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As I said, my family and I have already been involved with Kiva, it's cool! 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/advocacy-discuss/attachments/20090211/ae6fdbe8/attachment.html>
