Quarterly Report- July 2020

On basic health indicators the group is OK;

Meetings are taking place as scheduled every two weeks (although one meeting was missed)
Agendas and notes are kept
Recordings are linked to the wiki

Attendance at the meetings has settled down through the last quarter to about 15-20, and is now stable and constant.

Membership of the email list service continues to grow, with 2-3 new joiners each week.

Address declining attendance on the calls. This was discussed by attendees on a recent call and a set of actions that are listed below in "planned products"
The activity is focussed on presentations by group members and guests. We need to decide as a group whether we wish to move beyond this towards the kind of collaborative working that other SIG groups have done. It may be that the make-up of the membership means that this is not feasible.

Keynote presentations from We-Trade and Clearmatics
A run-down of latest news from the world of Trade Finance Blockchain. This provides a good source for future presentations

A shift in positioning of the group as a "standing conference" with presentations from vendors, tech experts and others on the current state of the market
A pilot to create a first white paper focussing on interoperability

Organizational; most attendees on the calls are from the software industry or consulting
Geographic; Since daylight saving started, call attendance is from Europe and South Asia. List participation is wider and includes Americas and Asia Pacific
Gender; Although the make-up is predominantly male, there are female members of the SIG. Active participation is more evenly split.
Skill level. There is insufficient information to assess skill level. Knowledge levels vary, but in a constructive way as the meetings feature a lot of knowledge sharing.