<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:bookman old style,new york,times,serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Hi Nat,<br><br>Thanks for this report. An excellent beginning, it seems clear. I realize that very likely we might do well to start considering a few regional chapters in North America this year: <br>Silicon Valley/San Francisco Bay Area, <br>Portland/Seattle/Vancouver,<br>Oklahoma/Texas<br>Boston/New York/Washington, D.C.<br>???<br><br>okay, it's getting late...<br><br>cheers,<br>-bill<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Nat Sakimura <n-sakimura@nri.co.jp><br>To: "board@openid.net" <board@openid.net>; Bill Washburn <billhwashburn@yahoo.com><br>Cc: Kentaro Sakamoto
<k-sakamoto@verisign.co.jp>; "Krall, Gary" <gkrall@verisign.com>; "david@sixapart.com" <david@sixapart.com>; "Ishikawa, Kazuya" <k-ishikawa@verisign.co.jp>; Nobuhiro Seki <nseki@sixapart.jp><br>Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 9:36:10 PM<br>Subject: Re: [OpenID board] OpenID Foundation and Japan<br><br>
All-<br><br>We
had
a
very
productive
meeting
this
morning
in
Tokyo,
with
Seki-san
of <br>SixApart,
Sakamoto-san
and
Ishikawa-san
of
Verisign
Japan
and
myself <br>(from
Nomura
Research
Institute,
and
<a target="_blank" href="http://XDI.ORG">XDI.ORG</a>).<br><br>Among
other
things,
here
are
our
concensus:<br><br>1.
Japanese
organization
should
start
as
the
Japan
Chapter
of
OpenID <br>Foundation.<br>
(i.e.,
no
legal
entity
but
a
virtual
chapter
of
OIDF
as
Seki-san <br>suggested
in<br>
the
previous
mail.).
Thus,
to
join
Japan
Chapter,
it
has
to
be
a <br>member
of<br>
OIDF,
thus
policies
around
IPR,
trademark,
membership,
etc
would
also <br>apply
to<br>
them.<br><br>
Its
primary
purpose
includes:<br>
-
Promotion
of
OpenID
in
Japan
through:<br>
-
Preparation
of
Japanese
translation
of
the
SPECs.<br>
-
Preparation
of
Introductory
Materials
to
End
users
explaining<br>
-
How
to
use
OpenID<br>
-
Why
using
OpenID
is
good.<br>
-
Establishing
working
groups
to
discuss
issues
including <br>Japanese
specific
ones.<br>
-
Press
Relations<br>
-
Feedback
to
OpenID
Foundation
on
the
findings
and
requests
from <br>Japanese
market.<br><br>2.
We
should
target
at
annoucing
it
on
Feb.28,
when
David
comes
to
Japan.<br>
Outline
of
the
proposed
announcement
is
being
prepared
right
now.<br><br>3.
For
this
to
happen,
obviously,
we
need
OpenID
Foundation's
endorsment.<br>
Also,
OIDF's
assistance
to
encourage
Japanese
entities
of
those <br>Corporate
Board<br>
comapnies
to
join
Japan
Chapter
is
sought.<br><br>4.
In
pararell
to
3.
,
we
start
recruiting
the
Japanese
members.<br><br>Bill,
if
the
boards
are
ok
with
these,
could
you
kindly
follow
up <br>especially
with<br>item
3.
above,
please?<br><br>Regards,<br><br>--<br>Nat
Sakimura
(=nat)<br><a href="http://www.sakimura.org/en/" target="_blank">http://www.sakimura.org/en/</a><br><br><br></div><br></div></div></body></html>