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Summary:

Excerpt
  • Welcome
  • High level discussion
  • Action items

Date

23 (9am Pacific)

Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/94822372703?pwd=UXp4czc4VGR5N2p0ZFVHNFNOR2I3Zz09



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Attendees                   

Welcome / Introductions

Announcements

Discussion Topics

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Use cases

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Testimonials

  • Google form review
  • Circulate among Indicio/BG gov and actively recruit other well-known folks/companies 
  • See it in action- what people have done with it- pre/production use cases (current, it works, backing...)

Interop event

  • Pick milestone to bring people in, test interop, talk about success
    • Possible milestone to test: AIP2 interop status, DIDComm V2, DID:PEER support, 
    • Ask people what should we target for an event should be

Demos (IIW?) - reach out/highlight those using Aries

  • See it in action- what people have done with it- pre/production use cases (current, it works, backing...)
  • Teaches or demos something that people want to know/do
  • Ex: DIDComm Demo (pull up in browser and see what's actually happening) + code examples
  • Aries Agents: Issue/hold/verify stuff, showing someone 0-verify is right kind of demo. 
    • Complexity: ACA-Py uses controllers for UI, but don't have natively, add interface for multi-tenancy but not designed to be generic interface

Blogs 1xs a Quarter: Audience TPM/Researcher, level above developer, higher level descriptions, So What?

  • What's new with Aries? 
    • Catchup: Give recap of 2023, What's coming up in 2024- turn annual report into a blog By Stephen Curren
    • Why is it valuable that DIDComm V2 is coming to Aries? 
    • What it means for your project
  • Promote DIDComm V2 when it comes
    • For people coming fresh: What does DIDComm V2 mean for Aries?, Lay out essential info for them to make mental leap.
  • OpenID when it comes


Use cases

  • Ongoing list of who is using Aries
    • Community is large
    • Advocate benefits of how it is used
    • Add to community resources
  • Contribute/Collect use cases/self promotion
    • Collect community implementations without being "launched" (not marketing sanctioned) 
      • Document interoperability (profiles)
      • How to promote compatibility 
      • Promote what Aries is and what it does
    • Can be fully promoted implementations as well. 
    • Cross over with Identity implementors WG?

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  • Will only work if we can all talk together using Aries
  • Exchange docs, message, see what works/see what doesn't work etc...
  • What are/not AIPs 

Other Business

Goals for marketing committee:

  • Position Aries in global standards/conversations (re:privacy, VCs etc)
    • More adoption/deployment (awareness of benefits)
    • General concerns/misconceptions- campaigns/dispel myths
      • Blockchain/ledger
      • Crypto
      • Aries supports full stack/many elements, but traditionally solutions/standards/spec should do only one thing - cultural perspective
      • Aries working group call provides central coordination function in promoting common functionality/targets- regular activities to promote common standards
        • Interop profiles
        • Common goals
    • Why Aries is what it is
      • benefits of being full stack
    • Flaws of other standards/stacks/technologies that are being chosen...
    • More reference/used (referenced in global standards)
      • Highlight use of Aries with EU standards
      • Pages, talking points, reference-able
      • Blog/content calendar
      • Federal/government level advisory/lobbying 

Future Topics

  • Review Training and certificationReview new pages (fact check)
  • Long term projects:

    • Animated video/Explainer video
      • Audience: Developers/Business decision makers
      • Purpose: Summary of project
      • Storyboard: Framing "what is Aries"
    • Whitepaper end of 2024
      • Aries overviewWhy being part of Aries benefits your business. Get more back than you give
      • lay of land - in terms of projects use cases
      • Adjacent technologies/architectures that are benefitted from Aries in a business context
        • old/new way to do things
        • Ex: email a pdf to prove something, check email addresses...don't have to do that anymore
        • Using personal messaging solutions for business conversations, 
        • Move conversation away from MDL/Wallet
        • Digital Trust + Trusted connections = exchange of information/docs/data 
          • Efficiencies
          • Reduction fraud

Action items

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        • Outline Executive summary doc

          • Use cases/Examples
          • Explaining Digital Trust
          • Written for Architect/decision maker
          • Written for business audience
      • Active user (anonymous users as well) 
      • Active use cases
      • Approach known users to contribute (gently chase)
      • Make it as easy as possible/frictionless to add names - Google form (share at Identity Implementors WG)
      • Highlight new entries at Aries meetings
      • Document who comes to Aries project meetings
      • Collect non-committal quotes from developers - why they use Aries (not official from company...but why a dev is involved/considering/POC/anything)

Outline Executive summary doc

  • Use cases/Examples
  • Explaining Digital Trust
  • Written for Architect/decision maker
  • Written for business audience
      • Create section on Hyperledger Wiki - market the people using Aries

Action items

Interop-a-thon

  • Plan for Q1 2024
  • Ask community on Wed Jan 31 RE: what should we test

Circulate testimonial questionnaire 

Call Recording