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Zoom Info for Tomorrow’s Meeting at 5:00PM
by Blockchain Committee 01 Jun '19

01 Jun '19

Hi All, Here is the Zoom info for tomorrow’s meeting. Cheers, Preston Topic: LP Blockchain Committee Time: Jun 1, 2019 5:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/247269487 One tap mobile +16465588656,,247269487# US (New York) +17207072699,,247269487# US Dial by your location +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) +1 720 707 2699 US Meeting ID: 247 269 487 Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/abD4Ygfu2o

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Re: [Blockchain] UPDATE Re: April Meeting
by Blockchain Committee 29 May '19

29 May '19

Hi All, Since this is a Holiday weekend (I didn't realize when I looked at the dates), does anyone object to having the meeting June 1st instead? Cheers, Preston ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Saturday, April 27, 2019 2:54 PM, Preston R. Smith <preston.smith(a)protonmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > Since it appears that a number of the regular meeting attendees will not be able to attend, I'll post some things here in lieu of having a meeting. > > I spoke with an economics student from US Berkeley recently. She and some other students are investigating a use case for blockchain involving tracking donations for political candidates from donation to spending. Reshma was very excited to learn that the LP had a Blockchain Committee and hoped that we would provide feedback and possibly work with them on the implementation. She specifically asked if this use case would be something we would be interested in including in our Committee Report. > > They appear to be mostly in the preliminary phase of discovery and trying to get a feel for whether this is something candidates and donors would support and use. I got the impression that there are some unknowns that they have not fully fleshed out such as the platform they would use. > > The idea is primarily to convert any fiat donations to the platform currency and back as needed. I brought up potential FEC compliance issues with any fluctuations in value. They considered using one of the "stable" coins to alleviate some of this issue. It doesn't seem like they are developers, but more policy oriented. Because they were in the early phases, they hadn't approached any projects or sourced coders as of yet though they are in a location where contacts should not be a problem. > > I personally think this could be a good use case. Part of my draw to blockchain was always transparency. This could go a long way towards that goal if there is real world interest from candidates and donors, assuming it is implemented properly. > > So what are everyone's thoughts? > > I can set up a poll if we want to vote on whether to support as a Committee and also whether we want to include as a use case in our Report. > > I haven't made any updates to the document since we last spoke. I will get this set up and sections assigned to those who volunteered this week. > > The dates for the next 3 monthly meetings are May 25th, June 29th, and July 27th. All at 5PM. I will send out Zoom invitations for them separately. > > I will be unable to attend the next quarterly LNC meeting in Austin. If someone can give a brief update to the LNC for the Committee, I would appreciate it. > > Perhaps Joseph could you give the update, if you are going to attend since the meeting is in your State? If not, would either of you be able to do so Elizabeth or Alex? > > Cheers, > > Preston > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > On Friday, April 26, 2019 2:47 PM, Blockchain Committee via blockchain <blockchain(a)hq.lp.org> wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> Tomorrow is our monthly meeting at 5PM EST. >> >> Call in details below. >> >> The agenda will be fairly short. I will send that out later. >> >> I will also send out the next 3 monthly meeting dates and Zoom call in info. >> >> I have an interesting use case to discuss for possible inclusion in our document. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Preston >> >> Join Zoom Meeting >> >> https://zoom.us/j/741869692 >> >> One tap mobile >> >> +16465588656,,741869692# US (New York) >> >> +17207072699,,741869692# US >> >> Dial by your location >> >> +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) >> >> +1 720 707 2699 US >> >> Meeting ID: 741 869 692 >> >> Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/abD4Ygfu2o

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FEC Advisory Opinion
by Blockchain Committee 03 May '19

03 May '19

As much as I despise the FEC, they do exist and will fine those who violate their dictats. This might be valuable information for us. https://www.fec.gov/updates/ao-2018-13/ Darryl

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