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<p class=MsoNormal>The proposed revised local chapters policy is below.
You can compare it to the existing local chapters policy in force at <a
href="http://openid.net/foundation/chapters/">http://openid.net/foundation/chapters/</a>.
This has been developed with a lot of input from Snorri and Nat (thanks guys!) and
should enable us to have both OpenID Europe and OpenID Japan sign on as local
chapters. Please consider this before the board meeting on Thursday, as I
plan to have us vote on it then.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Thanks
all,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> --
Mike<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
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<p align=center style='text-align:center' id="q:ve0"><b id="q:ve1"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>OIDF Local Chapters
Policy</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id="q:ve7"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id="q:ve9"><b id="q:ve13"><u id="q:ve12"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1 - Independent
Organizations</span></u><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id="q:ve18"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Local Chapters
(“Chapters”) are independent of the OpenID Foundation
("OIDF") itself</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <span style='color:black'>a</span>nd thus
can either be informal organizations or formal legal entities, which is a
decision left to the Chapter organizers.</span></b><b><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id="q:ve18"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id="q:ve20"><b id="q:ve24"><u id="q:ve23"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2 - Registration</span></u><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id="q:ve25"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Chapters must register with OIDF by sending
an email to </span></b><b><u id="q:ve30"><span lang=FR style='font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="mailto:board@openid.net"
id="q:ve31"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>board@openid.net</span></a></span></u></b><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>.</span></b><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> In this email,
Chapters will signify their agreement to the terms of this policy, and will
supply all contact information to be used for this Chapter, so that the Chapters
committee can maintain the references on the OIDF web site
("openid.net").</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id="q:ve25"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id="q:ve41"><b id="q:ve42"><u id="q:ve43"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3 - Members </span></u><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id="q:ve47"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Chapters will clearly inform
their members and prospective members that membership in the Local Chapter does
not grant them membership in the OIDF and will encourage their members to also
join OIDF.</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p id="q:ve0"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id="q:ve54"><b id="q:ve58"><u id="q:ve57"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4 - Leadership Team</span></u><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id="q:ve59"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Chapters must be headed by a designated
leadership team, composed of at least three people. </span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id="q:ve63"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id="q:ve65"><b id="q:ve69"><u id="q:ve68"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>5 - Internet site</span></u><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id="q:ve70"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Chapters should have their own web site,
listing events and news. This Chapter-sponsored web site is the responsibility
of the chapter organizers, not of the OIDF staff or volunteers.</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p id="q:ve0"><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id="q:ve76"><b id="q:ve77"><u id="q:ve78"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>6 - Intellectual
Property</span></u><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id="q:ve82"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Chapters must agree that any intellectual
property or trademarks developed or held by the Chapter must be freely
available for use to the OpenID Community, in particular, they must agree that
any intellectual property or trademarks developed or held by the <span
class=nfakpe>local</span> chapter must either be owned by OIDF, jointly owned
by the OIDF, or licensed to the OIDF under terms that allow OIDF to use them in
whatever way it sees fit, including sublicensing to others under terms of its
choosing.<u id="q:ve90"><br id=s-xg0>
<br>
</u></span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id="q:ve82"><b id="q:ve89"><u id="q:ve90"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>7 - Purpose</span></u><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id="q:ve82"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Chapters must agree that all
Chapter activities are focused on fostering the widespread adoption and use of
OpenID</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>and in support of the OIDF's mission statement.</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id="q:ve82"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id="q:ve100"><b id="q:ve101"><u id="q:ve102"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>8 - Financing</span></u><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id="q:ve106"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Chapters must operate independently, with no
expectation of receiving funds from OIDF. However, they may apply to the OIDF
board for funding of specific activities or events, and these requests will be
considered on their merits.</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id="q:ve110"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id="q:ve112"><b id="q:ve113"><u id="q:ve114"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>9 - Activities Report
</span></u></b><b><span lang=FR><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id="q:ve124"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Chapters <span style='color:black'>must
exhibit “liveness”. A</span>t least <span style='color:black'>every
year the Chapter's leaders must report to the <span class=nfakpe>Local Chapters</span>
Committee on their chapter activities. Meetings are good. Evidence of an
active mailing list is sufficient.</span></span></b><b><i id="q:ve125"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br id=qwnd0>
</span></i> <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id="q:ve129"><b id="q:ve132"><u id="q:ve133"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>10 - Listing of
Chapters</span></u><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id=wve30><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>OIDF will list the Chapters on openid.net in
a geographically organized list, providing contact information and link sites
to the Chapter.</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id=fdqa0><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id=fdqa3><b><u id=j6fp0><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>11 - Nondiscriminatory Acceptance</span></u><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id=fdqa6><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>All proposed Chapters agreeing to abide by
the Local Chapters Policy will be accepted as Local Chapters by the OIDF.</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id=wve310><b id="q:ve144"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id=wve310><b id=fnpe11><u id=fnpe12><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>12 - Territories </span></u><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id="q:ve149"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>OIDF will recognize any proposed
eligible Local Chapters, regardless of the geographic scope of the chapter,
including chapters with overlapping territories and missions. <span
style='color:black'>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></span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id=n.1.0><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id=n.1.6><b><u id=vpja0><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>13 - Non-Exclusive
Relationships</span></u><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id=n.1.12><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Chapters are free to maintain
relationships and partnerships with other organizations and to maintain their
own memberships, provided that the purpose and conduct of those relationships
is consistent with this Local Chapters Policy.</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id=n.1.18><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id="q:ve192"><b id="q:ve157"><u id=r3-y2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>14 - Local Chapters
Committee</span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id="q:ve156"><b id="q:ve157"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>OIDF may authorize a
Local Chapters Committee. This committee must be composed of at least one
Chapter leader and at least one OIDF board member.</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id=gost0><b id="q:ve157"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id=vtku0><b id="q:ve157"><u id="q:ve196"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>15 - Chapter Removal</span></u><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id="q:ve200"><b id="q:ve157"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>If a
Chapter has violated the Chapters Policy (e.g.:</span></b><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'> </span></b><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>if a Chapter
does not report its activities or pursues activities in conflict with its
mission to promote OpenID)</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'> </span></b><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>and the
violation has not been corrected and completely resolved within 3 months after
written notice by OIDF, OIDF can remove that Chapter from its listings. The OIDF
Board may delegate the authority to de-list a chapter with cause to the Local
Chapters Committees.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>A Chapter may appeal the
committee's decision to the board. A Chapter may also request to be
de-listed.</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id=s8h70><b id="q:ve157"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id=s8h73><b id="q:ve157"><u id=gost3><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>16 - Changes to the
Local Chapters Policy</span></u><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id=s8h76><b id="q:ve157"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If the OIDF alters the Local Chapters
Policy it will notify Local Chapter leaders of the change. Following
notification, the Local Chapter leaders will have 90 days to reply to the Local
Chapters Committee either accepting the revised policy or stating why they are
unwilling to operate under the revised policy. Should they not accept the
revised policy, the OIDF will record the policy version under which the Chapter
was admitted and allow that chapter to continue operating under that policy,
except in cases where the board determines</span></b><b><span style='font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>that substantial legal risk
or financial harm would be incurred by the OIDF or that damage
to OpenID would result. Failure to formally opt out of the
revised policy within 90 days of the change will be deemed acceptance of the
new policy.</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:28.1pt' id=u2rm0><b id="q:ve157"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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