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05, January 2021  — 11:00 PT, 14:00 ET, 19:00 UTC, 20:00 CET

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Goals

  • Assign action items for next meeting
  • Establish work plan for WG deliverables and workflow guidance
  • Gather agenda suggestions for next meeting

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TimeItemWhoNotes
1 minWelcomeA. Kudra
2 mins

Antitrust Policy Notice

A. Kudra
5 mins

New Introductions

A. Kudra
  • None
2 mins

Review / Approve minutes from last meeting(s) (08-Dec-2020)

A. Kudra
  • Approved via consensus
10 minsAnnouncementsA. Kudra
20 minsUtility Project Status UpdatesUtility Representatives
5 minsTask Force SOSM. Glaude
10 minsDecision PointsA. Kudra
10 minsDiscussion TopicsA. Kudra
10 minsReview Action and Open ItemsA. Kudra
10 mins

Q&A

A. Kudra

Announcement Details

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  •  Bedrock
    • Officially launched LF project focused on membership onboarding campaign to get to 40 members.
  •  IDunion
    • Work is in progress under SSI for Germany (SSI4DE) project, presumably funding of German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs for SSI4DE will continue in 2021 and beyond.
    • Plans underway to create the legal entity via a EU cooperative model, also independently from SSI4DE if needed.
  •  Sovrin
    • Network and Foundation stability now exists for 2021.
  •  Indicio
    • Network Indicio TestNet has been expanded to 6 7 nodes based on user feedback. Formal announcement forthcomingMainNet is at 6 Nodes and when the 7th is added they will make a formal announcement.
    • Indicio is now a public benefits corporation from a legal entity perspective.
    • Contributing nodes will be updated in the associated story once formal announcement is made.

UFWG APAC Interlock

  •  Meeting did not happen due to very few attendees todayof APAC group is on Thursday, Jan-7 2021, 8 am CET
  •  Vinod Panicker confirmed in prep meeting that KOB is planning a Utility, KOB seeking ways to govern Utility without legal entity

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TF NameMissionMembersStatus
UFWG deliverablesDefine and communicate to our UFWG deliverables and process. 

Drafted presentation available here

  •  What are the deliverables of the UFWG? 
  •  Who are the audience for each deliverable?
  •  What is our deliverable process?
Best Practices Task ForceAnalyze Project Interviews, establish list of Best Practices and submit each BP using ToIP Deliverables Process.
  •  (In progress) Drafting framework for evaluating public identity utilities
  •  (In progress) Drafting v1 of three BP documents (based on feedback from interviews with decentralized PIU conveners/providers)
    •  BP0011 - Assessing Sustainability of a PIU
    •  BP0012 - Determining Affordability of a PIU
    •  BP0013 - Assessing Alignment to a PIU
  •  At future point, consider consolidating all best practices into one comprehensive document
Decentralization Task Force

Submit a BP deliverable and a design principle for what it means to be Decentralized. 

Jessica Townsend  (lead) 

  •  What are the key attributes of a Decentralized Utility?
  •  Should we consider / review the W3C DID Decentralization Rubric
    •  Consider their dimensions for evaluation

Lead decided in Oct-27 meeting, added in Nov-10 meeting

Glossary Task ForceGenerate a UFWG Glossary in collaboration with the CTWG.RJ Reiser (lead) Lead added in Oct-27 meeting

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  •  Utility Project List
    •  08-Dec-2020 Decision
    •  Pull Request  #24
      •  Dan Gisolfiheld discussion with Vinod Panicker; PR needs to be updated as it will be rejected in current form.
      •  Decision: Merge rejected; Pending updates.
    •  Pull Request #29
      •  CanaCred story in current form does not answer basic questions
        •  Only 1 convener and no listed sponsors
        •  Is the Utility at Convene Phase?
          •  Who are the Conveners and/or Sponsors?
          •  Why do we need a Utility?
          •  What is unique about the desired Utility?
          •  Who will participate?
          •  What are the common stakeholder motivators?
          •  What are the common stakeholder requirements?
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      •  Decision: Merge approved as it is not for a listing but the first step in getting the story in place. 

Discussion Topics

  •  None

Action items

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  •  Andre Kudra will check with German UFWG community if they can entertain a German ToIP meeting
  •  Horizontal Interop
  •  UFWG Sandbox Utility
    •   The members of the UFWG need to gain experience before writing guidelines and best practices.
    •  Challenge: Create a Sample Utility comprised of 3-5 nodes for testing purposes using the Blockchain Automation Framework (BAF)
    •  Goal: Leverage this research exercise as a way to create BAF artifacts for Hyperledger Indy
    •  Tools: Bootstrapping Node Hosting - Learn BAF
  •  Education Topics