+1<div><br></div><div>Having nicer looking chapters page and rss aggregation would be really nice. </div><div><br></div><div>=nat<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 2:16 AM, David Recordon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:drecordon@sixapart.com">drecordon@sixapart.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">I'd support replacing the "Contact" link with "Around the World" or something like that. I think the contact link is actually a little deceiving given that it is contact info for the Foundation whereas OpenID.net is designed to be more generally about the project.<div>
<br></div><div>Not a pre-req to this, but it would also be nice to further build out the chapters page to look a bit nicer, maybe provide an excerpt of the latest blog post from each chapter, etc.</div><div><br></div><div>
--David</div><div><br><div><div class="Ih2E3d"><div>On Oct 31, 2008, at 7:44 AM, Snorri wrote:</div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><span style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div lang="FR" link="blue" vlink="purple">
<div><div class="Ih2E3d"><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Dear Members of the Board,</span></div><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">
<span lang="EN-US"> </span></div><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">As you know, I am convinced that the key to OpenID's development throughout the world is the amount and quality of support we bring to the Local Communities. Putting Local Chapters and Communities in place is a major part of my current activities for OpenID.</span></div>
<div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Since the creation of the "OIDF Local Chapter Policy"—which saw the light of day thanks to Mike Jones—we have been able to put in place eight (8) Local Chapters (among them 2 new ones—they came in this week; OpenID Morocco and OpenID Turkey), to which 6 or 7 others (Balkans, Bulgaria, Greece, Korea, Denmark, Thailand, Malaysia…) may be added in the coming weeks. I may add that I have as a personal objective to reach the bar of the 50 Local Chapters in 2009.</span></div>
<div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></div></div><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">
<span lang="EN-US">This being considered, it would seem not normal that the page<span> </span><a href="http://openid.net/foundation/chapters/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">http://openid.net/foundation/chapters/</a><span> </span>be almost hidden at the bottom of the<a href="http://openid.net/foundation/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">http://openid.net/foundation/</a><span> </span>page, in other words, practically invisible.</span></div>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></div><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">
<span lang="EN-US">To pursue our progression, we need more visibility; for example, by placing, directly on the Home (at the top and to the right), an "OpenID Worldwide" link (this term of "worldwide" is more clear than "Local Chapters," a term more reserved to internal designation and legal documents).</span></div>
<div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></div><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">
<span lang="EN-US">The advantages I see to this are threefold:</span></div><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></div>
<div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">(a) Allowing visitors coming to OpenID.net from the "rest of the world" to go further, and to be able to come in direct contact, and to receive assistance from, the Community in their own country—in their own language,</span></div>
<div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">(b) Give a motivation to new members of the OpenID Community to start a Local Chapter in their country if none exists there yet,</span></div>
<div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">(c) Broadcast a true international image to the Foundation and to prove that OpenID is truly a global phenomenon.</span></div>
<div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></div><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">
<span lang="EN-US">Do you agree to this? If so, please give me you agreement by mail and I will make the modification on OpenID.net.</span></div><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">
<span lang="EN-US"> </span></div><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">Thank you,</div><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">
</div><div style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">-Snorri</div></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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