[OpenID board] National Chapters Policy Proposal

Tue Oct 23 04:20:47 UTC 2012

Since I noticed in some mailers the main text of the previous mail is
treated as the inclusion of the previous text and is not shown, I am
sending it again.

8. National Chapters Discussion

R2012.10.8.1 *Creation of National Chapters Policy*

WHEREAS, creating incentives for chapters to recruit new members for OIDF
would benefit the OIDF and the community, and

WHEREAS, creating incentives for the companies in the respective nations to
join OIDF would  benefit the OIDF and the community, and

WHEREAS, creating a structure that allow the establishment of the entity
that can effectively monitor trademark usages and enforce the policy in the
jurisdictions is desired to protect OIDF trademarks and brands, now,
therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the following clause to be added to the local chapters
policy stated at http://openid.net/foundation/chapters/ after the
Territories clause.

*National Chapters*

National chapters are special type of local chapter that fulfill the
following requirements in addition :

   1. There shall be maximum of only one national chapter covering the
   jurisdiction. A national chapter may cover multiple jurisdictions.
   2. National Chapters shall be registered at OIDF. It is the sole
   discretion of the OIDF board to approve the registration of a local chapter
   as a National Chapter.
   3. OIDF shall grant a right to use the name OpenID Foundation X or
   OpenID X, where X stands for the name of the country (e.g., OpenID
   Foundation Japan, or OpenID Denmark.), to the National Chapters.
   4. An OIDF member in a country X may choose to register at a National
   chapter X as well, in which case, the member has a right to direct maximum
   80% of its OIDF membership fee to be spent in the corresponding
   jurisdiction.
   5. National Chapters shall bear the duty to act as an agent for
   trademark policing in the jurisdiction. National Chapters must be in a
   suitable legal form to perform this action.

On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 1:17 PM, Nat Sakimura <sakimura at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> As a material for the Agenda item 8. of the forthcoming board meeting, I
hereby is sending this draft resolution out, which has been in discussion
in the Executive Committees since the last board meeting.
>
> 8. National Chapters Discussion
>
> R2012.10.8.1 Creation of National Chapters Policy
>
>
> WHEREAS, creating incentives for chapters to recruit new members for OIDF
would benefit the OIDF and the community, and
>
> WHEREAS, creating incentives for the companies in the respective nations
to join OIDF would  benefit the OIDF and the community, and
>
> WHEREAS, creating a structure that allow the establishment of the entity
that can effectively monitor trademark usages and enforce the policy in the
jurisdictions is desired to protect OIDF trademarks and brands, now,
therefore be it
>
> RESOLVED, That the following clause to be added to the local chapters
policy stated at http://openid.net/foundation/chapters/ after the
Territories clause.
>
>
> National Chapters
>
> National chapters are special type of local chapter that fulfill the
following requirements in addition :
>
> There shall be maximum of only one national chapter covering the
jurisdiction. A national chapter may cover multiple jurisdictions.
> National Chapters shall be registered at OIDF. It is the sole discretion
of the OIDF board to approve the registration of a local chapter as a
National Chapter.
> OIDF shall grant a right to use the name OpenID Foundation X or OpenID X,
where X stands for the name of the country (e.g., OpenID Foundation Japan,
or OpenID Denmark.), to the National Chapters.
> An OIDF member in a country X may choose to register at a National
chapter X as well, in which case, the member has a right to direct maximum
80% of its OIDF membership fee to be spent in the corresponding
jurisdiction.
> National Chapters shall bear the duty to act as an agent for trademark
policing in the jurisdiction. National Chapters must be in a suitable legal
form to perform this action.
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Nat Sakimura <sakimura at gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 8:05 AM
> Subject: National Chapters Policy Proposal
> To: Eric Sachs <esachs at google.com>, Kick Willemse <kick at prooflink.com>,
John Bradley <jbradley at mac.com>, Mike Jones <Michael.Jones at microsoft.com>,
"Don Thibeau (OIDF ED)" <don at oidf.org>, John Ehrig <jehrig at inventures.com>,
Nat Sakimura <sakimura at gmail.com>
>
>
> Hi. Thanks for the call today.
>
> Since searching for "National Chapters Policy" got kind of hard for me at
least, I am starting a new thread dedicating on it.
>
> On today's call, I understand that John raised the concern that some
random local chapters standing up as a National Chapter.
> In the previous proposal, there is a clause that prevents it. I have
highlighted in red below.
> National Chapter is an agent of OIDF and it is up to the OIDF to decide
whether or not a local chapter can be a National chapter.
>
> I combined old sub-clause 1 and 4 to make it clearer.
>
> Just to explain those subclauses,
>
> Sub-clause 1-2 puts the conditions for a local chapters to be recognized
as National Chapters.
> Sub-clause 3-4 states the rights of National Chapters. Although
sub-clause 4 makes it possible for the member to direct 80% of its fee to
the jurisdiction, it does not mean it has to. Also, it does not mean that
it goes to National Chapters, though it is most logical in many cases.
> Sub-clause 5 states the duty of National Chapters.
>
> I welcome any concrete amendments.
>
> Title of Resolution: Creation of National Chapters Policy
>
> WHEREAS, creating incentives for chapters to recruit new members for OIDF
would benefit the OIDF and the community, and
> WHEREAS, creating incentives for the companies in the respective nations
to join OIDF would  benefit the OIDF and the community, and
> WHEREAS, creating a structure that allow the establishment of the entity
that can effectively monitor trademark usages and enforce the policy in the
jurisdictions is desired to protect OIDF trademarks and brands, now,
therefore be it
> RESOLVED, That the following clause to be added to the local chapters
policy stated at http://openid.net/foundation/chapters/ after the
Territories clause.
>
> National Chapters
>
> National chapters are special type of local chapter that fulfill the
following requirements in addition :
>
> There shall be maximum of only one national chapter covering the
jurisdiction. A national chapter may cover multiple jurisdictions.
> National Chapters shall be registered at OIDF. It is the sole discretion
of the OIDF board to approve the registration of a local chapter as a
National Chapter.
> OIDF shall grant a right to use the name OpenID Foundation X or OpenID X,
where X stands for the name of the country (e.g., OpenID Foundation Japan,
or OpenID Denmark.), to the National Chapters.
> An OIDF member in a country X may choose to register at a National
chapter X as well, in which case, the member has a right to direct maximum
80% of its OIDF membership fee to be spent in the corresponding
jurisdiction.
> National Chapters shall bear the duty to act as an agent for trademark
policing in the jurisdiction. National Chapters must be in a suitable legal
form to perform this action.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Nat Sakimura (=nat)
> Chairman, OpenID Foundation
> http://nat.sakimura.org/
> @_nat_en
>
>
>
>
> --
> Nat Sakimura (=nat)
> Chairman, OpenID Foundation
> http://nat.sakimura.org/
> @_nat_en
>

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Chairman, OpenID Foundation
http://nat.sakimura.org/
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