Hi Brett,<div>Are you in the internet society? In that case why don't you answer the questions yourself?</div><div>Thanks</div><div>Santosh</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Brett McDowell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:email@brettmcdowell.com">email@brettmcdowell.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div>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:</div>
<div><div><br></div><div>Q: What is the need that ISOC has that is met by operating local chapters?</div><div><br></div><div>Q: What in the ISOC mission would likely fail if it did not operate local chapters?</div><div><br>
</div><div>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?</div><div><br></div><div>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).</div>
<div><br></div><div>And, of course, we should collect an assessment from all the current local chapters to see how the status quo has worked for them.</div><div><br><div><div>
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<br><div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><div>On Nov 25, 2009, at 10:14 AM, Santosh Rajan wrote:</div><br></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div></div><div class="h5">Forwarding to general forum. I think this discussion is og general interest also.<br>
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Date: Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 8:28 PM<br>Subject: Re: [OpenID board] Status of the OpenID Foundation Europe<br>To: <a href="mailto:openid-board@lists.openid.net" target="_blank">openid-board@lists.openid.net</a><br>Cc: <a href="mailto:openid-eu@lists.openid.net" target="_blank">openid-eu@lists.openid.net</a>, <a href="mailto:snorri.giorgetti@gmail.com" target="_blank">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="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse"> 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><div><div><div></div><div><br><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>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">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>
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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>
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Don Thibeau<br>
<a href="mailto:don@OIDF.org" target="_blank">don@OIDF.org</a><br>
Executive Director<br>
The OpenID Foundation<br>
<a href="http://openid.net/" target="_blank">http://openid.net</a><br>
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Subject: [OpenID board] Status of the OpenID Foundation Europe<br>
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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>
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Best Regards,<br>
Henrik Biering<br>
OpenID-DK representative<br>
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