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Hi Mike, <br>
<br>
Below is from my original Chapter Policy Manuscript, which seems to be
much too robust for acceptance. <br>
However, it does contain such criterias: Specifically, National
Chapters must fulfil III-2, III-3: <br>
<br>
<p><b style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span style=""> III-2.<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span></b><b style=""><span lang="EN-US">Intellectual
Property</span></b></p>
<!--[endif]-->
<p><b style=""><span lang="EN-US"></span></b></p>
<p><b style=""><span lang="EN-US">
</span></b><span lang="EN-US">The National Chapters are required to
secure the
fair use of trademarks and other intellectual property <br>
in the jurisdiction for
the OpenID Community with a commercially reasonable effort.<span
style=""> </span><b style=""><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42pt; text-indent: -21pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b
style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span style="">III-3.<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style=""><span lang="EN-US">Translation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 52.5pt; text-indent: -52.5pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="" lang="EN-US"><span style=""><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span>i.<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">The National
Chapters are
required to provide the translation of then current OpenID
Specifications and
the IPR documents in the local language.<b style="">
</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 52.5pt; text-indent: -52.5pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="" lang="EN-US"><span style=""><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span>ii.<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">The National
Chapters are
required to assist the communication of the Local Chapter Members with
the
Working Groups by setting up a local language mailing list parallel to
the OIDF
Working Group mailing lists.<br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 52.5pt; text-indent: -52.5pt;"><span
lang="EN-US"><br>
</span></p>
III-2 especially, requires a single entity to be doing this, since
otherwise, it will result in a chaos. This probalby is the most
important reason for having a single National Chapter. <br>
<br>
Also, IMHO, a National chapter should conduct a preliminary survay of
local patents for the possible infringement of those by OpenID
specificatioin. This is a rather costly operation and best dealt at one
entity for the economic reason. Probably, this should be added to III-2
as well. <br>
<br>
Nat<br>
<br>
<br>
Original text are as below:---<br>
<br>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; text-indent: -31.5pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b
style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-US"><span style="">II.<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style=""><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">Duties of a
Local Chapter<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42pt; text-indent: -21pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="" lang="EN-US"><span style="">1.<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style=""><span lang="EN-US">Intellectual
Property</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><br>
The chapters must agree that their activities will be for the purpose
of
supporting the adoptions and the usage of OpenID. They must agree that
any
intellectual property or trademarks developed or held by the local
chapter must
be available freely for the OpenID Community for the fair use.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42pt; text-indent: -21pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="" lang="EN-US"><span style="">2.<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b style=""><span lang="EN-US">Activities</span></b><span
lang="EN-US"><br>
Each Local Chapter must engage in the following activities: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 52.5pt; text-indent: -52.5pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="" lang="EN-US"><span style=""><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span>i.<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Annual General
Meeting</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 52.5pt; text-indent: -52.5pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="" lang="EN-US"><span style=""><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span>ii.<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Annual Report
Publishing</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 52.5pt; text-indent: -52.5pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="" lang="EN-US"><span style=""><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span>iii.<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Web site which is
enabled with
OpenID Authentication. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42pt; text-indent: -21pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b
style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span style="">3.<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style=""><span lang="EN-US">Autonomous
Financing<br>
</span></b><span lang="EN-US">The chapters must operate autonomously
without any
financial support from OIDF.<b style=""><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42pt; text-indent: -21pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b
style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span style="">4.<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style=""><span lang="EN-US">Membership
Management<br>
</span></b><span lang="EN-US">Local Chapters must maintain the list of
the Local
Chapter Members. <b style=""><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt; text-indent: -31.5pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b
style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-US"><span style="">III.<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style=""><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US">Obligations
of a National
Chapter<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt;"><span style=""
lang="EN-US">In addition to the
above Local Chapters duties, National Chapters are required to fulfill
the
following obligations. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42pt; text-indent: -21pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b
style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span style="">1.<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style=""><span lang="EN-US">Form<br>
</span></b><span lang="EN-US">Although it is not required to be
registered as a
non-profit organization, a National Chapter must be a non-profit for
its
purpose. <b style=""><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42pt; text-indent: -21pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b
style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span style="">2.<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style=""><span lang="EN-US">Intellectual
Property<br>
</span></b><span lang="EN-US">The National Chapters are required to
secure the
fair use of trademarks and other intellectual property in the
jurisdiction for
the OpenID Community with a commercially reasonable effort.<span
style=""> </span><b style=""><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 42pt; text-indent: -21pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b
style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><span style="">3.<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style=""><span lang="EN-US">Translation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 52.5pt; text-indent: -52.5pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="" lang="EN-US"><span style=""><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span>i.<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">The National
Chapters are
required to provide the translation of then current OpenID
Specifications and
the IPR documents in the local language.<b style="">
</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 52.5pt; text-indent: -52.5pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="" lang="EN-US"><span style=""><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span>ii.<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">The National
Chapters are
required to assist the communication of the Local Chapter Members with
the
Working Groups by setting up a local language mailing list parallel to
the OIDF
Working Group mailing lists. </span></p>
<br>
<br>
Mike Jones wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Nat and
Snorri, since you're the ones
advocating OIDF having the concept of designated national chapters, I'm
going
to first ask you to take a stab at answering Dick's question. I agree
with him that having a designation but no criteria for the board to
make that
designation nor any definition of how the OIDF should treat a
designated
national chapter any differently than any other local chapter is a
recipe for
future problems.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Summarizing,
I think the questions are:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> - What
criteria will be used to
decide which application is granted the national chapter if there is
more then
one applicant?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> - Does the
OIDF treat designated national
chapters any differently than other chapters, and if so, how?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">
Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">
--
Mike<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold;">From:</span></font></b><font
face="Tahoma" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net">board-bounces@openid.net</a> [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net">mailto:board-bounces@openid.net</a>] <b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>Dick Hardt<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, May
07, 2008 9:28
PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:board@openid.net">board@openid.net</a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [OpenID
board]
Revised local chapters policy</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: bold;">12
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Territories</span></font></u><u1:p></u1:p></b><font color="black"><span
style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: bold;">OIDF
will recognize any proposed eligible Local Chapters, regardless of the
geographic scope of the chapter, including chapters with overlapping
territories and missions. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>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.</span></font><u1:p></u1:p></b><font color="black"><span
style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font color="black" face="Arial" size="4"><span
style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: bold;"> </span></font></b><font
color="black"><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">What criteria will be used to decide which
application is granted the
national chapter if there is more then one applicant?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">If the national chapter leadership is lacking
and another group wants
to take over, how is that done?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">These are very subjective / political
criteria that I think would be
best for the OIDF to stay out of if possible.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">-- Dick<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Nat Sakimura (=nat)
Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.
XDI.ORG Vice Chair
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