2021-01-19 Meeting Page

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

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RECORDING (North America / Europe)

Attendees

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	None
2 mins	Review / Approve minutes from last meeting(s) (05-Jan-2021)	A. Kudra	Approved via consensus
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
- ToIP Deliverables Portal
- Saturn V TIP
- Sovrin Ledger Instrumentation and Monitoring Dashboard should be considered as a Best practice.
- Indy DID Method Draft addresses new advancements in Key Mgmt and Ledger Discovery

Utility Projects

Bedrock
- Officially launched LF project focused on membership onboarding campaign to get to 40 members.
- GFWG members decide standup dev env.
- Spawned the start of the TSC
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 next 3yrs.
- Plans underway to create the legal entity via a EU cooperative model, also independently from SSI4DE if needed.
Sovrin
- .Working on separation of Token.
- SSI Metrics Dashboard was announced.
Indicio
- Indicio TestNet has been expanded to 7 nodes based on user feedback.
- DemoNet is also in process.
- Working on governance and fees a priori of formal announcement.

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.	mathieu (lead) Dan Gisolfi Andre Kudra	Drafted presentation available here What are the deliverables of the UFWG? Who are the audience for each deliverable? What is our deliverable process?
Utility Project Implementation Guide Task Force	Create the getting started guide for prospective Utility Projects.	Lynn Gray Bendixsen (lead)	*IG0029: Utility Project Guide* A new repo has been created and the TF has been issued its first objective. TF is discussing outline and questions to be answered for prospective projects.
Best Practices Task Force	Analyze Project Interviews, establish list of Best Practices and submit each BP using ToIP Deliverables Process.	mathieu (lead) Dan Gisolfi Claudia Grytz Lynn Gray Bendixsen @Sarah Olfert	DRAFT COMPLETEDrafting 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 Backlog Dashboard Health / Network Monitoring (Example) At future point, consider consolidating all best practices into one comprehensive document SUGGESTION: Interlocking with Saturn-V TF as a first use*r of these Best Practices.
Decentralization Task Force	Submit a BP deliverable and a design principle for what it means to be Decentralized.	Jessica Townsend (lead) Dan Gisolfi mathieu	DP0005: Decentralization by Design What are the key attributes of a Decentralized Utility? Should we consider / review the W3C DID Decentralization Rubric Consider their dimensions for evaluation Spectrum of Decentralization
Glossary Task Force	Generate a UFWG Glossary in collaboration with the CTWG.	RJ Reiser (lead)	Still pending CTWG process.

Decision Points

Utility Project List
- Pull Request #24
  - Decision: Close PR; Request resubmission when more appropriate.

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