Hi. * * Dick Hardt wrote: > On 8-May-08, at 8:14 AM, Nat Sakimura wrote: > > >> Hi Dick, >> >> In this respect, it comes down to the National Chapter governance >> structure, just same as for OIDF itself. >> > > exactly > > >> If the governance of the National Chapter is done democratically and >> openly, then those that are not happy with then current administration >> should be able to pursuade other members and correct the situation. >> > > potentially :) > > >> At the same time, the organization must have the administrative >> capability, since otherwise, even if the decision made by the >> organization is sound, it cannot be executed. >> >> So, in essence, we should >> 1) just define what is an appropreate governance structure for this >> purpose, >> 2) define what is an appropreate admnistrative capability >> and use these as the certification criteria. >> >> Actually, the same applies to OIDF itself. >> >> The content of 1) and 2) above needs more discussion, I think, in >> the WG >> level just like Mike indicated. I do not think Local Chapters policy >> needs to wait for the completion of such. >> > > So will the OIDF need to review and approve the governance structure > for each national chapter? > Essentially, yes, but there will not be too many as it will be first come first served bases then :-) > I understand and agree the problem can be solved -- the local chapter > proposal has no process for solving the issue I have raised. What > would you suggest we add to the proposal so that the process for > approving a national chapter is not arbitrary? > Well, perhaps you could add at the end of article 12. so that it reads like:
"OIDF will recognize at most one chapter as the designated national chapter in a nation-state at any time according to the National Chapters Policy." -- Nat Sakimura (=nat) Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. XDI.ORG Vice Chair _______________________________________________ board mailing list [email protected] http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board
