<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Could the licensing in #6 also allow Creative Commons licensed content (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/)">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/)</a> as another option. Should serve the same purpose and will be perceived as "less evil". I'm just worried about the wording of the clause seeming like it is too controlling or overbearing.</div><div><br></div><div>--David</div><div><br></div><div><div>On May 7, 2008, at 7:10 AM, Mike Jones wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-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; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"><div class="Section1"><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; ">Thanks for the attention to detail, Drummond. How about this wording the clauses in question?<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><u><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">2 - Registration</span></font></u><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">Organizations must apply to the OIDF for recognition as a Local Chapter by sending an email to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></font></b><b><u id="q:ve30"><font size="4" color="black" face="Arial"><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: bold; "><a href="mailto:board@openid.net" id="q:ve31" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; ">board@openid.net</span></font></a></span></font></u></b><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: bold; ">.</span></font></b><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>In this email, Chapters must signify their agreement to the terms of this policy and supply: a) contact information for the organizers, b) the URL that the OIDF should use when listing the chapter, c) a description of the region or community that the organization serves, and d) the name of the chapter.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><u><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">6 - Intellectual Property</span></font></u><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">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="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="nfakpe">local</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </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. The one exception to this policy is that a Chapter may have a Chapter logo or mark that is only available to members of that Chapter, provided that that logo or mark does not infringe the OpenID trademark.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; ">Finally, 7 and 13 are not in conflict if the relationship that a local chapter has with another organization (13) is with another local chapter also committed to the Purpose (7). If you see it differently Drummond, specifically what conflict do you see in this case?<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; "> Thanks all,<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; "> -- Mike<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" tabindex="-1"></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold; ">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net">board-bounces@openid.net</a> [<a href="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">mailto:board-bounces@openid.net</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b>Drummond Reed<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Sent:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, May 06, 2008 9:35 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">To:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:board@openid.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">board@openid.net</a><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Subject:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [OpenID board] Revised local chapters policy</span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; ">Mike,<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; ">This is looking good. See four items of (relatively minor) feedback inline. Once these are dealt with I’d move to adopt this at Thursday’s meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; ">=Drummond<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: blue; border-left-width: 1.5pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 4pt; "><div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" tabindex="-1"></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold; ">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">board-bounces@openid.net</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[<a href="mailto:board-bounces@openid.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">mailto:board-bounces@openid.net</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b>Mike Jones<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Sent:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, May 05, 2008 9:38 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">To:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:board@openid.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">board@openid.net</a><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Subject:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[OpenID board] Revised local chapters policy</span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">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/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">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<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>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></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; "> Thanks all,<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; "> -- Mike<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></div><div style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b id="q:ve1"><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">OIDF Local Chapters Policy</span></font><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b id="q:ve13"><u id="q:ve12"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">1 - Independent Organizations</span></font></u><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: bold; ">Local Chapters (“Chapters”) are independent of the OpenID Foundation ("OIDF") itself</span></font></b><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><font color="black"><span style="color: black; ">a</span></font>nd thus can either be informal organizations or formal legal entities, which is a decision left to the Chapter organizers.</span></font></b><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b id="q:ve24"><u id="q:ve23"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">2 - Registration</span></font></u><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">Chapters must register with OIDF by sending an email to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></font></b><b><u id="q:ve30"><font size="4" color="black" face="Arial"><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: bold; "><a href="mailto:board@openid.net" id="q:ve31" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><font size="2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; ">board@openid.net</span></font></a></span></font></u></b><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: bold; ">.</span></font></b><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>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").<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-weight: bold; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-weight: bold; ">This still is not as clear as asking the Chapter to provide: a) contact info at the time of application, and b) the URL that the OIDF should use to reference ongoing contact information for the chapter.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b id="q:ve42"><u id="q:ve43"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">3 - Members</span></font></u><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: bold; ">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></font><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b id="q:ve58"><u id="q:ve57"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">4 - Leadership Team</span></font></u><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">Chapters must be headed by a designated leadership team, composed of at least three people.