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About this document

• What it is: Summary of Town Hall #5 covering purpose exploration, Harmonica updates, and next steps.
• Who it’s for: Members and new joiners needing quick context.
• How to use: Read this box, skim Key Topics, then act on the checklist in Action Items. </aside>

Meeting Overview

Facilitator: n/a

Format: Virtual town hall meeting

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Raw transcript:

GMT20250924-165925_Recording.transcript.pdf

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Attendees

• Artem Zhiganov (Host, founder of Harmonica, based in Serbia)
• Matthew Bellringer (Returning member, recovering from COVID, based in the UK)
• Megan Ducote (Product designer, based in Texas)
• Momcilo (Martin) (Technical background, systems thinker, based in London)
• Chris Lunch (Founder of InsightShare, based in Southwest France)
• Jonathan Hobson (New member, UX researcher with AI literacy background, based in Arizona)

Key Topics Discussed

1. Community Purpose and Direction

The group continued exploring their collective purpose, with ongoing uncertainty about whether to focus on:

• Supporting tool builders and entrepreneurs in the community
• Directly serving end-user communities who need civic infrastructure tools

Key insight from Artem: There's tension between academic/professional communities (like Metagov) and local communities who lack technical knowledge to use tools like Polis effectively.

2. Harmonica Discussion

Artem explained Harmonica as an open-source collective sense-making tool that: