2025-03-19 Steering Committee Meeting Notes

Attendance

Steering Committee Members Attending and Participating 

• Steve McCown, Anonyome Labs, Inc.

• Steven Milstein, Collab Ventures

• Scott Perry, Digital Governance Institute

• Eric Drury, Forth.IO

• Wenjing Chu, Futurewei

• Drummond Reed, Gen Digital

• Karla McKenna, GLobal Legal Entity Indentifier Foundation

• Nicholas Rasz, Keystate Capital

• Neil Thomson, Query Vision

• John Phillips, Sezoo

• Carly Huitema, University of Guelph

Also Participating

• Makki Elfaith (Hkdolts)

• Cole Davis (Steamroller Systems, Inc.)

• Recording Link https://zoom.us/rec/play/4A0vPRJglyCPF0tCuz1sSx6bSP52HGFmW_qBPxCHCLsUIspfz44OScYW2knhqPbEj0iQeahR76X-n6ff.gutsk8iRAZ7CwGva?accessLevel=meeting&canPlayFromShare=true&from=share_recording_detail&continueMode=true&componentName=rec-play&originRequestUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fzoom.us%2Frec%2Fshare%2F_K_q5MXAoDbQk5Iyd123Bw7cSbA9F9LEH_gvRKUS9j-3eWx4ia_emR1QbCGjAM83.qr5kjogeySqBcp9W 

Call to Order

Drummond Reed called the meeting to order 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.

1. Update from Michelle on any LFX logistics or LFDT news

2.  

   1. New member: David Austin, Intrusion.com

   2. ACTION: Scott to reach to David

3. Update on Joint Participation Agreement with DIF — Drummond & Scott

4.  

   1. Creator Assertions Working Group (CAWG) Charter

   2. Creator Assertions Working Group (CAWG) Operating Addendum

   3. No new ToIP members joined the kickoff meeting last week — we expected more interest.

   4. Karla has a meeting set up with Eric Scouten before IIW — GLEIF may be interested in joining CAWG

   5. ACTION: Invite both CAWG and the DIF DID Methods WG to present to the Ecosystem & Governance WG

   6. ACTION: Plan for a ToIP Activity Showcase / Webinar Deep Dive this summer that can show off the work of all the WGs — potentially for our 5th Anniversary celebration in late May or early June

   7.  

      1. Suggestion to form a task force to help pick a day and start planning for it.

      2. Could be anytime later this year

      3. Could be before the fall IIW

      4. ACTION: Carly to start a Slack channel for planning

5. Update on potential LF Internal Decentralized Identity & Trust project — Drummond & Wenjing

6. ToIP Business Plan Positioning and SWOT Analysis Discussion

7.  

   1. Proposed in the 2025-02-19 meeting.

   2. Possible topic: do we need to reconstitute a Communications Committee?

Next Meeting:

April 16, 2025

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

Adjournment

At approximately 15:54 PT, Drummond Reed adjourned the meeting.