2025-01-15 Steering Committee Meeting Notes

Attendance

Steering Committee Members Attending and Participating 

• Daniel Bachenheimer, Accenture Global Solutions Limited
• Steve McCown, Anonyome Labs
• Keren Leung, Certizen
• Alex Tweeddale, cheqd
• Steven Milstein, Collab.Ventures
• Scott Perry, Digital Governance Institute
• Eric Drury, Forth.IO
• Wenjing Chu, Futurewei
• Drummond Reed, Gen Digital
• Caryn Van Exel, GS1
• Nicholas Rasz, Keystate Capital
• Neil Thomson, Query Vision
• John Phillips, Sezoo
• Carly Huitema, University of Guelph

Also Participating
• Daniela Barbosa (LFDT Executive Director)
• Michelle Janata (LF PM)
• David Boswell (LF)

Agenda 

• Recording
  • Link
• Presentation (Google Slides)

Call to Order

Drummond Reed called the meeting to order at approx. 14:02 pm PT and announced the meeting would be recorded. There were no objections.

Antitrust Policy Notice

Drummond Reed reminded the Steering Committee of the Antitrust Policy. 

Agenda

Drummond Reed introduced the agenda. No additional topics were added.

Quick recap

The first meeting of the 2025 Steering Committee was held, with introductions and discussions on the new LFX platform, meeting conventions, the Technology Stack working group, and a proposed merger of the ecosystem governance working group. The meeting also covered the progress of the discussion about a new joint participation group involving DIF and CAWG, and the setup of a new joint working group, the Ecosystem and Governance Working Group. Lastly, the potential for a joint participation agreement between the Trust over IP and CAWG community groups was discussed, along with the introduction of the Web of Trust Map project.

Summary

2025 Steering Committee Meeting Overview

Drummond welcomed everyone to the first meeting of the 2025 Steering Committee, noting that 12 out of 15 new nominees were present. He mentioned that the meeting was extended to 90 minutes due to a substantial agenda and a call with interested parties about a new joint participation group involving DIF and CAWG. Drummond also mentioned that Kim Duffy would join the meeting to brief everyone on the progress of the discussion about the new joint participation group. The meeting agenda included introductions, a briefing on the new LFX platform, a proposal for meeting conventions, an update on the Technology stack working group, a proposal for a merger of the ecosystem governance working group, and a presentation on the Web of Trust Map. Kim Duffy was expected to join the meeting after 3 PM to discuss the progress of the discussion about the new joint participation group.

Introductions

In the meeting, Drummond introduced the agenda and the list of attendees. Each attendee briefly introduced themselves, their affiliations, and their roles within the Trust over IP project.

Announcement of the ToIP Steering Committee:

Alex Tweeddale, cheqd

Carly Huitema, University of Guelph

Caryn Van Exel, GS1

Chris Buchanan, MITRE

Drummond Reed, Gen

Eric Drury, Forth.IO

Eva Chan, Certizen

Karla McKenna, GLEIF

Neil Thomson, Query Vision

Nicholas Rasz, Keystate Capital

John Phillips, Sezoo

Scott Perry, Digital Governance Institute

Steve McCown, Anonyome Labs

Steven Milstein, Collab.Ventures

Wenjing Chu, Futurewei

Nomination/Election of Chairs

Drummond proposed the nomination of Scott Perry and Carly Huitema as co-chairs, with Drummond himself as the third chair.

The nominations were accepted, and it was agreed that the co-chairs would help to efficiently manage the project.

Board Meeting Minutes from Previous meetings

Drummond proposed sending out previous board meeting minutes to the new board for review, suggesting this could be done after the meeting. Michelle agreed to this and also updated the group about the email list for the steering committee has been updated with the new Steering members. Wenjing raised an issue about receiving DocuSign emails for new members, which Michelle clarified was due to Wenjing being the approved signer.

Michelle also demonstrated how to use the new dashboard for meetings and clarified the difference between the public calendar and individual calendars. Lastly, Michelle agreed to add Keren to the Steering committee mailing list.

IIW #40 Discount

Drummond announced the IIW discount code and the launch of the Global Acceptance Network. The conversation ended with discussions on the Technology stack Working Group, the need for more members, and the introduction of the newly proposed working group. Carly and Scott were asked to provide a briefing on the new working group.

