Re: Materials from 2019-07-02 DID Working Group Charter meeting

Hey Sethi,
Thanks so much, but it sounds like Amy already has it under control. There
will be plenty more opportunities, and we'll discuss on a call sometime
soon.
Thanks again!
Kim

On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 9:15 PM sethi shivam <sethishivam27@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Yes Kim,
>
> This would be a great opportunity for me if I could help you anyhow and
> get a chance to work under the leadership of you hardworking people. :)
>
> Regards
> Sethi Shivam
>
> On Wed, 10 Jul 2019 at 13:59, Kim Hamilton <kimdhamilton@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks so much Sethi, that's wonderful! I'm not sure if you were asking
>> about this task specifically, but in case you are (and also, Carlos, in
>> response to your question):
>>
>> The best way to get exposed to the minute publishing process is here:
>> https://w3c-ccg.github.io/publish.html. The video in that page (
>> https://youtu.be/0Sn7co2eSCo) gives an overview of how everything works.
>>
>> Manu spent a lot of effort building this codebase that does the irc log
>> -> html conversion, minute posting, etc. Then a handful of others of us
>> spent effort updating for different functionality, adding utilities,
>> documentation, and readmes, so the code/docs should be more explanatory
>> than ever before.
>>
>> Warning: any knowledge of these tools is currently based on self-driven
>> digging, nagging Manu, and artifacts we generated based on that (like the
>> link/tutorial above). It's possible only ~5 people know how these work
>> (even partially). However, understanding those tools is incredibly valuable
>> for the community. It allows us to respond to requests like this in a
>> scalable way.
>>
>> Because of the importance of understanding these tools, I could
>> definitely commit a future CCG call to a knowledge transfer session. In
>> general, I'd love to have a dedicated call to discuss volunteer
>> opportunities. So Sethi, if this particular one doesn't match your skill
>> set, we could discuss other opportunities on a call (with minutes posted
>> subsequently for those who can't attend but would also like to volunteer).
>>
>> On the topic of volunteers...I'll use this as an opportunity to
>> acknowledge some recent heavy lifter volunteers who make our work succeed.
>> We all take for granted the usual heavy lifters like Manu, Markus,
>> Drummond, Brent, Ken, Dan Burnett, and TallTed. But witnessing their
>> perseverance through intricate work, like the DID specification and
>> charter, all the while dodging (nearly literal) knife throwing, is
>> inspiring.
>>
>> I know many of us think of them as possessing unique, arcane knowledge,
>> and yeah that's sort of true, but they do this by digging in, figuring out
>> what needs figuring out, and collaborating with other volunteers in this
>> community. We could not thrive as a community group without this sort of
>> involvement, and it's critical to our ongoing success. Not only is it
>> important to ensure our work represents a broad group of interests, it
>> helps avoid burnout of a few over-taxed individuals.
>>
>> So I want to also thank Sethi for stepping up now, with willingness to
>> commit to helping in whatever way he can. And also huge thanks to Bill
>> Barnhill, a recent volunteer who has  thrown himself into the spectext
>> research and prototypes. His work specifically opens up our processes to an
>> ever broader range of people (i.e. making conversion to spectext easy for
>> non-tech folks). I can't emphasize enough how impactful this is.
>>
>> Lastly, to everyone in the community -- many of these tasks may appear to
>> be a menial task, lacking in glory. And yeah, we do a lot of boring, unpaid
>> tasks* to keep the wheels running. But keeping our community goals in mind,
>> any effort helps further our important work. So chip in wherever you can.
>>
>> Even if that's scribing. I note that we had no volunteers again today,
>> and had to revert to the list of people who always do it (sorry Manu).
>> Volunteer to scribe. And if you don't know how, then sit back and enjoy a
>> fantastic video tutorial another valuable volunteer (Andrew Hughes) has
>> made. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Sn7co2eSCo&t=1s
>>
>> * The hard work we do here may not make you an "Identity Influencer", but
>> it will allow you to _influence_ the future of self-sovereign identity. :)
>>
>> Your chair,
>> Kim
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 12:32 AM sethi shivam <sethishivam27@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Kim ,
>>>
>>> Is there any possibility that I can work as a Volunteer. Currently, i am
>>> working on the development of a product that will offer DID services.
>>> And I am very much interested in DID and related work.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Sethi Shivam
>>>
>>> On Wed, 10 Jul 2019 at 12:50, Kim Hamilton <kimdhamilton@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks for volunteering Carlos! And thanks Manu for extending the
>>>> request for volunteers before I could. This is a community-driven effort,
>>>> so it's great to have new folks stepping in to help.
>>>>
>>>> Let us know if you have any questions about getting started, Carlos.
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 12:11 AM Carlos Bruguera <cbruguera@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> +1 on converting the logs to web readable format. 🙏
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 12:02 PM Manu Sporny <
>>>>> msporny@digitalbazaar.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 7/9/19 5:07 PM, Markus Sabadello wrote:
>>>>>> > The meeting notes and recording are not in Google doc, but in
>>>>>> > Github:
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> https://github.com/w3c-ccg/meetings/tree/gh-pages/2019-07-02-did-wg-charter
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> You can see that there's a ".log" file and a ".mp4" file in the
>>>>>> > repository.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah, but that requires a bit of insider knowledge to understand...
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> I expect that many don't click through.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For the more recent meetings we have logs, yes... wondering if we can
>>>>>> pull some of the older meetings from Google Docs into some
>>>>>> publicly-readable format... there were a few in the beginning that
>>>>>> didn't make it over to .logs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We should probably also convert these .log files into our standard
>>>>>> Web/email readable format here:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://w3c-ccg.github.io/meetings/2019-06-25/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and post them to the mailing list as we do for our regular calls:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-credentials/2019Jun/0044.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ... and I say this knowing full well it's more work to do that and
>>>>>> we're
>>>>>> all really pressed for time. Publishing .log files is the bare minimum
>>>>>> that we need to protect ourselves from future IPR concerns (and it's
>>>>>> good CG hygiene to publish in a way that is accessible to all --
>>>>>> including those behind a firewall and those using screen readers --
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> log files are pretty terrible for that).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The good news is that we have the raw source files (.log and .mp4) to
>>>>>> go
>>>>>> back and generate the minutes retroactively... now all we need is a
>>>>>> volunteer to do that. :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So... any volunteers want to learn how to publish the groups minutes
>>>>>> so
>>>>>> we can start doing that for Task Forces? It will only hurt a little
>>>>>> bit,
>>>>>> I promise. :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- manu
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Manu Sporny (skype: msporny, twitter: manusporny)
>>>>>> Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc.
>>>>>> blog: Veres One Decentralized Identifier Blockchain Launches
>>>>>> https://tinyurl.com/veres-one-launches
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>

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