Morning all,
I've all but finished two of the more important sections of the website (
http://www.opencloudinitiative.org/) — the About pages (
http://www.opencloudinitiative.org/about) and the Governance pages (
http://www.opencloudinitiative.org/governance).
The About section talks about the OCI, and this is the overview I've come up
with:
*Vision*: *A global cloud of clouds ("Intercloud"), interconnected by open
standard interfaces exchanging open standard formats ("Open Cloud").*
*Mission*: *To find a balance between cloud computing users and vendors by
deriving a community consensus "Open Cloud" definition and advocating its
universal adoption.*
*Objectives*: [from Articles of Association & Bylaws] *The specific purposes
for which this corporation is organised are to:*
- *educate the public about open cloud [cloud computing products &
services that comply with open standards];*
- *develop and maintain a set of open cloud principles by way of an open
community consensus process;*
- *encourage the computing industry to participate in development of open
cloud products & services;*
- *persuade organizations and vendors to comply with the open cloud
principles;*
- *provide resources for sharing information about open cloud products &
services;*
- *manage a certification program to allow use of one or more
certification marks in association with open cloud products & services that
satisfy the open cloud principles, as determined by way of an open community
consensus process; and*
- *advocate for open cloud principles.*
*Slogan*: *A non-profit advocate of open cloud computing*
*Values*: *The core values of the Open Cloud Initiative (OCI) are integrity,
equality, community engagement, transparency and accountability.*
I've also written up the
History<http://www.opencloudinitiative.org/about/history>of the
organisation so far, starting back in March of 2009 — we should try
to keep this updated as we go.
If you're not happy with any of this (in particular the vision, mission,
slogan or values) then please speak now or forever hold your peace.
Thanks,
Sam
