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It certainly will be pivotal for Kantara, as we wrestle with increased global interest in our capabilities and demand for our services. Our resource pool however remains largely comprised of the same familiar voices on our calls and emails in our group discussion threads. What can you do to champion Kantara further within your organization, and what can we do to help you do that successfully?f s remain How was November for you? If
Looking back into December, I want to start with the call for nominations for Directors at Large. For the 2 positions catered for by current Bylaws we had 4 organization nominations - one from Canada, one from Germany and two from the US. This was a great result; in fact so great, that the Board is proposing to accept all 4. But to do so, it requires making a minor amendment to the Bylaws. And to do that it needs to notify members, prior to an all-Member Ballot for the slate. Members will see an email with all the details soon.
Later on in December, we welcomed Origo Services Limited Limited from Scotland as members. There is a back story here in that for several years now Origo has been fascinated with the functionality of the UMA protocol and have been internally working on a Profile of UMA related to the UK Government's Pension Dashboard Programme. And upon joining, Origo offered its profile to the UMA Working Group for consideration as a contribution and onwards to a Kantara publication, the form of which has not been decided yet. The last couple of UMA calls have been largely dedicated to the first phase of this review by the UMA WG participants. We understand that the Pensions Dashboard Programme is expected to make considerable progress during 2021, so the contribution proposal is timely. Thank you Origo!
If you are actively involved in Kantara, it won't have escaped your attention just how busy all facets of Kantara have been. We concluded November with the Members' Annual General Meeting. It was the most well attended ever. In past years we have piggybacked on international conferences in the US and Europe as a venue. While this was great for face to face interaction, it was necessarily restricted in attendee numbers by its very nature. I guess this is one positive for stay-at-home 2020. During the jam packed meeting:
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