- From: Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 08:07:07 -0400
- To: Marta Piekarska <marta@blockstream.io>, public-blockchain@w3.org
- Cc: Marta <marta@blockstream.com>, "Dr. Nick Lee" <nicklee@konkuk.ac.kr>, Vicki Lemieux <vlemieux@mail.ubc.ca>
Seeing only positive responses, I've appointed Marta as co-chair. Nick, Marta, we should arrange to have a chairs call next week, if possible, so we can sort out plans and duties. Thanks! Doug On 8/16/16 1:41 PM, Marta Piekarska wrote: > Everyone, > thank you for your kind words and support! I am excited for this new role and looking forward to working with all of you! > As it will be my first time Chairing any organization, I welcome any suggestions and help! > > Have a great day > m > — > Security Architect @ Blockstream > > mp@blockstream.com > > +491703311307 (Germany) > +14159608938 (U.S.) > Signal, Wickr (martap) > >> On Aug 16, 2016, at 9:42 AM, Vicki Lemieux <vlemieux@mail.ubc.ca> wrote: >> >> Marta, Many thanks for “stepping up”. It is great to have such enthusiastic and excellent leadership in all the co-chairs! >> >> Best wishes, >> Victoria Lemieux >> Associate Professor, Archival Science >> The University of British Columbia >> >> From: <lov.in.christ@gmail.com> on behalf of "Dr. Nick Lee" <nicklee@konkuk.ac.kr> >> Date: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 1:43 AM >> To: Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org> >> Cc: Marta Piekarska <marta@blockstream.io>, <public-blockchain@w3.org> >> Subject: Re: Marta Piekarska as Blockchain CG Co-Chair >> Resent-From: <public-blockchain@w3.org> >> Resent-Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2016 08:43:34 +0000 >> >> As I stated before, I welcome Marta for the Chair. >> >> Youngwhan "Nick" Lee >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 12:35 AM, Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org> wrote: >>> Hi, folks– >>> >>> Based on Marta's background, willingness and ability to help, concrete plans, company support, and location in Europe, I think it makes a lot of sense to appoint her as a co-chair of the Blockchain Community Group. >>> >>> That would give us 3 co-chairs, well distributed geographically and culturally: >>> * Youngwhan "Nick" Lee in Asia >>> * Marta Piekarska in Europe >>> * Doug Schepers in North America >>> >>> I've already floated this suggestion with Nick, and with others during the weekly Blockchain CG teleconferences, and everyone thought it was a good idea. If anyone has objections to this, please let the chairs know by the end of this week; if we don't hear any objections, we'll appoint her as co-chair. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Doug >>> >>> On 8/5/16 6:51 PM, Marta Piekarska wrote: >>>> Hi Everyone!! I wanted to properly introduce myself. My name is Marta >>>> Piekarska, I’m the Security Architect at Blockstream. I thought, that >>>> since I am getting involved in all of the Blockchain work, and I >>>> would love to help more with organizing the community group it would >>>> be good for me to give you some background information. So here is my >>>> standard spiel: >>>> >>>> I am a Bachelor of Electrical and Computer Engineering from Warsaw >>>> University of Technology and a double Master from Computer Science >>>> and Informatics at Technical University of Berlin and Warsaw >>>> University of Technology. I did my undergrad Thesis on Voice >>>> Encryption on Android Platform and my grad work on GPU-aided Payload >>>> Delivery on Linux Kernel. I am currently finishing my PhD >>>> dissertation on User-Informed Design of Privacy Tools, while working >>>> for one of the hottest Silicon Valley startups, Blockstream, as their >>>> Security Architect. Previously, I have been working at Deutsche >>>> Telekom as the Lead Architect on the Future of Mobile Privacy, a >>>> collaboration with Mozilla and Deutsche Telekom improving Firefox OS. >>>> Of course, I also teach and work at the Unitiverity (Technical >>>> University of Berlin). My technical interests are covered by what I >>>> do - user-informed privacy and security, applications of Bitcoin >>>> technology beyond cryptocurrency, and lock picking. Outside of work I >>>> climbing, read latin-american novels and watch Emir Kusturica’s >>>> movies. I also cook. A lot:) >>>> >>>> I was thinking what would be a good plan for our group and here is >>>> what I came up with: >>>> >>>> After providing the Report and presenting it to the Board of the W3C, >>>> in August, we should plan to organize a meeting during the TPAC in >>>> Lisbon. It will take place on Tuesday 20th of September at >>>> 10:30–12:30, or thats the slot currently allocated in the agenda. It >>>> makes sense for us to continue to work closely together with the >>>> Blockchain Digital Assets Community Group, and participate in the >>>> Interledger Payments Community Group meeting at TPAC on Thursday, >>>> 23rd of September. Moreover we should collaborate with the Verifiable >>>> Claims Working Group that is in the process of being currently >>>> formed. >>>> >>>> I think that Blockchain is a technology that will be appearing in >>>> many domains and the two biggest tasks I see for our team is to: 1) >>>> monitor the work of other groups (Web Payment, Internet of Things >>>> etc) to make sure we are aware of what is happening in their field. >>>> 2) propose use cases beyond what is happening in the other working >>>> groups and make sure we can identify the applications of Blockchain >>>> that do and do not make sense. It was clear from the various >>>> discussions during the workshop that there is a consensus among the >>>> participants that not every application of Blockchain technology >>>> makes sense. But we have not yet reached a point where we could >>>> identify a common set of the “unreasonable” applications. >>>> >>>> Until TPAC meeting I would work with everyone to prepare agenda for >>>> the meeting and see how can we best use the time we have together in >>>> Lisbon. >>>> >>>> Next, after September meeting we could continue with regular calls, >>>> and plan to convert into a Blockchain Working Group that can have >>>> more formalized character and bigger impact. With that we could also >>>> continue to plan our second workshop on the West Coast, this time, >>>> where we would be working on more technical aspects and >>>> specifications that can contribute to W3C standardization. >>>> >>>> Finally, by the end of the year I would hope we will have a >>>> Blockchain Working Group and our first RFC. >>>> >>>> How does that sound to everyone? >>>> >>>> I would be happy to answer any questions and discuss more. Below you >>>> have all of my contact details, feel free to hit me up about >>>> anything! >>>> >>>> Have a great day m >>>> >>>> >>>> — Security Architect @ Blockstream >>>> >>>> mp@blockstream.com >>>> >>>> +491703311307 (Germany) +14159608938 (U.S.) Signal, Wickr (martap) >>>> >>> >> >
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