</span></font><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b id="q:ve69"><u id="q:ve68"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">5 - Internet site</span></font></u><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">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></font><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; "> </span></font><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b id="q:ve77"><u id="q:ve78"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">6 - Intellectual Property</span></font></u><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">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="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="nfakpe">local</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-weight: bold; ">This still does not include the exception that a Chapter should be able to have a Chapter logo or mark that is only available to members of that Chapter.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b id="q:ve89"><u id="q:ve90"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">7 - Purpose</span></font></u><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: bold; ">Chapters must agree that all Chapter activities are focused on fostering the widespread adoption and use of OpenID</span></font></b><b><font size="4" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></font></b><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: bold; ">and in support of the OIDF's mission statement.</span></font></b><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-weight: bold; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-weight: bold; ">The way this is worded (“all Chapter activities”) is in conflict with #13 below.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b id="q:ve101"><u id="q:ve102"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">8 - Financing</span></font></u><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">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></font><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b id="q:ve113"><u id="q:ve114"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">9 - Activities Report</span></font></u></b><b><span lang="FR" style="font-weight: bold; "><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">Chapters<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><font color="black"><span style="color: black; ">must exhibit “liveness”. A</span></font>t least<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><font color="black"><span style="color: black; ">every year the Chapter's leaders must report to the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="nfakpe">Local Chapters</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Committee on their chapter activities. Meetings are good. Evidence of an active mailing list is sufficient.</span></font></span></font></b><b><i id="q:ve125"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; "><br id="qwnd0"></span></font></i> <o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b id="q:ve132"><u id="q:ve133"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">10 - Listing of Chapters</span></font></u><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">OIDF will list the Chapters on openid.net in a geographically organized list, providing contact information and link sites to the Chapter.</span></font><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; "> </span></font><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><u id="j6fp0"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">11 - Nondiscriminatory Acceptance</span></font></u><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">All proposed Chapters agreeing to abide by the Local Chapters Policy will be accepted as Local Chapters by the OIDF.</span></font><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b id="q:ve144"><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; "> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b id="fnpe11"><u id="fnpe12"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">12 - Territories</span></font></u><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; 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><font color="black"><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></font></span></font><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; "> </span></font><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><u id="vpja0"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: bold; ">13 - Non-Exclusive Relationships</span></font></u><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: bold; ">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></font></b><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-weight: bold; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-weight: bold; ">I agree with this but to keep it we need to adjust the language on #7 above.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; "> </span></font><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b id="q:ve157"><u id="r3-y2"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">14 - Local Chapters Committee</span></font></u></b><b><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b id="q:ve157"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">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></font><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b id="q:ve157"><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; "> </span></font><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b id="q:ve157"><u id="q:ve196"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">15 - Chapter Removal</span></font></u><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b id="q:ve157"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: bold; ">If a Chapter has violated the Chapters Policy (e.g.:</span></font></b><b><font size="2" color="red" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: red; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></font></b><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: bold; ">if a Chapter does not report its activities or pursues activities in conflict with its mission to promote OpenID)</span></font></b><b><font size="2" color="red" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: red; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></font></b><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: bold; ">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></font></b><b><font size="2" color="red" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: red; font-weight: bold; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></font></b><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; font-weight: bold; ">A Chapter may appeal the committee's decision to the board. A Chapter may also request to be de-listed.</span></font><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b id="q:ve157"><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; "> </span></font><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b id="q:ve157"><u id="gost3"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">16 - Changes to the Local Chapters Policy</span></font></u><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b id="q:ve157"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">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></font></b><b><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></font></b><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; ">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></font><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b id="q:ve157"><font size="4" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; "> </span></font><o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; "><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>board mailing list<br><a href="mailto:board@openid.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">board@openid.net</a><br><a href="http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board</a><br></o:smarttagtype></o:smarttagtype></div></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>