IIW Discount Code:

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/1104504204809/?discount=TOIP_XL_20

Global Acceptance Network (GAN) pre-Davos announcement:

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/FWcB2R7vSLKR_aV4lMRm-w

ToIP Meeting Name Convention

The technology stack working group and AI metaverse task force meetings discussed standardizing meeting name conventions. Steven Milstein suggests spelling out task force names and using acronyms for broader groups on the calendar for clarity. Wenjing recommends placing the task force name first to improve visibility on mobile devices. Drummond proposes adopting this convention, with Steven updating a shared document listing the standardized names. Michelle will then apply the updated names to the calendar entries going forward. The group agrees to this process.

Ecosystem and Governance Working Group

The group discussed the proposed merger of the Ecosystem Foundry Working Group and the Governance Stack Working Group into a new joint working group, the Ecosystem and Governance Working Group. The new group's scope includes showcasing digital trust utilities, other service providers, and any other state oil. The new working group's charter will be updated, and meetings will be scheduled accordingly. The group will also have the capacity to support smaller working groups with Zoom calls for organization and presentation purposes.

The scope of the Ecosystem and Governance Working Group is twofold:

to facilitate a community of practice among digital trust ecosystem stakeholders, including governed parties, governing parties, implementers, digital trust utilities, service providers, and others.

to define models, tools, guides, and interoperability standards for governance frameworks for digital trust ecosystems, especially those using the Trust over IP stack as described in the Introduction to ToIP paper and the Design Principles for the ToIP Stack paper.

Co-chairs

Carly Huitema

Eric Drury

Scott Perry

Shwetha Rao

Steven Milstein

Be It Resolved: The Steering Committee approves the charter for the new Ecosystem & Governance Working Group and close the Governance Stack WG, the Ecosystem Foundry WG, and Utility Foundry WG.

The motion to approve the merger was passed with no objections.

CAI and CAWG Initiative Discussed

Drummond and Kim had a brief conversation about a joint participation proposal, with Kim needing to drop but promising to catch up later. The meeting then shifted to discuss the Content, Authenticity, and Integrity (CAI) initiative, with Scott explaining the difference between the CAI and the Creator Assertions (CAWG) work. Scott detailed that the CAI focuses on creating metadata cryptographically bound to digital objects, while the CAWG focuses on individual identity contributions to digital objects. Scott also mentioned that the CAI specification is set to become an ISO standard by the end of the year, and the CAWG is being considered for a similar standardization process.

Joint Participation Agreement and Web of Trust

Drummond discussed the potential for a joint participation agreement between the Trust over IP and CAWG community groups. He mentioned that this was being considered as a formal home for the next stage of CAWG. Drummond introduced the Web of Trust Map project, which is being developed by Key State Capital and is expected to launch sometime in the spring. However, due to the absence of Nico Raz, who is leading the project, the team decided to table the discussion until the next meeting. The team also discussed the need for a communications plan for the next meeting.

Next Meeting:

February 19, 2025

14:00 PDT / 17:00 EST / 21:00 UTC

Adjournment

At approximately 15:32 PT, Drummond Reed adjourned the meeting.

Action Items from this meeting:

• Michelle/Jory to update the membership agreement with the new Ecosystem and Governance Working Group charter
• Drummond to send out the IW discount code to the all-members mailing list
• Michelle to send out previous meeting minutes to the steering committee for review
• Carly and Scott to work with Michelle on scheduling the new Ecosystem and Governance Working Group meetings
• Michelle to set up a new mailing list for the Technology Stack Working Group 3
• Drummond to send out instructions for joining the new Technology Stack Working Group mailing list
• Carly to send Michelle details for setting up private Chair meetings
• Steven Milstein to update the meeting naming convention document and send to Michelle
• Michelle to apply the new meeting naming convention to calendar entries
• Drummond to reach out to Daniela regarding an introduction related to the joint participation project
• Drummond to reply to Nico regarding the Web of Trust Map proposal, requesting his presence at the next meeting
• Co-chairs to develop an agenda item for the communications plan for the next meeting