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On 06/03/2009 03:12 AM, Chris Messina:
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<div>There are seven membership levels:</div>
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I pinged you directly since I have no intention to disclose it at this
forum publicly, but it's a for-profit Organization.<br>
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<div>I'm not sure when or how these benefits were developed, but I
agree that as they've not been kept, they should be removed from the
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As they have not been kept to corporate members, what would you
suggest to compensate them? What would be the added benefits for
corporation members in your opinion should those benefits be removed? I
can't see beyond the once I listed. Why should an organization pay more
per vote?<br>
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(Besides that, I believe that OIF doesn't need the money from its
foundation members really. Incidentally, as an organization we paid a
higher fee than those of the sustaining member on a per employee basis.
Not that it matters, it's just an interesting fact ;-) )<br>
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<div>The Foundation should be a steward of the technology, promoting
adoption of the technology, but not necessarily endorsing any one
vendor over another.</div>
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Well, I believe endorsement happened long time ago.<br>
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<div>I'd love to see something like <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://djangopeople.net" target="_blank">djangopeople.net</a>
set up for the
OpenID community, but as Luke said, resources have been the major
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With a 350K US$ budged? You must be joking....or priorities are maybe
wrong, not sure...</div>
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<div>I'm not sure where all the sponsorship money has gone, but
that's why we have an executive director to tell us how the foundation
money has been spent!</div>
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It's good to ask publicly once in a while... I remember that from last
year :-)<br>
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You mentioned asking for a specific thing or benefit for a long time
that you've still not received. Do you just mean that StartCom hasn't
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You know what - I'd say "promotion" would be a rather strong word....an
overkill. But I certainly expected to see a listing of all proud
foundation members (corporate first, individuals after) at some point.
At least for those who want it (there is a flag in the membership
profile which one can activate, so this has been though up at some
point). I also liked to see the StartSSL provider be listed at the "Get
OpenID" page perhaps...<br>
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Everything beyond would have been beyond our expectations.<br>
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<td>Signer: </td>
<td>Eddy Nigg, <a href="http://www.startcom.org">StartCom Ltd.</a></td>
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<td>Jabber: </td>
<td><a href="xmpp:startcom@startcom.org">startcom@startcom.org</a></td>
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<td>Blog: </td>
<td><a href="http://blog.startcom.org">Join the Revolution!</a></td>
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<td>Phone: </td>
<td>+1.213.341.0390</td>
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