2024 November 20 - Technical Oversight Committee Meeting Minutes

[psmulovics]

Zoom Info

• Time: 12pm EST
• Meeting link: https://zoom.us/j/93181085065
• Meeting id: 931 8108 5065
• Call-in: Find your local number https://zoom.us/u/abk6zPS0y5

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Agenda

• Convene & roll call (5mins)
• Display FINOS Antitrust Policy summary slide
• Review Meeting Notices (see above)
• @eddie-knight: Vice chair nomination ( Nominating @psmulovics as Vice Chair #160 )
• @TheJuanAndOnly99: Discuss potential changes to meeting times and approach
• @mindthegab: 2025 planning process, the strategic initiatives framework (10 minutes)
• @karlmoll / @lucaborella89: Hackathon use-case discussions (10 minutes)
• AOB, Q&A & Adjourn (5mins)

Minutes

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Action Items

• @chris-twiner to present in the next meeting on Project Lifecycle goals. looking for another person to support spearheading any related revisions from the TOC perspective. @mindthegab and @opoupeney to provide support aligning with the Governing Board.
• @eminty69 to present in the next meeting on the development of a Liason Kickoff strategy, including topics related to proactive project work and ecosystem-wide communication / organization. Looking for another person to support development of the Kickoff strategy.
• @mindthegab to privately share a preview of the 2025 Strategic Initiatives & Governing Board goals, in preparation for a December presentation from @jgavronsky
• @psmulovics and @awaiken to collaborate with Karl/Luca recarding the Hackathon, then bring a proposal back to the TOC within 3 weeks.

[mindthegab]

@psmulovics @eddie-knight If there's room, I would like to share with the TOC our 2025 planning process, the strategic initiatives framework and how the TOC can help. Let me know if this makes into the agenda (either @jgavronsky is planning for a deeper dive on the early Dec TOC meeting).

[eddie-knight]

I don't see a problem adding this after the hackathon topic, so long as we can keep both presentations to 10 minutes each. We'll also need to keep the housekeeping topics to 10 minutes.

[chris-twiner]

Chris Twiner

[JamieSlome]

Jamie Slome / @Citi

[fgogolli]

Flamur Gogolli / @aws

[eminty69]

Elspeth Minty / RBC CM

[karlmoll]

Karl Moll / FINOS

[DamianReeves]

Damian Reeves/Capital One

[psmulovics]

Peter Smulovics / Morgan Stanley

[psmulovics]

• @eddie-knight - everyone is given the opportunity to question the election of vice chair -> Nominating @psmulovics as Vice Chair #160
• @TheJuanAndOnly99 - longer discussions on timing; suggestion is
  • adjusting the timing to move to weekly alternating to enable Asia -> Meeting Organization Guide / Docs #162
  • biweekly or monthly office hours to enable community to interact with the TOC
• @mindthegab
  • Glad to see the commitment to spend more time on TOC
  • 2025 planning - how to work on the raising the bar for incubation levels, crossing levels, etc, better incentives
  • FINOS plans to involve the TOC more in the board discussions
  • 3-5 years vision, and working back from that
  • Gab to share the information collected regarding the 2025 strategies in preparation for the @jgavronsky December presentation on the TOC
  • Strategic Initiatives Framework worked well for 2024
  • Try to define cluster of projects able to work in alignment (AI, regtech, etc)
  • Introducing @opoupeney as the new co-CTO role with FINOS, to work on developer personas, external outreach, etc, working closely with @robmoffat
• @chris-twiner
  • Project lifecycle process rework suggestion; @eddie-knight suggested to collect notes for the next session; @mindthegab and @opoupeney to help out regarding the governing board there
• @eminty69
  • Liaison Kickoff strategy to be presented on the next TOC mtg
• @karlmoll
  • Asking help on the industry hackathon use cases matching across the FINOS landscape; @psmulovics and @awaiken volunteered to work with @lucaborella89 and @karlmoll to have it done by latest 2nd week of December