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This is a reminder that the OpenChain Project will host a workshop on the 20th of August adjacent to the Linux Foundation Legal Summit and Open Source Summit North America. 

The workshop begins with an OpenChain Board meeting from 14:00-15:30. This board meeting is for board members and invited guests only.

From 15:30 we open to everyone with our Steering Committee Meeting. This will be followed by a work team discussion from 16:00-17:00. Key topics will be our ISO version of the OpenChain Specification and our improved reference documentation.

The workshop has proven to be so popular that we are already on waitlist!

Add yourself to the list through the LF Events website

• https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/open-source-summit-north-america-2019/program/co-located-events/

OpenChain will be featured at the forthcoming TechMatrix Seminar on open source compliance to be held in Tokyo on the 4th of September. This event will include case studies from Olympus, FOSSID and TechMatrix.

Learn More

• https://www.techmatrix.co.jp/es/seminar/fossid_201190904.html

SZ Lin and his colleagues at MOXA will actively promoting the OpenChain Project via their sponsorship and their physical presence at the Taiwanese COSCUP Conference on the 17th and 18th of August.

MOXA are well known for their work around complex technologies like the Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP) and for their on-going engagement with OpenChain. SZ Lin was recently at the OpenChain Japan Work Group to present on their experiences and (top secret) we have begun discussions about when the OpenChain Taiwan Work Group can formally start.

Learn More about the Event:

• https://blog.coscup.org/2019/08/moxa.html (Chinese)

Fukuchi San from Sony will be sharing ‘Experiences Building a Local Open Source Community via the OpenChain Project’ on Tuesday, October 29 @ 11:30 during Open Source Summit Europe.

“This session shares challenges that were encountered and lessons that were learned working together as a new local open source community around the OpenChain project in Japan. The OpenChain project is dedicated to building trust in software supply chains. The project prepares specifications, conformance evaluations and curriculum to promote OSS compliance. In Japan, we have been building a local workgroup(Japan WG) of the project since 2017. A local workgroup gives non-native English speakers the opportunity to have easier and deeper discussions in their native language. While we communicate internally in Japanese, Japan WG communicates with the global community in English. OSS compliance is not an area where companies compete, but rather benefits greatly from inter-organization collaboration. Japan WG provides real solutions for business. Now that they are aware of the value of collaboration, over 150 people from over 60 companies across automotive, CE and IT industries work together.”

Learn More

• https://sched.co/TLG2

Paul McAdam, Director at Source Code Control, will be hosting a workshop exploring the Equifax scandal. This hack resulted in costing more than $4bn yet was started by a failure to manage a single Open Source component. His workshop will focus on three practical matters:

• An understanding of Open Source components
• OpenChain – a future standard in managing open source in order to protect your supply chain
• The importance of technical due diligence

Paul McAdam is well known in the UK IT industry as Director of Open Source Management specialists, Source Code Control, but also for his roles at Microsoft. Paul was the Chief of Staff at Microsoft UK preceded by leading the SAM engagement team for 4 years. He was involved in the creation of key initiatives such as settlement with cloud and SAM Managed Services as well as earlier versions of ISO 19770 and the Microsoft Licensing exams. Prior to Microsoft, he was an IT infrastructure manager at AstraZeneca in the UK and for 2 years in the US. Paul is also the chairperson for the charity Sport In Mind.

Learn More About the Event

• https://conference.techexeter.uk/speakers/paul-mcadam

The OpenChain Japan Work Group has announced the latest participation metrics. The recent meeting #10 hosted by Fujitsu had 84 individuals from 44 companies in attendance, marking our largest main event yet. Meanwhile, the OpenChain Japan mailing list continues to grow, with 159 participants from 68 companies subscribed.

All parties are welcome to join the OpenChain Japan Work Group mailing lists and meetings. You can get started by visiting the dedicated wiki page listed below.

Learn More About the Japan Work Group

• https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/openchain/openchain-japanese-working-group

The OpenChain Korea Work Group has announced details of their forthcoming third meeting on Wednesday the 4th of September 2019. It will take place from 3pm in the B1 meeting room on the 19th floor of SK T Tower.

This meeting will be held in Korean. All parties from open source user companies are welcome to attend.

Venue Information

• B1 meeting room on the 19th floor of SK T Tower (https://goo.gl/maps/7MHev7Ja6GXZ1EMH8)

More Information about the Korean Work Group

• https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/openchain/openchain-korean-working-group

At OpenChain Project we get a lot of positive feedback on our video minutes. They provide a great starting point to understand our industry standard and our community. You can check them out along with all our agenda slides and written minutes on the OpenChain wiki.

• https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/openchain/minutes

The OpenChain Japan Work Group has announced the August Meeting Schedule. Four Sub-Groups will convene to discuss milestones. Outcomes will be presented at the 11th OpenChain Japan Work Group event on September 19th at the Olympus offices. These meetings will be held in Japanese and everyone is welcome to join.

• Education Work Group: next meeting will be held at 15:45-17:00 on August 19th(Mon), 2019 @ Hitachi Shinagawa office
• FAQ Work Group: next meeting will be held at 13:30-15:30 on August 28th(Wed), 2019 @ Fujitsu Solution Square (Kamata, Tokyo)
• License Info. Work Group: next meeting will be held at 15:00-17:00 on August 6th, 2019. @ Fujitsu (Musashikosugi office)
• Tooling Work Group: next meeting will be held at 16:00 on August 29th, 2019. @ Toshiba (Kawasaki)

All Meetings Listed on the Wiki

• https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/openchain/jwg_meeting_page

The OpenChain Project regular First Monday call video minutes are now available:

Thank you to everyone who contributed!

Agenda

• 10 minute guest talk on ClearlyDefined 
• 10 minute review of Curriculum Material
• 40 minute deep dive into the draft ISO Spec