Overview
Intersect Governance Documentation is an official knowledge base resource maintained by Intersect, the member-based organization that coordinates governance, technical development, and treasury processes for the Cardano blockchain. Hosted on GitBook, this documentation explains how Intersect itself is governed — covering board composition, committee structure, elections, professional staff, and the decision-making workflow that turns member proposals into actionable outcomes1.
Intersect was incorporated in Wyoming as a mutual benefit nonprofit in 2023 and operates on a one-member-one-vote model2. The organization serves as the sole Administrator of Cardano Development Holdings, managing legal agreements, on-chain smart contracts, and disbursements for approved proposals. This governance documentation provides the canonical reference for understanding how those internal structures function and how members participate in shaping organizational direction.
Key Features
- Board composition and elections. Documents the governing board of seven members, including four seats elected by the membership through annual elections1.
- Committee structure. Covers eight standing committees — including Technical Steering, Budget, Civics, and Open Source — each with member-elected seats filled through biannual elections3.
- Decision-making process. Explains the structured workflow from member proposals through working groups, committees, and the Board to implementation, with impact-level-based escalation4.
- Working group framework. Describes how any member can create a working group for hands-on collaboration, with the potential for promotion to formal committee status2.
- Professional staff organization. Outlines the interim leadership and operational team responsible for executing Board-approved decisions and supporting committee activities5.
What to Expect
The Intersect Governance Documentation is organized within the broader Intersect Knowledge Base, which spans membership information, governance facilitation services, budget processes, and committee-specific documentation hosted across multiple subdomains. The governance section itself is concise and reference-oriented, covering board structure, election history, and organizational charts.
Navigation follows the standard GitBook layout with a persistent sidebar linking related pages. Committee-specific documentation is distributed across dedicated subdomains — such as board.docs, committees.docs, and budgetcommittee.docs — each maintained by the relevant committee. This distributed structure means that deeper information on a specific committee's activities requires navigating to its own subdomain rather than staying within the main Knowledge Base.
Readers looking for Cardano's on-chain governance mechanisms — such as DRep voting, Constitutional Committee operations, or treasury withdrawals — should note that this resource focuses specifically on Intersect's internal organizational governance rather than the Cardano protocol's governance layer. Related pages within the Knowledge Base address Cardano-level governance facilitation separately.
The documentation is actively maintained, with pages updated as the organization evolves through election cycles and structural changes. Board meeting minutes are published on a dedicated subdomain, and the membership portal at members.intersectmbo.org provides direct access to registration and voting. Members looking to get involved can explore committee descriptions, review the decision-making process, and find contact information for the Board directly within the governance pages.
