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Notary Application: Haute S Planning Inc #701

Closed baiciao closed 1 year ago

baiciao commented 1 year ago

Notary Application

To apply to be a Fil+ Notary, please review the Notary Overview here and then fill out the following form.

Core Information

Please respond to the questions below in paragraph form, replacing the text saying "Please answer here". Include as much detail as you can in your answer!

Long Term Network Alignment

Time Commitment

Describe the nature and duration of your affiliation with the Filecoin network. Please include relevant GitHub handles, Storage Provider IDs, significant projects or contributions (with links).

I am personally an active participant of the Filecoin community and attend governance calls regularly. The goal here is to really take a step forward and have a deeper engagement with the Filecoin community by becoming a notary. We wish to help speed-up the adoption of Filecoin and the use of the decentralized network. By becoming a notary, we will be in a better position to spur the utilization & growth of Filecoin.

Stake Exposure

Please cite total token at stake (currently available, locked as collateral, vesting over time) and any substantiating evidence (i.e., addresses on chain with their corresponding FIL amounts).

N/A

How did you acquire the FIL cited above?

N/A

Industry Reputation

In-protocol Reputation

Please describe (in detail) your activity and tenure as a member of the Filecoin community. Please note (with links where possible) any contributions made to implementations of Filecoin, the spec, documentation, or to substantially help the Filecoin ecosystem grow. 

- I have been in the Filecoin community for over half a year, and spend a great deal of time on Filecoin
- I am active in various channels such as Slack, in-person events and providing assistance & engaging with other fellow filecoin community members
- I have also conducted events together with Filecoin such as Fil-Summit
- I am also multilingual, acting as a translator many times for various entities within the Filecoin community

In-protocol Security

Please describe your contributions to the security of Filecoin and the duration over which you've made contributions. Please also include any links or references that can substantiate your contributions. 

N/A

Organizational Reputation

Please describe the nature of your organization, including the country of registration, size of the organization, and time since inception.

Haute S Planning Inc was established on Nov 17 2015 as a domestic business corporation type registered at 740 New Dorp Ln Staten Island. It has a long history of operation of almost 7 years.

Please share any relevant details to help substantiate information about your organization (website, named officers, links to social media profiles).

N/A

Please share any relevant external information regarding your organization (e.g. news articles, social media profiles, etc.)

N/A

Individual Reputation

Please share links to at least 2 of your (personal) social media profiles (or accounts that you are able to use) and the approximate size of your audience (i.e., followers, subscribers) for each one.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/baiciao-jodi-ren-77110a25/

Please share any additional relevant information regarding your presence (e.g. news articles, interviews, podcasts, videos, awards, etc.)

N/A

Allocation Plan refer to the Rubric to see how this impacts your Notary score

Concreteness of Allocation Plan

Allocation Strategy

How do you plan on allocating the DataCap requested above? Please describe your allocation strategy with as much specificity as you can. This includes the target amount per client and rate at which you'll allocate DataCap.

We will first use the [client allocation form](https://github.com/filecoin-project/notary-governance/blob/main/notaries/templates/sample-client-application.md) provided by the governance team. This includes:
* Browse their official website to get a general understanding of the company or the individual. 
* Query the company's registration information from government related websites to make sure the information he submitted is true.
* Ask some questions to know about the applicant's position/organization/plans/use case etc. 

We will also be looking into adopting other **successful** notaries scoring models such as: 
- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12ItWjuddDPZpFBE84dzNJxBM24AhZHDJcWsu9RY3xG4/edit#gid=0
- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UYY7AcXMAy376kjqKcCgcwb4-WrTKBEshYgJllNQtlk/edit?usp=sharing
and trying out which model best suit us.

We will also be tracking the allocations closely and only released sufficient datacap to ensure there is no foul spending and abuse of Datacap.

How do you plan on securing the DataCap to ensure your organization (and its delegated members) are the ones allocating the DataCap?

The private keys will be stored in the hard wallet and will only be accessible by me.

Client Due Diligence

How will you vet the clients that are applying for DataCap? What questions will you ask to ensure your trust is placed well and that clients can properly handle the DataCap you intend to allocate to them? 

1. We will use part of the framework Kevin has established for Fil-E to vet our clients.
- https://github.com/filecoin-project/notary-governance/issues/611
This includes using established tools to perform KYB to ensure authenticity of the company.
2. Next, we will perform due diligence on the data that is to be stored. We will see if it is inline with Filecoin goals, and that the data are truly humanity's most important data. In the event in which the data consists of encrypted enterprise data, we will also direct them to Fil-E program, and provide them with utmost assistance. 
3. We will check if the clients have already secured Storage Providers. In the event that they do not, we will do our best to provide guidance based on our knowledge of various SPs in the Filecoin community. 
4. We will also perform a background check on the client's history of Filecoin storage, if we discover any misbehavior and foul play, we will no longer entertain the client.
5. We will do random spot checks on our clients (and others) to ensure that the data they are storing is what was agreed on. Miners will also be checked to see if it respects the replica allocation rules, and that the data are stored evenly across different parties of miners.

