Correct. Additionally that the Foundation has very little knowledge of what is happening around OpenID in the EU and that there is little reason for a EU organization to join the Foundation when they receive no representation on the board compared to joining OpenID Europe.
On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 7:09 PM, Dick Hardt <[email protected]> wrote: > What problem are we trying to solve? > > Do we think that the OIDF is not understanding uniquely EU issues? > > On 2010-01-04, at 5:35 PM, Nat wrote: > > I think it is really good if we can reserve a seat for any large chapters. > > Ideally it should be a board seat; a third type called "regional" or > "non-profit" following "community" and "corporate". There obviously has to > be some threashold but something like a non-profit with 30 member > organization or 100 individuals or annual budget larger than US$25K or > equivalent men-hours committed to OpenID activities can be good. > > If that is difficult from the process point of view for the time being (it > would require Process change that requires an all member vote I guess), then > we should invite regional representatives (e.g. EU rep.) as invited experts > to the board call. Since the board call should be comletely open apart from > some specially designated sessions such as personnel issues, there should be > no problem for it. We are merely requireing him to attend the calls to keep > the title such as "EU Representative". Of course, they do not have vote, but > this board I believe is wise enough to listen and consider it when voting. > > > =...@tokyo via iPhone > > On 2010/01/05, at 8:54, David Recordon <[email protected]> wrote: > > Has anyone thought about how we increase European representation on the > board? In the beginning Martin Atkins was on the board with one goal of > being able to better represent Europe. Last year Snorri was elected, but > unfortunately did not participate at all. Kick is now really pushing > forward a lot of organization around OpenID in Europe and in order for us to > grow globally, we should find a way to include and support their efforts. > Any creative ideas around bringing good European representation onto the > board? > > --David > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Kick Willemse < <[email protected]>[email protected]> > Date: Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 1:04 PM > Subject: [OpenID - Eu] Conf Call OpenID EU 7th January > To: <[email protected]>[email protected] > Cc: "Don Thibeau (OIDF ED)" < <[email protected]>[email protected]> > > > All, > > Unfortunately Europe didn't make it to the OIDF Board. > > Let the result be a stimulus to work more closer on the development of the > European OpenID community and the internationalization of OpenID as a > whole. > > This Thursday 7th January at 21.00 CET there will be the second conf. call. > Skype: +9900827044560172 (Please contact if you prefer a tollfree number) > > The following agenda items are suggested: > > - Goals of OIDF and how to contribute? > - EU RP's, are there any showcases, what hurdles do we see? > - How to increase European (Corporate) members for OIDF? > - What marketing efforts do we plan for 2010 in Europe and how will OIDF > contribute? > *RP factsheet? > *Events? > - EEMA Conference (London) > - Catalyst (Prague) > -The Next Web (Amsterdam) > - Retail/ Insurance or other RP related events? > - Do we need to work on an EU (International) openid profile like "ICAM > open > trust framework" and how is it related to Stork e-ID or other EU trust > frameworks. > - Other important requirements for openid.next from an EU perspective? > > Feel free to respond with other items you like to discuss. > > Kick > > _______________________________________________ > eu mailing list > <[email protected]>[email protected] > <http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-eu> > http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-eu > > _______________________________________________ > board mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board > > _______________________________________________ > board mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board > > > > _______________________________________________ > board mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board > >
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