+1 I love this idea!
On 02/10/09 10:10 AM, Jim Grisanzio wrote:
> cool. +1
>
> Alexander Gnodtke wrote:
>> # Project name
>>
>> OpenSolaris Lending Project
>>
>
> If we use OpenSolaris in the name we have to follow the Sun trademark
> guidelines, so we have to say "OpenSolaris /Community/ Lending ... "
>
>> # A short synopsis of the project's purpose.
>>
>> Kiva.org is non-profit organization that lets users lend to businesses
>> in the developing world. Kiva.org allows its users to form communities
>> (lending groups) around common interests and to do their lending as
>> part of their lending group. The "OpenSolaris Lending Project" would
>> be the counterpart within the OpenSolaris community to an OpenSolaris
>> lending group on Kiva.org. Project members would be lending on behalf
>> of themselves as members of the OpenSolaris Community.
>>
>> # A list of community groups sponsoring the project.
>>
>> None
>>
>>
>
> Advocacy is sponsoring it. :) You only need one and you got it.
>
>
>> # A list of participants (with their OpenSolaris user IDs) on the
>> initial project team, including a single individual who will serve as
>> the leader or preferred point of contact.
>>
>> algnod (Alexander Gnodtke) I would be the preferred point of contact.
>> Others on advocacy-discuss have indicated their interest
>>
>> # A one paragraph description of the project for an audience of
>> participants who may not be familiar with the area in which work is
>> proposed. This should contain a brief description of the problem(s)
>> the project is expected to solve, and of the manner in which it will
>> do so.
>>
>> In light of possible trademark issues surrounding the OpenSolaris
>> brand, I decided that it would not be wise to form a lending group
>> named OpenSolaris Lending Group or similar on a third party website
>> (kiva.org) without the prior consent of the OpenSolaris community.
>> This project is the entity responsible for managing all issues around
>> the OpenSolaris Lending Group on kiva.org. OpenSolaris community
>> members who are also users of kiva.org may then lend as part of an
>> OpenSolaris lending group.
>> The benefit, albeit very small, to OpenSolaris will be visibility on a
>> very popular site where other lending groups like Google, Microsoft,
>> Sun Microsystems, GNU/Linux and others already exist. The benefit to
>> everyone will be, possibly some new kiva.org members and some
>> additional loans to help others lift themselves from poverty.
>>
>> # A listing of related, ongoing, or proposed projects, including
>> information about any dependencies on or by this project and any
>> duplication of purpose or overlap with other work.
>>
>> None that I am aware of.
>>
>> # Any additional information which may be of interest to prospective
>> project team members and/or consumers of the project's output.
>>
>> This project is simply about doing something good by helping others
>> and being able to do it in a community you care about.
>>
>
> Agree totally.
>
>
> Jim
