The proposed revised local chapters policy is below. You can compare it to the
existing local chapters policy in force at
http://openid.net/foundation/chapters/. This has been developed with a lot of
input from Snorri and Nat (thanks guys!) and should enable us to have both
OpenID Europe and OpenID Japan sign on as local chapters. Please consider this
before the board meeting on Thursday, as I plan to have us vote on it then.
Thanks all,
-- Mike
OIDF Local Chapters Policy
1 - Independent Organizations
Local Chapters ("Chapters") are independent of the OpenID Foundation ("OIDF")
itself and thus can either be informal organizations or formal legal entities,
which is a decision left to the Chapter organizers.
2 - Registration
Chapters must register with OIDF by sending an email to
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. In this email, Chapters will signify
their agreement to the terms of this policy, and will supply all contact
information to be used for this Chapter, so that the Chapters committee can
maintain the references on the OIDF web site ("openid.net").
3 - Members
Chapters will clearly inform their members and prospective members that
membership in the Local Chapter does not grant them membership in the OIDF and
will encourage their members to also join OIDF.
4 - Leadership Team
Chapters must be headed by a designated leadership team, composed of at least
three people.
5 - Internet site
Chapters should have their own web site, listing events and news. This
Chapter-sponsored web site is the responsibility of the chapter organizers, not
of the OIDF staff or volunteers.
6 - Intellectual Property
Chapters must agree that any intellectual property or trademarks developed or
held by the Chapter must be freely available for use to the OpenID Community,
in particular, they must agree that any intellectual property or trademarks
developed or held by the local chapter must either be owned by OIDF, jointly
owned by the OIDF, or licensed to the OIDF under terms that allow OIDF to use
them in whatever way it sees fit, including sublicensing to others under terms
of its choosing.
7 - Purpose
Chapters must agree that all Chapter activities are focused on fostering the
widespread adoption and use of OpenID and in support of the OIDF's mission
statement.
8 - Financing
Chapters must operate independently, with no expectation of receiving funds
from OIDF. However, they may apply to the OIDF board for funding of specific
activities or events, and these requests will be considered on their merits.
9 - Activities Report
Chapters must exhibit "liveness". At least every year the Chapter's leaders
must report to the Local Chapters Committee on their chapter activities.
Meetings are good. Evidence of an active mailing list is sufficient.
10 - Listing of Chapters
OIDF will list the Chapters on openid.net in a geographically organized list,
providing contact information and link sites to the Chapter.
11 - Nondiscriminatory Acceptance
All proposed Chapters agreeing to abide by the Local Chapters Policy will be
accepted as Local Chapters by the OIDF.
12 - Territories
OIDF will recognize any proposed eligible Local Chapters, regardless of the
geographic scope of the chapter, including chapters with overlapping
territories and missions. Chapters organized at the nation state level may
apply to the OIDF to be recognized as the OIDF-designated national chapter.
OIDF will recognize at most one chapter as the designated national chapter in a
nation-state at any time.
13 - Non-Exclusive Relationships
Chapters are free to maintain relationships and partnerships with other
organizations and to maintain their own memberships, provided that the purpose
and conduct of those relationships is consistent with this Local Chapters
Policy.
14 - Local Chapters Committee
OIDF may authorize a Local Chapters Committee. This committee must be composed
of at least one Chapter leader and at least one OIDF board member.
15 - Chapter Removal
If a Chapter has violated the Chapters Policy (e.g.: if a Chapter does not
report its activities or pursues activities in conflict with its mission to
promote OpenID) and the violation has not been corrected and completely
resolved within 3 months after written notice by OIDF, OIDF can remove that
Chapter from its listings. The OIDF Board may delegate the authority to de-list
a chapter with cause to the Local Chapters Committees. A Chapter may appeal
the committee's decision to the board. A Chapter may also request to be
de-listed.
16 - Changes to the Local Chapters Policy
If the OIDF alters the Local Chapters Policy it will notify Local Chapter
leaders of the change. Following notification, the Local Chapter leaders will
have 90 days to reply to the Local Chapters Committee either accepting the
revised policy or stating why they are unwilling to operate under the revised
policy. Should they not accept the revised policy, the OIDF will record the
policy version under which the Chapter was admitted and allow that chapter to
continue operating under that policy, except in cases where the board
determines that substantial legal risk or financial harm would be incurred by
the OIDF or that damage to OpenID would result. Failure to formally opt out of
the revised policy within 90 days of the change will be deemed acceptance of
the new policy.
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