2021-10-12 Meeting notes

Date

Oct 12, 2021

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Attendees

@Alicia Noel

@Nancy Min

Dr. Jubilant Kizhakkethottam

@Jerrin Sebastian

@Woody Moore

Danilo Altomar

Aneena Ann

@Robin Klemens

@Elisabeth Green

@Shawn Wilborne

Liz

Randy Givens

Introductions

Discussion

• 2021 SI-SIG Roadmap:
  
  

  • Upcoming Presentations

    • Oct. 12 - Climate Action SIG on new Corporate Social Responsibility project - opportunity for cross-collaboration

    • Oct. 26 - Hardik Gupta, Madhu Bhatia from The Giving Chain

      • https://thegivingchain.org/index.html - GoFundMe link is still active. Also using Linux Foundation crowdfunding page for investors.

      • Will include a discussion of best practices for a new project, especially as related to Firefly

    • Nov. 23 - Yoma Project

    • Dec. 7 - Rutgers Blockchain Group - Emily Hsiao will give a group overview, Sivani Divakarla will discuss a project she's doing with a professor to aid social workers and children in the foster care system

    • Ideas for future presentations
      
      

      • Textile space??

      • @Marc Liberati - Climate project ideas and feedback. Possibly November?

  • Hackathon

    • Proposing a Worldwide Hackathon

      • Update: Arun from Hyperledger India is getting involved. They are trying to create an out-of-the-box hackathon model that can be recreated.

      • Replicate India Hackathon on a global scale, include Hyperledger Africa, Hyperledger India

      • Need to find a time that works for ALL of the SIGs

        • Next cross-SIG meeting is in September (Sept. 30?).

        • David Boswell is coordinating

      • Emily Hsiao of Rutgers Business School Blockchain Hub told @Alicia Noel that they would like to be involved. Alicia invited them to attend a SIG meeting to learn more.

  • Blogposts

    • @Shawn Wilborne: Part 2 of the 4 part series: Hazardous materials. Call to action in the future for Hackathon/developing a Hyperledger Labs project

      • Ready for review! Feel free to comment directly: https://1drv.ms/w/s!Am3ZbGQdRa7sgY-1Igp5xO2fZHxwg_I?e=cWUjZS

      • Finalize comments and updates before Sept. 28 meeting

      • Target date: end of September/first week of October

    • @Bobbi Muscara 

      • Blogpost on The Giving Chain project - https://www.hyperledger.org/blog/2021/08/25/the-giving-chain-blockchain-powering-generosity.

    • @Alicia Noel Blockchain for Social Impact in Agriculture.

      • Target date: October

    • @Marc Liberati- UN Volunteers is consolidating feedback from Young UN/UniCoin project. Can put together a post of lessons learned, findings on how to optimize, incentivize care work. Possibly for fall.

    • Saintgits team -

      
      - draft. Please share edits by Friday, Oct. 15, 2021.

    • Other suggestions?

  • Community Outreach

    • Social Media (Linkedin, Twitter, etc.)
      
      

      • Promote Shawn's blogpost - scheduled for end of September/beginning of October

      • Promote Bobbi's blogpost when and promotional video it goes live

  • Climate Action SIG presentation on new Corporate Social Responsibility project (@Woody Moore and @Robin Klemens)

    • CSR Reporting WG - Follow up via the wiki page

    • Value proposition canvas - https://app.mural.co/t/blockchain4313/m/blockchain4313/1633965104533/99e73afecbd9dd3587b5ce51311fa2487ce53bc5?sender=8fe04b21-4a5f-4080-8e56-af08ab9669f8

    • There will be several murals from different perspectives.

  • Agriculture Sub-SIG intro

    • Team from Saintgits Blockchain Labs, Saintgits College of Engineering (Kerala, India)

      • @Nancy Min will be creating a page for the sub-SIG, and include a link the presentation deck.

      • The link to the new SI - SIG: Agriculture Subsector SIG!

Meeting Recap

• Video

Meeting Information

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