Re: [OpenID board] OpenID Foundation and Japan

[Bill Washburn]

Hi Nat,

Thanks for this report.  An excellent beginning, it seems clear.  I realize 
that very likely we might do well to start considering a few regional chapters 
in North America this year: 
Silicon Valley/San Francisco Bay Area, 
Portland/Seattle/Vancouver,
Oklahoma/Texas
Boston/New York/Washington, D.C.
???

okay, it's getting late...

cheers,
-bill

----- Original Message ----
From: Nat Sakimura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "board@openid.net" <board@openid.net>; Bill Washburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Kentaro Sakamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Krall, Gary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; 
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Ishikawa, Kazuya" <[EMAIL 
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Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 9:36:10 PM
Subject: Re: [OpenID board] OpenID Foundation and Japan


All-

We 
had 
a 
very 
productive 
meeting 
this 
morning 
in 
Tokyo, 
with 
Seki-san 
of 
SixApart, 
Sakamoto-san 
and 
Ishikawa-san 
of 
Verisign 
Japan 
and 
myself 
(from 
Nomura 
Research 
Institute, 
and 
XDI.ORG).

Among 
other 
things, 
here 
are 
our 
concensus:

1. 
Japanese 
organization 
should 
start 
as 
the 
Japan 
Chapter 
of 
OpenID 
Foundation.
  
  
(i.e., 
no 
legal 
entity 
but 
a 
virtual 
chapter 
of 
OIDF 
as 
Seki-san 
suggested 
in
  
 
the 
previous 
mail.). 
Thus, 
to 
join 
Japan 
Chapter, 
it 
has 
to 
be 
a 
member 
of
  
 
OIDF, 
thus 
policies 
around 
IPR, 
trademark, 
membership, 
etc 
would 
also 
apply 
to
  
 
them.

  
 
Its 
primary 
purpose 
includes:
  
 
- 
Promotion 
of 
OpenID 
in 
Japan 
through:
  
  
  
 
- 
Preparation 
of 
Japanese 
translation 
of 
the 
SPECs.
  
  
  
 
- 
Preparation 
of 
Introductory 
Materials 
to 
End 
users 
explaining
  
  
  
  
  
- 
How 
to 
use 
OpenID
  
  
  
  
  
- 
Why 
using 
OpenID 
is 
good.
  
  
  
 
- 
Establishing 
working 
groups 
to 
discuss 
issues 
including 
Japanese 
specific 
ones.
  
  
  
 
- 
Press 
Relations
  
 
- 
Feedback 
to 
OpenID 
Foundation 
on 
the 
findings 
and 
requests 
from 
Japanese 
market.

2. 
We 
should 
target 
at 
annoucing 
it 
on 
Feb.28, 
when 
David 
comes 
to 
Japan.
  
  
 
Outline 
of 
the 
proposed 
announcement 
is 
being 
prepared 
right 
now.

3. 
For 
this 
to 
happen, 
obviously, 
we 
need 
OpenID 
Foundation's 
endorsment.
  
  
Also, 
OIDF's 
assistance 
to 
encourage 
Japanese 
entities 
of 
those 
Corporate 
Board
  
  
comapnies 
to 
join 
Japan 
Chapter 
is 
sought.

4. 
In 
pararell 
to 
3. 
, 
we 
start 
recruiting 
the 
Japanese 
members.

Bill, 
if 
the 
boards 
are 
ok 
with 
these, 
could 
you 
kindly 
follow 
up 
especially 
with
item 
3. 
above, 
please?

Regards,

--
Nat 
Sakimura 
(=nat)
http://www.sakimura.org/en/






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