1. We will ask thorough background questions, requiring proof of company existence, social media and even financial statements.
2. We will ask for proofs that they are able to represent the company they claim to be representing. There is a need to perform these sanity checks to see if the applicant is indeed representing the company, we have noticed that impersonation is becoming more common these days.
3. We will ask for their list of Storage Providers, if any, to prevent potential Datacap abuse.
4. We will ask for samples of the data, and if needed, go down to the ground in their data centers and perform a physical spot check.

What processes will you employ when granting additional DataCap to a client that has previously been verified? This includes confirming that the client is not improperly using the DataCap they were previously granted, i.e., making deals with a single SP entity.

1. We will do the same process as above. The checks perform in the past may no longer be relevant today.
2. On top of that, we will also track and check their on-chain behaviors. If any foul play and misbehavior is detected, we will not grant the client additional Datacap.
3. We will also check the data that were stored previously by the client on Filecoin. We will confirm with our own eyes that the previously verified data is indeed verified.

Bookkeeping Plan

Do you plan on conducting all your allocation decisions in public (e.g. Github repo), private (e.g. over email, Telegram, etc), or both? 

All decisions will be made public on Github.

Where do you plan on keeping a publicly accessible record of all your allocation decisions?

All decisions will be made public on Github. We will also back it up to Filecoin itself regularly and the data should be retrievable by everyone.

Service Level Agreement

Engagement in Program

Which level (1-5) of service commitment are you willing to dedicate to participating in the Fil+ program? This includes making DataCap allocations (direct and/or Large Datasets), joining working groups, adding comments on discussion/issues, attendance in governance calls, messages in Slack, etc. For a full list of the service levels and time commitments please review the rubric 

L4.

Track Record

Past allocation

Have you previously received DataCap to allocate before? If so, please link to any previous applications.

No. But I have assisted DataCap allocation duties before and is familiar with the workflow.

Disclosures

Do you/your organization have any relationship(s) with other existing notaries or their organizations? If yes, please list the names of the Notary individuals or organizations you may be related to.

I used to be the VP of Origin Storage.
filecoin-notaries-onboarding-bot[bot] commented 1 year ago

Thanks for your request! Everything looks good. :ok_hand: 

    A Governance Team member will review the information provided and contact you back pretty soon.
Kevin-FF-USA commented 1 year ago

Hi @baiciao, Thanks for applying to become a Notary in the Fil+ program!

As we score your application, you will need to verify your contact information and affiliated organization. Since you are applying on behalf of an organization, please email NOTARYELECTION@FIL.ORG from your Organizations email account. *This cannot be from your personal account. You Must include the address of your Organization.

Subject Line: Notary Name, Application Number Email Body:

Your First and Last name Your Organization Your Country of Operation Your Slack handle in filecoinproject.slack.com Link to this GitHub application

This step needs to be completed by 28NOV. Emails received after the 28th run the risk of delaying scoring and may result in your application not being completed. Once we receive verification of your email, we will then send you a token code to verify and link your SLACK account.

Should you have any questions, please post them here in the comments section of your application and tag @Kevin-FF-USA and @panges2

Thank you!

baiciao commented 1 year ago

Hi @Kevin-FF-USA , I have send the email using my organization email: baiciao@hautesplanning.com. Please let me know if you have any further questions or instructions. Thanks!

raghavrmadya commented 1 year ago

Thank you for your verification information. At this stage, the Trust & transparency Working Group has flagged your application for further audit. The governance team will wait for guidance from the WG before we can proceed further with your application.

baiciao commented 1 year ago

Thank you for the update. I understand that my application has been flagged for further audit by the Trust & transparency Working Group. I appreciate the diligence of the governance team in ensuring the integrity of the process, and I am happy to cooperate with any additional steps that may be necessary. Please let me know if there is anything else that I can do to assist with the audit. I look forward to hearing from the Working Group and continuing the application process.

baiciao commented 1 year ago

Just an update, I have confirmed the token codes too on Slack!

galen-mcandrew commented 1 year ago

Please see attached for initial notary scoring by governance team. Thank you for applying! 701.pdf

Kevin-FF-USA commented 1 year ago

@baiciao

Thank you for applying to serve as a Notary in this 4th round of elections for the Filecoin Plus program. This round’s pool of applicants was the largest and most accomplished in the programs history; and in light of this, we were unable to offer positions to every worthy applicant. After carefully reviewing the application, I’m sorry to inform that it was not selected as a Notary in this 4th round.

Please know that this decision in no way diminishes your application. We are impressed by the contributions you’ve demonstrated and hope you continue to drive the success of the Filecoin storage system. The 5th round of new Notary Elections is scheduled to open in Q2 of 2023, and we encourage you to maintain a presence in the community and return during the next round. Please reach out to Galen, Kevin-FF, or Philip on Slack if you have any questions.

Thank you for the hard work your application represents.