Merge pull request #37 from ZcashFoundation/adds-zapp-working-group

fixes translation working group, adds zApps working group, modifies README
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Working groups are intended to be community-driven, indepdendent, and led by volunteers, rather than organized top-down. Working groups are intended to be community-driven, indepdendent, and led by volunteers, rather than organized top-down.
As such, the idea is that although the Foundation will officially "recognize" Working Groups, the Working Groups should be able to exist independently of the Foundation too. For example, a working group can exist before being recognized by the Foundation, a working group could be simultaneously recognized by some other organization as well (e.g., a WC3 working group), and a working group could continue to exist even if the Zcash Foundation withdraws recognition. As such, the idea is that although the Foundation will officially "recognize" Working Groups, the Working Groups should be able to exist independently of the Foundation too. For example, a working group can exist before being recognized by the Foundation, a working group could be simultaneously recognized by some other organization as well (e.g., a WC3 working group), and a working group could continue to exist even if the Zcash Foundation withdraws recognition.
To propose a working group for recognition by Zcash Foundation, create a draft file explaining the above, and either create an issue or a pull request to this repo, or contact the. To propose a working group for recognition by Zcash Foundation, create a draft file explaining the above, and either create an issue or a pull request to this repo.
The authority to recognize working groups rests with the Zcash Foundation board, who have also authorized the President to approve a working group directly. The authority to recognize working groups rests with the Zcash Foundation board, who have also authorized the President to approve a working group directly.

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zApps Working Group
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- *Coordinator:* Josh Cincinnati (interim coordinator)
- *Forums:* This working group will initially begin as a scheduled Hangout among participants, but will eventually include a chat room on chat.zcashcommunity.com and IRL meetings/presentations as well.
- *Statement of Purpose:* Pursuant to [issue 28](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/ZcashFoundation/issues/28) and [issue 35](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/ZcashFoundation/issues/35), there are many projects—blockchain related and beyond—that are potentially integrating zeroknowledge proofs and processes. To paraphrase [@nathan-at-least](https://github.com/nathan-at-least), this is a newly emerging technical field without well-established techniques, and it stands to reason that a working group could help standardize efforts, hasten development, and improve security across implementations.
Next Steps:
- Assemble list of potential participants and directly reach out. The current outreach list includes:
- Filecoin
- Ethereum
- Chronicled
- Qedit
- Tezos
- Quorum
- Zcash Company
- Libsnark
- Schedule Hangout, including a small presentation by the Zcash Company to describe their latest work and to collect feedback from other participants
- Initiate other channels for discussion (chat.zcashcommunity.com) and highlight opportunities for mutual development.
- IRL presentation by working group at a large venue (Devcon/meetup?)
Long Term Goal: In addition to fostering cooperation between many supporters and researchers behind zeroknowledge systems, the group would publish reports on their findings...and eventually offer services to other developers/researchers who want to build their own zeroknowledge applications (hence the *zApp* moniker).