tr><td>Voting seat</td><td>Juan Sierra</td></tr><tr><td>Voting seat</td><td>Alexandre Maaza</td></tr><tr><td>Voting seats</td><td>Zachary Soesbee</td></tr><tr><td>Voting seat</td><td>James Meidinger</td></tr><tr><td>Voting seat</td><td>Naushad Fouze </td></tr><tr><td>SME</td><td>Fergie Miller</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Absentees

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## Agenda

* Review actions from the previous meeting
  * update on budget socialization process
  * approve change to budget for vision creation
  * approve name change inside academic research to foundational research and foundational innovation
* 2030 vision process
* Topic: Strengthening Contributor Retention & Security in Cardano - from Juan Sierra ([presentation](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1CB_okE7MIc5Sz5i8eO2wp3_xP-ULbqQ8SYefyHTsBjo/edit?usp=sharing))

## Updates

* The voting seats approved to reduce the vision creation sub-bucket from $200k to $75k, allocating $50k towards retroactive reimbursement of anyone that wants to run an in-person local workshop (if the budget gets approved) and $25k to support the overall facilitation of the process, including committee members supporting local dedicated workshops. This is also to have a stronger focus on in-person workshops to collect regional insights, both about broader Cardano evolution depending on the regional perspective and about regional use cases and opportunities for Cardano.
* The voting seats approve changing the names of the Academic research sub-bucket categories from 'Academic research' and 'Academic innovation' to 'Foundational research' and 'Foundational innovation', to reduce name duplication.

## Outcomes & Recommendations

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