[OpenID] What can your OpenID Foundation do for you?

[tom]

Hi Johannes,

This is my "wish list" in no particular order:) ...

1. Provide a mechanism to discuss a broad range of OpenID related 
dialogue (already done here).
2. Provide a mechanism to discover information (and contacts) for other 
OpenID related activities (meetups, case studies, interviews).
3. Provide a repository of information for developers (guidelines and 
peripheral specifications).
4. Provide a "presence" at conferences and on the web for the purpose of 
advocating and promoting OpenID.
5. Become a "host" and provide services and support to working groups (I 
have proposed accessibility and HCI as to "need now" groups).
6. Protect OpenID (both in term of legal challenges and in terms of 
misuse/abuse).
7. Provide a grant giving mechanism for initiatives by developers and 
researchers surrounding OpenID innovation.
8. Create chapters that reach out to languages other than English.
9. Provide a mechanism for education over a broad range of scenarios 
(using OpenID within education, corporate, health...)
10. Provide membership sponsoring so that corporates and interested 
people can sponsor membership to researchers, students and free software 
projects working with OpenID.
11. Address and not avoid challenges. Here are two I see as examples 
which I pose as questions, not for answering here, but merely as 
examples: a: Should we actively promote AX as a replacement for SREG? b: 
How do we address the tendency for consumers to come from FOSS and OP's 
from corporates and what effect will this have on OpenID?

Note for the board: Much of my  11 points are a work in progress and for 
that I applaud your efforts.

Tom




Johannes Ernst wrote:
> The OpenID Foundation was created to serve the interests of the OpenID 
> community. Being a member of the foundation's board, I believe that 
> should reach out as often as we can to the community and ask you "what 
> can we do for you"? This is particularly important since we have 
> corporate members on the board.
>
> And you should of course hold us accountable for doing it.
>
> So: What can, must, should, could we do for you? ;-)
>
> Thanks,
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> Johannes.
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> Johannes Ernst
> NetMesh Inc.
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