2021-01-20 All Members Meeting Notes

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Remarks from John Jordan

• 2021 is an important year for Trust over IP, and for all global actors trying to establish real trust online.
• We are well positioned to help bring key pieces together for this change to occur, and also bring people who may not currently be included in this process to our community.
• Our aim should be to align the things we all do in the world already with the rules that govern how credentials will be used in the digital realm.
• Our focus needs to remain on our priority deliverables that allow us to send clear signals to the market (e.g. technical specifications).
• Members will all benefit from contributing to, ad being part of, this foundational work.

Priorities - ToIP in 2021

• David Luchuk invited members to share thoughts on priorities for the coming year.
• Nicky Hickman observed that 2021 should be about delivering impact for people and organizations that can benefit from the Trust over IP model. Crucial problems for businesses, as demonstrated in the on-going COVID crisis, include understanding the human experience of trust and using trust metrics to drive adoption. She identified the possibility of developing a Net Promoter Score (NPS) for digital trust.
• Karl Kneis emphasized the importance of communications and educational efforts to “convert the unconverted” so that the Trust over IP model and message resonate widely. Many misconceptions exist in the market and need to be corrected.
• Further, he identified the challenge of merging and harmonizing “brownfield” ecosystems with the frameworks being developed for digital trust.
• Drummond Reed discussed a set of inter-connected priorities identified by the Steering Committee, and observed that the Big 5 deliverables for Trust over IP had not yet been completed and released.
• The focus of our efforts needs to be on converting initial fundamental elements that triggered the reaction of the Foundation into these 5 distinct products - target: complete by end of Q1.
• Drummond Reed also cited examples of existing or emerging trust ecosystems that are either in development or operational. He emphasized the work of the Ecosystem Foundry WG in supporting the emergence of these kinds of ecosystems.
•  Jim St. Clair recognized the importance of high-profile topics such as work toward a global interoperable health pass as issues that should shape our activities.
• Paul Knowles cited the EU Data Governance Act as a new piece of framing legislation that will affect all emerging ecosystems.
• Karl Kneis invited all members to reach out the Ecosystem Foundry WG to get involved.

Working Group Updates

• Leads for all Trust over Ip Working Groups provided updates on current activities, deliverables and key challenges.
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