[OpenID board] Revised local chapters policy

Wed May 7 16:45:53 UTC 2008

Does someone who's an expert in the creative commons licenses want to weigh in on whether any of their licenses would serve this purpose (making OpenID related content available to the community on an irrevocable basis for the purposes of promoting OpenID while prohibiting uses that do not do so)?

                                                                Thanks,
                                                                -- Mike

From: board-bounces at openid.net [mailto:board-bounces at openid.net] On Behalf Of David Recordon
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 3:33 AM
To: board at openid.net
Subject: Re: [OpenID board] Revised local chapters policy

Could the licensing in #6 also allow Creative Commons licensed content (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/) as another option.  Should serve the same purpose and will be perceived as "less evil".  I'm just worried about the wording of the clause seeming like it is too controlling or overbearing.

--David

On May 7, 2008, at 7:10 AM, Mike Jones wrote:

Thanks for the attention to detail, Drummond.  How about this wording the clauses in question?

2 - Registration
Organizations must apply to the OIDF for recognition as a Local Chapter by sending an email to board at openid.net<mailto:board at openid.net>. In this email, Chapters must signify their agreement to the terms of this policy and supply: a) contact information for the organizers, b) the URL that the OIDF should use when listing the chapter, c) a description of the region or community that the organization serves, and d) the name of the chapter.

6 - Intellectual Property
Chapters must agree that any intellectual property or trademarks developed or held by the Chapter must be freely available for use to the OpenID Community, in particular, they must agree that any intellectual property or trademarks developed or held by the local chapter must either be owned by OIDF, jointly owned by the OIDF, or licensed to the OIDF under terms that allow OIDF to use them in whatever way it sees fit, including sublicensing to others under terms of its choosing.  The one exception to this policy is that a Chapter may have a Chapter logo or mark that is only available to members of that Chapter, provided that that logo or mark does not infringe the OpenID trademark.
Finally, 7 and 13 are not in conflict if the relationship that a local chapter has with another organization (13) is with another local chapter also committed to the Purpose (7).  If you see it differently Drummond, specifically what conflict do you see in this case?

                                                Thanks all,
                                                -- Mike

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From: board-bounces at openid.net<mailto:board-bounces at openid.net> [mailto:board-bounces at openid.net] On Behalf Of Drummond Reed
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 9:35 PM
To: board at openid.net<mailto:board at openid.net>
Subject: Re: [OpenID board] Revised local chapters policy

Mike,

This is looking good. See four items of (relatively minor) feedback inline. Once these are dealt with I'd move to adopt this at Thursday's meeting.

=Drummond

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From: board-bounces at openid.net<mailto:board-bounces at openid.net> [mailto:board-bounces at openid.net] On Behalf Of Mike Jones
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 9:38 AM
To: board at openid.net<mailto:board at openid.net>
Subject: [OpenID board] Revised local chapters policy

The proposed revised local chapters policy is below.  You can compare it to the existing local chapters policy in force athttp://openid.net/foundation/chapters/.  This has been developed with a lot of input from Snorri and Nat (thanks guys!) and should enable us to have both OpenID Europe and OpenID Japan sign on as local chapters.  Please consider this before the board meeting on Thursday, as I plan to have us vote on it then.

                                                                Thanks all,
                                                                -- Mike

OIDF Local Chapters Policy

1 - Independent Organizations
Local Chapters ("Chapters") are independent of the OpenID Foundation ("OIDF") itself and thus can either be informal organizations or formal legal entities, which is a decision left to the Chapter organizers.

2 - Registration
Chapters must register with OIDF by sending an email to board at openid.net<mailto:board at openid.net>. In this email, Chapters will signify their agreement to the terms of this policy, and will supply all contact information to be used for this Chapter, so that the Chapters committee can maintain the references on the OIDF web site ("openid.net").

This still is not as clear as asking the Chapter to provide: a) contact info at the time of application, and b) the URL that the OIDF should use to reference ongoing contact information for the chapter.

3 - Members
Chapters will clearly inform their members and prospective members that membership in the Local Chapter does not grant them membership in the OIDF and will encourage their members to also join OIDF.

4 - Leadership Team
Chapters must be headed by a designated leadership team, composed of at least three people.

5 - Internet site
Chapters should have their own web site, listing events and news. This Chapter-sponsored web site is the responsibility of the chapter organizers, not of the OIDF staff or volunteers.

6 - Intellectual Property
Chapters must agree that any intellectual property or trademarks developed or held by the Chapter must be freely available for use to the OpenID Community, in particular, they must agree that any intellectual property or trademarks developed or held by the local chapter must either be owned by OIDF, jointly owned by the OIDF, or licensed to the OIDF under terms that allow OIDF to use them in whatever way it sees fit, including sublicensing to others under terms of its choosing.
This still does not include the exception that a Chapter should be able to have a Chapter logo or mark that is only available to members of that Chapter.
7 - Purpose
Chapters must agree that all Chapter activities are focused on fostering the widespread adoption and use of OpenID and in support of the OIDF's mission statement.

The way this is worded ("all Chapter activities") is in conflict with #13 below.

8 - Financing
Chapters must operate independently, with no expectation of receiving funds from OIDF. However, they may apply to the OIDF board for funding of specific activities or events, and these requests will be considered on their merits.

9 - Activities Report
Chapters must exhibit "liveness". At least every year the Chapter's leaders must report to the Local Chapters Committee on their chapter activities. Meetings are good.  Evidence of an active mailing list is sufficient.

10 - Listing of Chapters
OIDF will list the Chapters on openid.net in a geographically organized list, providing contact information and link sites to the Chapter.

11 - Nondiscriminatory Acceptance
All proposed Chapters agreeing to abide by the Local Chapters Policy will be accepted as Local Chapters by the OIDF.

12 - Territories
OIDF will recognize any proposed eligible Local Chapters, regardless of the geographic scope of the chapter, including chapters with overlapping territories and missions.  Chapters organized at the nation state level may apply to the OIDF to be recognized as the OIDF-designated national chapter.  OIDF will recognize at most one chapter as the designated national chapter in a nation-state at any time.

13 - Non-Exclusive Relationships
Chapters are free to maintain relationships and partnerships with other organizations and to maintain their own memberships, provided that the purpose and conduct of those relationships is consistent with this Local Chapters Policy.

I agree with this but to keep it we need to adjust the language on #7 above.

14 - Local Chapters Committee
OIDF may authorize a Local Chapters Committee. This committee must be composed of at least one Chapter leader and at least one OIDF board member.

15 - Chapter Removal
If a Chapter has violated the Chapters Policy (e.g.: if a Chapter does not report its activities or pursues activities in conflict with its mission to promote OpenID) and the violation has not been corrected and completely resolved within 3 months after written notice by OIDF, OIDF can remove that Chapter from its listings. The OIDF Board may delegate the authority to de-list a chapter with cause to the Local Chapters Committees.  A Chapter may appeal the committee's decision to the board.  A Chapter may also request to be de-listed.

16 - Changes to the Local Chapters Policy
If the OIDF alters the Local Chapters Policy it will notify Local Chapter leaders of the change. Following notification, the Local Chapter leaders will have 90 days to reply to the Local Chapters Committee either accepting the revised policy or stating why they are unwilling to operate under the revised policy. Should they not accept the revised policy, the OIDF will record the policy version under which the Chapter was admitted and allow that chapter to continue operating under that policy, except in cases where the board determines that substantial legal risk or financial harm would be incurred by the OIDF or that damage to OpenID would result.  Failure to formally opt out of the revised policy within 90 days of the change will be deemed acceptance of the new policy.

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