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1, February 2022 — 11:00 PT, 14:00 ET, 19:00 UTC, 20:00 CET

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RECORDING GOES HERE (North America / Europe):

Attendees

Jessica Townsend

Alex Tweeddale Lynn Bendixsen

Andre Kudra Mathieu Glaude Judith Fleenor Drummond Reed

@Liem

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	J. Townsend
2 mins	Antitrust Policy Notice	J. Townsend
10 mins	Announcements	Chairs & All	Handover, new leads/voting At inception goals was to review repository of utilities - 5 networks we covered weekly; documented how networks came about/formed Started on other initiatives to create documentation on what WG was doing (more opportunities to expand) More opportunity on governance related items Decision made by Mathieu and Andre to hand over given time commitments Lynn, Alex and Jessica up for consideration of transitioning leadership to
0 mins	What's Next	A. Tweeddale	Finalize deliverable - Public Identity Utilities for Digital Trust Ecosystems - an Overview New Deliverable Recommendations KERI acting as layer one Architecture and Compliance - deep dive on layer one set up (GDPR/Data) Broader set of Layer 1 utilities, including DeFi, payments for identity How do we work towards interoperability in the space of Layer 1s? Education sessions - which layer ones do we want to feature/learn more about? KERI EBSI LACCHAIN GLEIF cheqd Sidetree and ION Kilt Native Governance chains: Solana/Polkadot/Cosmos/Aleph Zero
0 mins	Updates on Utilities	L. Bendixsen	includes those not in run phase ID Union Bedrock KochiOrgBook - cheqd
0 mins	Deliverable Overview	J. Townsend	Public Identity Utilities for Digital Trust Ecosystems - an Overview
0 mins	Q&A	N/A

Announcements

Go Forward Meeting Cadence

Task Force SOS (Scrum of Scrums)

TF Name	Mission	Members	Status
Utility Project Implementation Guide Task Force	Create the getting started guide for prospective Utility Projects.	Lynn Bendixsen (lead) Dan Gisolfi Dave McKay	*IG0029: Utility Project Guide* A new repo has been created and the TF has issued its first objective. Lynn seeks assistance on repo publishing with Mac. TF is discussing outline and questions to be answered for prospective projects. Draft Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zysi79y5vxNBxhL7yI0M6FAViC_E2VUutUfT5Eac7CA/edit?usp=sharing Initial released version: https://trustoverip.github.io/IG0029-utility-project-guide/
Best Practices Task Force	Analyze Project Interviews, establish list of Best Practices and submit each BP using ToIP Deliverables Process.	Mathieu Glaude (lead) Dan Gisolfi Claudia Grytz Lynn Bendixsen @Sarah Olfert Dave McKay	Drafting framework for evaluating public identity utilities (BP0014) (v2) Drafting v1 of three BP documents (based on feedback from interviews with decentralized PIU conveners/providers)* BP0015 - Assessing Sustainability of a PIU (v1) BP0016 - Determining Affordability of a PIU (v1) BP0017 - 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 Glaude	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 Working docs: Decentralized Network Best Practices and Decentralized Network Design Principles
Glossary Task Force	Generate a UFWG Glossary in collaboration with the CTWG.	RJ Reiser (lead)	Still pending CTWG process. Submissions under review.

Decision Points

~~any decenters appointing co~~ chairs of Alex, Lynn, Jessica? UFWG in support of transition being supported
Official transition in place from Mathieu and Andre to Alex, Lynn and Jessica
- Alex comes from legal background, GDPR and privacy law; currently works with cheqd (involved with Gov Framework development)
- Lynn works for Indicio (Director of Network Ops), prior worked at Sovrin primarily ensuring build and maintaining Sovrin/HL Indy networks
- Jessica works for Accenture focused on Decentralized Identity Credentialing and Certifications for Next Worker/Next Enterprise

Discussion Items

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Open Items

Engagement with TATF
Outreach to KochiOrgBook point of contact to obtain updates given time zone challenges; incorporate into UFWG updates; "Vinod Panicker (iCORE-CRS)" <vinod.panicker@wipro.com>
Cross reference the Public Identity Utilities for Digital Trust Ecosystems document against the ToIP formal best practices and table for Layer 1
Follow up with rj.reiser@liquidavatar.com on Glossary Task Force progress

Low priority items that failed gain volunteers to champion cause.