Here is the proposal on National Chapters. <div><br></div><div><div><div><span style><b>National Chapters Proposal</b></span></div><div><ul><li><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The chapter needs to be registered at OIDF as National Chapter. </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">1 national chapter per country</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">OIDF grants a right to use the name OpenID Foundation X or OpenID X </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">(e.g., OpenID Foundation Japan, or OpenID Denmark.) to National Chapters.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">An OIDF member in a country X may choose to register at a National chapter</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> X as well, in which case, the member has a right to direct its </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">membership fee (max = 80%) to the National chapter</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">OIDF dubs as OpenID Foundation USA. 80% of the fee is deemed to have </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">directed to OIDF USA.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">no financial support from OIDF other than the directed funding.</span></li><li><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">the chapters are being assigned a right and duty to act as an agent for trademark policing.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">the chapters must be in a suitable legal form to do the above</span></li><li><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">the chapters may collect additional fees from its members</span></li>
</ul><span style="border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0px"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Also, though the below requires the bylaw change, it may be worthwhile</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">to consider:</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">A National Chapter </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">has the rights to vote as an organizational member at OIDF</span></li>
<ul><li><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">If the sum of non-directed portion of the fee reaches then current</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">sponsor fee, the chapter </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">will get a board seat.</span></li>
<ul><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> (<- This will be an incentive for the National chapter </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">to persuade </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">the members not to direct the funds.)</span></li>
</ul></ul><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">These masures will bring the chapters and OIDF closer together as </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">well, making each other's effort more coherent.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif">I think this will help me persuading companies in other regions than US to join </font></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">OIDF as well.</span></span></div>
</div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Nat Sakimura <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sakimura@gmail.com" target="_blank">sakimura@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Kick pointed me out this morning that there is no agenda item on chapter structure. <div>I think it is good to discuss it here. </div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div></font></span><div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">Nat</font></span><div>
<div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 5:38 PM, Nat Sakimura <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sakimura@gmail.com" target="_blank">sakimura@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>Since there is nothing sensitive here, we should use public list, so I am forwarding it to the public list. </div>
<div><br></div>Also, for the conference bridge, I propose to use GoToMeeting that we are using in the AB/Connect WG as we can then share the presentation. <div>
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</div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 4:43 AM, John Ehrig <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jehrig@inventures.com" target="_blank">jehrig@inventures.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div>
<div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal">OIDF Board:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Please see the below revised agenda [addition noted in brackets] for our OIDF Board Meeting Wednesday 7/18 at 4:30 PM MT at the Cloud Identity Summit (CIS) in the Larkspur Room.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Agenda:<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>Board Election Discussion: Don<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>Connect WG Report: Nat/Mike/John<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>Account Chooser WG Report: Eric<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>Marketing Committee Report: Eric<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>[IETF "Note Well" Procedure and Potential Use by OIDF Discussion]: Eric/Mike<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><u></u><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>Legal Review: Don<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>AOB<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">If you will not be attending the Cloud Identity Summit, please plan on attending via teleconference: <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Conference bridge/passcode: <a href="tel:1-719-457-6209" value="+17194576209" target="_blank">1-719-457-6209</a> Passcode: 738 162 5640<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div><br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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<br></blockquote></div><span><font color="#888888"><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Nat Sakimura (=nat)<div>Chairman, OpenID Foundation<br><a href="http://nat.sakimura.org/" target="_blank">http://nat.sakimura.org/</a><br>
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