2020 06 23 Meeting Agenda

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• Check out Blockforce's presentation on traceability in the Fashion Chain! Blockforce previously presented in November 2019,  will be presenting at Hyperledger Austin Meeting Monday June 22, 2020 https://www.meetup.com/Hyperledger-Austin/events/271237562/

• Introductions: Who's new to the group or call? Let's get to know each other and what we're working on in the 'blockchain for impact' world!

  • Mike McCoy, Consensys Health

  • Brian Behlendorf, Hyperledger

  • Karen Ottoni, Hyperledger

  • Alicia Noel

  • Min Yu, Hyperledger

• SI-SIG Projects Update:

  • Review of SI-SIG community interests

    • Review of current Workstreams and Projects

    • What are other things the community would like to get involved in? 

      • SI-SIG New Member Centers

      • SI-SIG Resource Center

      • State of Social Impact Blog Post

      • Animal ID discussion recap

  • Any others?

    • Brian Behlendorf: Engaging with the WG communities. 

    • Mike McCoy: Engaging the blockchain for social impact coalition

    • Min Yu: Expanded Linux Foundation mentorship program, looking for developers to submit projects (write a proposal and bring impact to the community)

      • https://communitybridge.org/

• Community Discussions: 

  • Special Topic: Racial Injustice and how blockchain technology can make an impact

    • https://cointelegraph.com/news/coinbase-pitches-crypto-as-a-solution-for-racial-inequality-in-finance

    • https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-black-america-economic-justice-author-isaiah-jackson

    • What are things community members have seen/heard?

      • Racial injustice is a global issue that is not limited

      • Police Misconduct database

      • GovLab in New York City working on open data 

        • http://www.thegovlab.org/project-datacollaboratives-org.html

        • http://thegovlab.org/blockchain-technologies-for-social-change/

    • How can blockchain make an impact?

      • Misconceptions of blockchain technologies

      • Self sovereign identity

  • Anything else?

• Community Events:

  • Hyperledger Weekend Update: This week's Round-up of Remote Blockchain Learning Resources

  • Frontiers in Blockchain research collection on Blockchain Uses for Social and Economic Equity in Agriculture and Food Production due September 30 (https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/12379/blockchain-uses-for-social-and-economic-equity-in-agriculture-and-food-production).

  • Any others?

Upcoming bi-annual report due July 15th, 2020

Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/6223336701 

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