19, January 2021 — 11:00 PT, 14:00 ET, 19:00 UTC, 20:00 CET
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RECORDING (North America / Europe)
Attendees
- Dan Gisolfi
- mathieu
- Sarah Olfert
- Claudia Grytz
- Drummond Reed
- @JessicaTownsend
- Lynn Gray Bendixsen
- Cameron Boozarjomehri
Goals
- Assign action items for next meeting
- Establish work plan for WG deliverables and workflow guidance
- Gather agenda suggestions for next meeting
Antitrust Policy
Agenda Items
| Time | Item | Who | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 min | Welcome | A. Kudra | |
| 2 mins | Antitrust Policy Notice | A. Kudra | |
| 5 mins | New Introductions | A. Kudra |
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| 2 mins | Review / Approve minutes from last meeting(s) (05-Jan-2021) | A. Kudra |
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| 10 mins | Announcements | A. Kudra | |
| 20 mins | Utility Project Status Updates | Utility Representatives | |
| 5 mins | Task Force SOS | M. Glaude | |
| 10 mins | Decision Points | A. Kudra | |
| 10 mins | Discussion Topics | A. Kudra | |
| 10 mins | Review Action and Open Items | A. Kudra | |
| 10 mins | Q&A | A. Kudra |
Announcement Details
- Resources
Utility Projects
- 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
- Indicio TestNet has been expanded to 7 nodes based on user feedback. MainNet 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 of 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
Task Force SOS (Scrum of Scrums)
| TF Name | Mission | Members | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| UFWG deliverables | Define and communicate to our UFWG deliverables and process. | Drafted presentation available here
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| Best Practices Task Force | Analyze Project Interviews, establish list of Best Practices and submit each BP using ToIP Deliverables Process. |
SUGGESTION: Interlocking with Saturn-V TF as a first user of these Best Practices. | |
| Decentralization Task Force | Submit a BP deliverable and a design principle for what it means to be Decentralized. |
| |
| Glossary Task Force | Generate a UFWG Glossary in collaboration with the CTWG. | RJ Reiser (lead) | Lead added in Oct-27 meeting |
Decision Points
- Utility Project List
- Pull Request #24
- Decision: Merge rejected; Pending updates.
- Pull Request #24
Discussion Topics
- None
Action items
- Call-for-Projects
- All Layer 1 Project Stories need to be documented in GitHub
- Any new projects? → See Discussion Topics
- Education Topics for Presentations to be Scheduled
- None
- Set Agenda for next meeting
Open Items
Low priority items that failed gain volunteers to champion cause.
- 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