Re: Looking for a volunteer, to chair of the solid community group

+1 to Dmitriz as chair. I would be happy to support him in this role.

Adam


On 10/30/2018 12:06 PM, Dmitri Zagidulin wrote:
> I would like to propose myself as chair, as well.
>
> I was a lead developer for the Solid project at MIT, the author of the 
> WebID-OIDC spec, and am still active in the Solid open source 
> community (as well as some of the next-generation Solid-compatible 
> efforts for the decentralized web at W3C, such as DIDs and Verifiable 
> Credentials).
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 11:46 AM Oshani Seneviratne <oshanis@gmail.com 
> <mailto:oshanis@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hello Tim Holborn,
>
>     Thank you for the email.
>     I am very excited about the SOLID project and the community.
>     However, unfortunately I will not have enough bandwidth to
>     effectively chair this community group.
>     I am however an ardent supporter of the project, and I have been
>     and will be using the concepts from the SOLID spec in my own research.
>
>     Thanks,
>     Oshani
>
>     On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 5:37 AM Timothy Holborn
>     <timothy.holborn@gmail.com <mailto:timothy.holborn@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         Is oshani or better yet, Sandro in the room?
>
>         Sandro would be a clear pick...
>
>         On Tue., 30 Oct. 2018, 8:26 pm Dalton Scott,
>         <dalton@jigsaw.xyz <mailto:dalton@jigsaw.xyz>> wrote:
>
>             Hi Melvin,
>
>             I would like to propose myself for chair.
>
>             I am the Solid lead at Jigsaw XYZ, a London startup
>             focused on empowering people to control their personal
>             data (https://www.jigsaw.xyz/). We are currently exploring
>             how Solid can be integrated with financial services.
>
>             As I spend 50% of work week on Solid related projects, I
>             could easily carve out some more time for this Community
>             Group.
>
>             I am also starting up a London Solid Meetup.
>
>             Best,
>             Dalton
>
>             On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 8:39 PM Melvin Carvalho
>             <melvincarvalho@gmail.com
>             <mailto:melvincarvalho@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>                 On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 at 23:54, "Phil J. Łaszkowicz"
>                 <phil@fillip.pro <mailto:phil@fillip.pro>> wrote:
>
>                     +1
>
>                     However… if Tim’s not available, happy to
>                     contribute here.
>
>                     My current focus is on developing an open
>                     decentralized web platform primarily written in
>                     Swift / Rust as a low-level, high performance
>                     solution intended to reduce the barrier for entry
>                     for non-technical web users, and increase
>                     discoverability for decentralized apps.
>
>                     I’m now working on WebID-TLS & WebID-OIDC
>                     implementations.
>
>                     Solid aligns well with what I’ve been doing already.
>
>                     I’ve not chaired before: I’ve had minor
>                     involvement in some CGs.
>
>
>                 Hi Phil, I'd be happy to +1 you as chair
>
>                 The advice I was given is that having two chairs
>                 normally is quite nice.
>
>                 So I suggest we leave this open for a bit and see if
>                 anyone else has interest.  If it's only 1-2 people
>                 then they could simply fill the slots.  If there's
>                 more we could vote etc.
>
>                 Then I suggest we can propose items we'd like to
>                 explore, or work on.
>
>
>                     On 24 Oct 2018, at 22.56, Timothy Holborn
>                     <timothy.holborn@gmail.com
>                     <mailto:timothy.holborn@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>>                     TimBL is the obvious choice
>>
>>                     On Thu., 25 Oct. 2018, 4:39 am Melvin Carvalho,
>>                     <melvincarvalho@gmail.com
>>                     <mailto:melvincarvalho@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>                         This group does not have a Chair and thus
>>                         cannot publish new reports. Learnhow to
>>                         choose a Chair
>>                         <https://www.w3.org/community/about/tool/#choose-chair>.
>>
>>
>>                         Is on the landing page of this group.  So I
>>                         think we would be looking for someone to
>>                         volunteer.
>>
>>                         My experience of chairing a CG is that the
>>                         duties are very light.  You occasionally get
>>                         a message from W3C about an event - maybe
>>                         once a year or so.  And you can then on top
>>                         of that help out with small items of running
>>                         the group.  As we are 50 members, relatively
>>                         small, the amount of traffic, should be small
>>                         I would guess.
>>
>>                         Every CG decides a process for choosing a chair.
>>
>>                         But often it's just a case of whoever
>>                         volunteers.  Normally only 1 or 2 people do.
>>                         Or someone will step up if no one has.
>>
>>                         In an ideal world, more than one chair makes
>>                         life a bit easier.
>>
>>                         So, does anyone want to chair this group.
>>                         Feel free to say a few words, if you feel
>>                         like it.
>>
>>                         If more than one person volunteers, we can
>>                         have a process, such as a vote -- which I
>>                         guess we'll have to work out!
>>
>>
>             -- 
>             Dalton Scott
>

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