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# 8th April 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/18ti7IA-yNYcGmoXy6yv2C7SFuGhE5-JH/view?usp=sharing).

## Participants

| Name                 | Role           | Attendance |
| -------------------- | -------------- | ---------- |
| Lorenzo Bruno        | Secretary      | Yes        |
| Samuel Leathers      | Chair          | No         |
| Kyle Solomon         | Vice-Chair     | Yes        |
| Carlos Lopez De Lara | Voting Seat    | Yes        |
| Alexandre Maaza      | Voting Seat    | No         |
| James Meidinger      | Voting Seat    | Yes        |
| Christian Schmitz    | Voting Seat    | No         |
| Tegegne Tefera       | Voting Seat    | Yes        |
| Giorgio Zinetti      | Voting Seat    | No         |
| Tomas Garro          | SME            | Yes        |
| Jess Fields          | SME            | No         |
| Juan Sierra          | SME            | Yes        |
| Federico Weill       | Observer       | Yes        |
| Justin Schreiner     | Observer       | Yes        |
| Kevin Hammond        | Observer (TSC) | Yes        |
| Leandros BSP         | Observer (TSC) | Yes        |
| Thyme Studio         | Observer       | Yes        |
| Yoram Ben-Zvi        | Observer (GMC) | Yes        |

## Agenda

* Review previous actions and updates
* Committee elections 
* Review KPI feedback from the Technical Steering Committee 
* Review product research initiative
* BuilderDAO alignment

## Updates

* **Review previous actions and updates**
  * No discussion for this topic was held.
* **Committee elections**
  * **Election application deadline update**
    * The Secretary reminded the Committee that election applications close on 17 April and that voting is scheduled to begin on 20 April.
  * **Product Committee community session and X Space updates**
    * The Secretary provided an update on upcoming community engagement activities, including a Product Committee session and an X Space for prospective candidates.
  * **Candidate recommendations**
    * The Secretary encouraged members to recommend suitable candidates and noted that three candidates had applied at the time of the meeting.
* **Review KPI feedback from the Technical Steering Committee**
  * **Review proposed core KPIs and adjustments**
    * The Committee reviewed TSC recommendations including protocol revenue, Plutus fees created, chain density and total value locked as proposed core KPIs and discussed their rationale and targets.
  * **Review proposed additional and alternative KPIs**
    * The Committee discussed additional KPI proposals, including measures of business activity, chain reliability, adoption and user-focused metrics, and considered how these could complement existing indicators.
  * **Agree feedback for TSC**
    * The Committee agreed to continue the KPI review within the dedicated Product Committee–TSC working session and provide further comments on the document before final feedback is submitted.
* **Review product research initiative**
  * **Progress update on research knowledge base and question analysis**
    * The Committee reviewed progress on the product research initiative, including creation of a knowledge base, mapping research questions against Strategy 2030, identifying overlaps, and developing a prioritisation framework for future initiatives.
* **BuilderDAO alignment**
  * **Share BuilderDAO progress and approach**
    * The Committee received an overview of BuilderDAO processes, including member onboarding, treasury withdrawal proposals and KPI tracking for funded projects.
  * **Discuss alignment with Product Committee objectives and KPIs**
    * The Committee discussed alignment between BuilderDAO project KPIs and the Product Committee’s ecosystem objectives and agreed that a dedicated future session would be valuable.

## Outcomes & Recommendations

N/A


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