Good afternoon all: We are in the thick of summer, but work is still happening within Kantara! See below for reminders, updates, and actions. Please reach out with any questions! _______________________________________________________________ 1. Reminders: 1. Leadership Expectations: 1. Attend LC calls (or send regrets/update) 2. Vote in eBallots (LC eBallots, and if appropriate All-Member Ballots) 3. Maintain WG Slides (see Actions below) 2. Review Kantara policies as needed: 1. Code of Conduct <https://kantara.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/LC/pages/1055227915/Code+of+Conduct+Group+Participants> 2. Anti-Trust <https://kantara.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/GI/pages/1089168/Anti-Trust+Guidelines> 3. Consider Kantara Membership <https://kantarainitiative.org/memberships/> to increase your involvement. Benefits include the following: 1. Organizational logo or individual name listed on Kantara’s website, and the ability to use Kantara’s logo on your website 2. Voting rights in All Member Ballots regarding Kantara Recommendations and leadership 3. Charter and/or lead a Group 4. Invitation to Annual General Membership Meeting (AGM) 5. Eligibility to serve on Kantara’s Board of Directors 2. Updates: 4. Marketing/communications: Kantara has recently added a new Marketing and Communications Lead - Gracie Liberman! She has already sent out her first Kantara newsletter and will be developing a Communications plan for Kantara. If you have items for her to post about, please forward to her directly (she is CC’ed on this email!). 5. Operating Procedures Revisions: The All-Member Ballot will be closing July 9th, and will go to the BoD for ratification on July 10. 6. RIUP IPCQ: The document is still for Public Comment/IPR Review until July 23rd. 3. ACTIONS: 7. Submit leadership headshots for website to Gracie! 8. Group Slides <https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Zk6nE81RzPB9u6AstnPLP2IkcZejWT8y/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112048107093600443736&rtpof=true&sd=true> - Maintain your Group’s slides for Kay to use at various conferences. The next round of conferences starts in September! 9. Conference attendance - Please let Gracie know of any conferences you or anyone in your Group is attending, including any relevant details on presentations/forums, etc. These will be added to the website calendar. Best, -Amanda -- Amanda Gay | Work Groups and Membership [image: Logo, company name Description automatically generated] Phone: +1 571-475-8895 LinkedIn: @KantaraInitiative