[OpenID] Fwd: [OpenID board] Status of the OpenID Foundation Europe

Wed Nov 25 16:03:28 UTC 2009

Hi Brett,
Are you in the internet society? In that case why don't you answer the
questions yourself?
Thanks
Santosh

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Brett McDowell <email at brettmcdowell.com>wrote:

> Are there folks involved in OIDF who have operational experience
> (Board-level, or management staff) in the Internet Society (ISOC)?  They
> seem to be the masters of the "local chapters" model.  It would be smart to
> ask them for some advice.  Perhaps they would be willing to answer questions
> like:
>
> Q: What is the need that ISOC has that is met by operating local chapters?
>
> Q: What in the ISOC mission would likely fail if it did not operate local
> chapters?
>
> Q: Has the existence of local chapters ever caused ISOC to have an identity
> crisis along the lines of fragmenting the effort in a counter-productive
> way?
>
> Then we could evaluate our new data to see if OIDF actually has similar
> needs or if we'd be better off without the local chapters model.  I actually
> expect the answer will be self-evident with a few more facts on the table
> (but I can't even guess at what the answer is at the moment).
>
> And, of course, we should collect an assessment from all the current local
> chapters to see how the status quo has worked for them.
>
>
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> On Nov 25, 2009, at 10:14 AM, Santosh Rajan wrote:
>
> Forwarding to general forum. I think this discussion is og general interest
> also.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Santosh Rajan <santrajan at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 8:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [OpenID board] Status of the OpenID Foundation Europe
> To: openid-board at lists.openid.net
> Cc: openid-eu at lists.openid.net, snorri.giorgetti at gmail.com
>
>
> Hi Don,
> I think you have missed the point entirely. Let me quote our european
> colleagues. " was also wondering whether it would be more appropriate to
> have one single consolidated foundation".
>
> Right! Lets think in terms of one single consolidated foundation.
>
> So what have you got to say about that?
>
> Now let me add my personal views to this. Living in an increasingly
> globalized world, something so universal like "identity", should be
> globalized and made "one".
>
> Instead of breaking up OpenID into cultural, geographic and language
> boundaries, we should be working towards unifying OpenID into one universal
> Identity.
>
> I think it is ridiculous to think of OpenID europe, or OpenID Japan or
> OpenID India or whatever you want to call it.
>
> Thanks
> Santosh
>
> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Don Thibeau (OIDF ED) <don at oidf.org>wrote:
>
>> The OpenID Foundation has much work to do in Europe in 2010.
>>
>> I hope the board elections underway will increase our representation,
>> resources and expertise on several fronts WRT OpenID EU.
>> I plan to propose a 2010 OpenID Foundation EU committee to:
>> 1. Review the analysis underway of our trademarks and brands
>> 2. Discuss EU membership outreach and organization
>> 3. Review EU budget plans and priorities.
>>
>> With that new committee's help and that of Henrik, Snorri and others, I
>> plan
>> to propose the 2010 board sponsor a "OpenID Summit Europe" to occur around
>> the Burton Catalyst Europe, April 19-22 in Prague.  I have been invited to
>> speak at that conference http://www.catalyst.burtongroup.com/eu10/
>>
>> Don Thibeau
>> don at OIDF.org
>> Executive Director
>> The OpenID Foundation
>> http://openid.net
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: openid-board-bounces at lists.openid.net
>> [mailto:openid-board-bounces at lists.openid.net] On Behalf Of Henrik
>> Biering
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 6:07 PM
>> To: Snorri Giorgetti
>> Cc: openid-board at lists.openid.net; openid-eu at lists.openid.net
>> Subject: [OpenID board] Status of the OpenID Foundation Europe
>>
>> Hi Snorri,
>> how are you doing? I have not heard anything from you for quite a long
>> time.
>>
>> Yesterday, I discovered that the openid.dk domain registered by OpenID
>> foundation Europe had expired and had been deactivated.
>> I have now managed to pay the invoice and get the domain reactivated.
>>
>> However, I wonder about the situation of OpenID Europe Foundation in
>> general. You have done an impressive job of aquiring the European and
>> National Trademarks for OpenID as well as several national OpenID
>> domains on behalf of the EU foundation, and it would be sad to see the
>> result of these efforts vanish.
>>
>> If there are no resources available to maintain OpenID Foundation
>> Europe, maybe it is appropriate to consider how this IPR may be
>> consolidated within the global OpenID Foundation (or alternatively at
>> the national levels).
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Henrik Biering
>> OpenID-DK representative
>>
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