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- Welcome and Linux Foundation antitrust policy (André)
- Introduction of new members
- Richard Esplin—Director of Product at Evernym, very active in Hyperledger Indy, Ursa, Aries
- Cameron Boozarjomehri, Mitre
- Further call for chairs & vice chairs
- Chair volunteers: Dan Gisolfi, André Kudra, others?
- Vice Chair volunteers:
- Cameron Boozarjomehri
- Mathieu Glaude
- Karl mentioned that we want to more broadly socialize this WG to new members
- Drummond confirmed that this is a priority for all the WGs as we have many new members (over 100 total now)
- There was consensus to keep nominations open for one more meeting cycle
- ACTION: André to send an email to the all-members list inviting new members and nominations
- WIP initial work items—leads, updates, working mode, next steps
- Workflow decision tree—Dan Gisolfi as lead (tbc)
- Dan explained that the Steering Committee is working on a description of the standard ToIP work products / deliverables (specs, templates, recommendations, white papers, etc.)
- Dan and team are working on capturing the stages in the lifecycle of a utility project
- He proposes a team that defines the stages in the flow —building on examples of existing or planned projects like Sovrin, Bedrock, etc.
- This will help us collectively define the major elements of a utility project
- Dan invites anyone who wants to pair with him on this work, just ping him on Slack in the #utility-foundry-wg channel (or DM)
- Karl agreed that identifying the stages of a lifecycle is something that also applies to the Ecosystem Foundry WG
- ToIP Utility projects liaison—André Kudra as lead (tbc)
- André reported that he is in contact with the three potential utility projects underway in Germany
- He is encouraging them to join the ToIP Foundation to collaborate to advance their efforts
- Karl asked about what definition we currently have of a ToIP Layer One utility?
- Drummond said that the most "official" definition is the current ToIP stack defintion in Hyperledger Aries RFC 0298.
- Dan pointed out that any ToIP Foundation member could contribute a definition of a term for the ToIP Glossary: https://github.com/trustoverip/concepts-and-terminology-wg/issues/new/choose
- Dan suggested that this work item could involve creating a markdown list of the utility candidates
- Dan is fearful of the ToIP Foundation becoming a "dumping ground" of projects that may not be qualified
- His view is that our list should be utility project who are directly contributing or seeking guidance from this WG about participating
- André explained one example: LISSI (Let's Initiate SSI), formally the German name for "SSI for Germany" — https://lissi.id/
- Associated with the German Ministry for Public Affairs
- Currently in the competition phase
- The next phase will filter it down to 3 projects that will share EU 15M in funding
- He believes it has a very good chance to be a successful ToIP Layer One utility
- Company that is the consortium lead: https://main-incubator.com/
- Also sponsored by a government ministry: https://www.bmwi.de/Navigation/EN/Home/home.html
- André explained a second example is called the "ECO Association" (in German) — https://www.eco.de/
- They have assembled several members who are interested in forming a network
- Want to be fully aligned with ToIP right away
- André has encouraged them to become Contributor Members ASAP
- The third one is GOVDigital — https://www.govdigital.de/
- Driven from the public sector for the public sector
- They are also contributing a little to the ECO Association
- Only public sector orgs will be able to run a node
- Also planning to use Hyperledger Indy
- André shared this link about all the German projects
- Findy (Finnish Indy) — https://www.findy.fi/
- Still recruiting members. Expect to join ToIP as both a utility, and as a group of
Project in Austria — https://meinesichereid.org
- Alastria in Spain
- ACTION: Dan will start creating a file for listing projects and drop it into Slack
- Workflow decision tree—Dan Gisolfi as lead (tbc)
- Selecting/prioritizing further initial work items—preferences, leads, contributors, task force mode — Dan suggests that we tackle these once we have the SC document on ToIP deliverables
- ToIP Utility RFP templates
- ToIP Utility Best Practices documents
- ToIP Utility website and utility directory
- White paper repository & opportunities
- Topics for Future Meetings
- DanG: Utility Project Workflow
- Richard: Presentation on Indy-based utilities and progress of Indy
- Richard: Discussion about the current state of Aries, it's future, and interoperability
- Adding an APAC call time
- André proposes to do this on alternative weeks to the US/EU call
Tuesday, June 09 — 11:00-12:00 PT / 18:00-19:00 UTC
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