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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>I tend to agree with Santosh on this one - the breaking
up of OpenID into different organizations with little to no communication hasn't
been useful (at least not from what i've seen as a simple member - i don't
see what happens internally). Seems only to have isolated the majority
of decisions around OpenID in the US from other communities around the
world.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Many of these Open* initiatives need to encourage
community participation from outwith the West Coast and i'd like to see a more
collaborative strategy in building this "platform" together. I don't know that
this community participation can be *purely* pushed out to edge foundations with
limited impact on the Foundation itself.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>/steven</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title="mailto:santrajan@gmail.com CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:santrajan@gmail.com">Santosh Rajan</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 25, 2009 3:14 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=general@openid.net
href="mailto:general@openid.net">general@openid.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [OpenID] Fwd: [OpenID board] Status of the OpenID
Foundation Europe</DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Forwarding to general forum. I think this discussion is og
general interest also.<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>---------- Forwarded message ----------<BR>From: <B
class=gmail_sendername>Santosh Rajan</B> <SPAN dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:santrajan@gmail.com">santrajan@gmail.com</A>></SPAN><BR>Date:
Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 8:28 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [OpenID board] Status of the OpenID
Foundation Europe<BR>To: <A
title="mailto:openid-board@lists.openid.net CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:openid-board@lists.openid.net">openid-board@lists.openid.net</A><BR>Cc:
<A title="mailto:openid-eu@lists.openid.net CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:openid-eu@lists.openid.net">openid-eu@lists.openid.net</A>, <A
title="mailto:snorri.giorgetti@gmail.com CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:snorri.giorgetti@gmail.com">snorri.giorgetti@gmail.com</A><BR><BR><BR>Hi
Don,
<DIV>I think you have missed the point entirely. Let me quote our european
colleagues. "<SPAN
style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px"> was
also wondering whether it would be more appropriate to have one single
consolidated foundation".</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="arial, sans-serif"><SPAN
style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="arial, sans-serif"><SPAN
style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse">Right! Lets think in terms of one single
consolidated foundation. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="arial, sans-serif"><SPAN
style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="arial, sans-serif"><SPAN style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse">So
what have you got to say about that?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="arial, sans-serif"><SPAN
style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="arial, sans-serif"><SPAN style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse">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".</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="arial, sans-serif"><SPAN
style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="arial, sans-serif"><SPAN
style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse">Instead of breaking up OpenID into cultural,
geographic and language boundaries, we should be working towards unifying OpenID
into one universal Identity.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="arial, sans-serif"><SPAN
style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="arial, sans-serif"><SPAN style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse">I
think it is ridiculous to think of OpenID europe, or OpenID Japan or OpenID
India or whatever you want to call it. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="arial, sans-serif"><SPAN
style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="arial, sans-serif"><SPAN
style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse">Thanks </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="arial, sans-serif"><SPAN
style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse">Santosh</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Don Thibeau (OIDF ED)
<SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:don@oidf.org"
target=_blank>don@oidf.org</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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class=gmail_quote>The OpenID Foundation has much work to do in Europe in
2010.<BR><BR>I hope the board elections underway will increase our
representation,<BR>resources and expertise on several fronts WRT OpenID
EU.<BR>I plan to propose a 2010 OpenID Foundation EU committee to:<BR>1.
Review the analysis underway of our trademarks and brands<BR>2. Discuss EU
membership outreach and organization<BR>3. Review EU budget plans and
priorities.<BR><BR>With that new committee's help and that of Henrik, Snorri
and others, I plan<BR>to propose the 2010 board sponsor a "OpenID Summit
Europe" to occur around<BR>the Burton Catalyst Europe, April 19-22 in Prague.
I have been invited to<BR>speak at that conference <A
href="http://www.catalyst.burtongroup.com/eu10/"
target=_blank>http://www.catalyst.burtongroup.com/eu10/</A><BR><BR>Don
Thibeau<BR>don@OIDF.org<BR>Executive Director<BR>The OpenID Foundation<BR><A
href="http://openid.net" target=_blank>http://openid.net</A><BR>
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<DIV><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: <A
href="mailto:openid-board-bounces@lists.openid.net"
target=_blank>openid-board-bounces@lists.openid.net</A><BR>[mailto:<A
href="mailto:openid-board-bounces@lists.openid.net"
target=_blank>openid-board-bounces@lists.openid.net</A>] On Behalf Of Henrik
Biering<BR>Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 6:07 PM<BR>To: Snorri
Giorgetti<BR>Cc: <A href="mailto:openid-board@lists.openid.net"
target=_blank>openid-board@lists.openid.net</A>; <A
href="mailto:openid-eu@lists.openid.net"
target=_blank>openid-eu@lists.openid.net</A><BR>Subject: [OpenID board] Status
of the OpenID Foundation Europe<BR><BR>Hi Snorri,<BR>how are you doing? I have
not heard anything from you for quite a long time.<BR><BR>Yesterday, I
discovered that the <A href="http://openid.dk" target=_blank>openid.dk</A>
domain registered by OpenID<BR>foundation Europe had expired and had been
deactivated.<BR>I have now managed to pay the invoice and get the domain
reactivated.<BR><BR>However, I wonder about the situation of OpenID Europe
Foundation in<BR>general. You have done an impressive job of aquiring the
European and<BR>National Trademarks for OpenID as well as several national
OpenID<BR>domains on behalf of the EU foundation, and it would be sad to see
the<BR>result of these efforts vanish.<BR><BR>If there are no resources
available to maintain OpenID Foundation<BR>Europe, maybe it is appropriate to
consider how this IPR may be<BR>consolidated within the global OpenID
Foundation (or alternatively at<BR>the national levels).<BR><BR>Best
Regards,<BR>Henrik Biering<BR>OpenID-DK
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target=_blank>http://hi.im/santosh</A><BR><BR><BR></DIV></DIV><BR><BR
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