+1 to Scott's motion. Various members of the OpenID community will be there and Scott and I are co-organizing the event. Additionally efforts like DataPortability.org list OpenID as one of the key technologies needed to help solve these sorts of problems.
On Jan 9, 2008, at 12:28 PM, Scott Kveton wrote: >> Unfortunately I don't think we can just flow money through the >> Foundation if the Foundation is not actively involved. It would raise >> concerns from the tax people and members of the Foundation would >> wonder what we are doing. > > Agreed. > >> The event does look like something where OpenID should have a >> presence, so perhaps the Foundation can participate in the event and >> promote OpenID. Then as part of the participation, it could handle >> the funds. Taking a management fee for handling the funds would be a >> good idea as well. :-) > > Okay, this makes sense. > >> Scott: do you want to propose to the board something about the >> Foundation participating and we have an email vote on it? > > I'll put forth the motion that the OpenID Foundation participate in > this event as a sponsor as we see this as a valuable part of the open > web eco-system we're trying to promote. The sponsorship would be in > the form of managing the finances for the event and sending > representatives. David and I can make sure to promote that > accordingly on the SG Foo site, etc. > > Thoughts? > > - Scott > _______________________________________________ > board mailing list > [email protected] > http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board _______________________________________________ board mailing list [email protected] http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board
