- From: Kim Hamilton <kimdhamilton@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 21:22:54 -0700
- To: sethi shivam <sethishivam27@gmail.com>
- Cc: Carlos Bruguera <cbruguera@gmail.com>, Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>, "W3C Credentials CG (Public List)" <public-credentials@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CAFmmOzfkpaAWUhWd54ObSN4UAmmOjAPgHA9AfoVzRLygcKez4Q@mail.gmail.com>
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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