Board & Steering Group

• Sille puts forward a motion for 6 new individual and 13 new organizational members to MyData Global and the board approved.
  
• Teemu informed about a number of initiatives for new income streams to MyData Global.
  
• Sarah posted the roadmap for the board towards the Spring General Meeting - with a focus on Internal Regulations for Hubs and Thematic Groups.
  
• A MyData Town Hall Meeting took place on Friday May 7th to discuss the current situation of MyData Global in times of COVID-19.
  

Community

• The Common-Endpoints group held their bi-weekly meeting with the Running Memo available here .
  
• The MyData vs COVID19 call #6 "Smooth Recovery" was on Thursday and a recording is available here.
  
• Iain published an update of the MyData Commons Prototype Project.
  
• The Design group had their weekly meeting and Alessandro posted the meeting report here.
  
• Marlies listed a number of reasons to hold this year an online MyData Conference since the regional events were canceled due to COVID-19 - and Iain, IdentityWoman, and others chimed in.
  
• Elizabeth (aka hackylawyER) has been named an incoming Tech + Human Rights Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School.
  
• Casandra successfully defended her doctoral thesis.
  

#coronadata MyData is active in the digital response to COVID19 pandemic.

• Find the list of COVID19 related projects and initiatives from this Trello board and get in touch with the leads mentioned in the card description and let’s work together!
• MyData vs COVID19 calls - taking place biweekly on Thursdays 3pm CEST - register here for the next one on 21 May 2020
• Join the lively discussions in #coronadata Slack channel that are the basis for constantly evolving thought leadership and emerging initiatives that bring the MyData response to COVID19 pandemic to life.

Highlight news, discussion, and recap:

• European Digital Rights (EDRi) has published a Document pool on COVID19 and Digital Rights.
• Isabelle shared an article about [why COVID19 is so difficult to fight - it's a constantly changing target!
• Lal shared a video presentation about “Technology and Public Health Perspectives on Private Automated Contact Tracing” where it’s explained why Bluetooth proximity tracing isn’t effective (starting from 46 min) - discuss further in this Slack message.
• Isabelle shared an article about COVID-19 immunity passports and vaccination certificates: scientific, equitable, and legal challenges by Alexandra L Phelan.
• The UK government is launching a COVID-19 alert system - a geographic based risk categorisation. Iain asks whether a similar system has been deployed anywhere else so far?
• Isabelle asks your feedback on the “The role of MyData Operators in Covid-19” paper.
• Revisit the last MyData vs Covid19 call on 7 May, with presentations about 5 human-centric initiatives: Smart Money, MyLog14 app, Pisarasi, Qiy ecosystem, and BothAnd.