Just to be clear, the fact that you and Scott are co-organizing the event is irrelevant UNLESS you are doing it on behalf of the OpenID Foundation.
On 9-Jan-08, at 12:55 PM, David Recordon wrote: > +1 to Scott's motion. Various members of the OpenID community will be > there and Scott and I are co-organizing the event. Additionally > efforts like DataPortability.org list OpenID as one of the key > technologies needed to help solve these sorts of problems. > > > On Jan 9, 2008, at 12:28 PM, Scott Kveton wrote: > >>> Unfortunately I don't think we can just flow money through the >>> Foundation if the Foundation is not actively involved. It would >>> raise >>> concerns from the tax people and members of the Foundation would >>> wonder what we are doing. >> >> Agreed. >> >>> The event does look like something where OpenID should have a >>> presence, so perhaps the Foundation can participate in the event and >>> promote OpenID. Then as part of the participation, it could handle >>> the funds. Taking a management fee for handling the funds would be a >>> good idea as well. :-) >> >> Okay, this makes sense. >> >>> Scott: do you want to propose to the board something about the >>> Foundation participating and we have an email vote on it? >> >> I'll put forth the motion that the OpenID Foundation participate in >> this event as a sponsor as we see this as a valuable part of the open >> web eco-system we're trying to promote. The sponsorship would be in >> the form of managing the finances for the event and sending >> representatives. David and I can make sure to promote that >> accordingly on the SG Foo site, etc. >> >> Thoughts? >> >> - Scott >> _______________________________________________ >> board mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board > > > _______________________________________________ > board mailing list > [email protected] > http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board > > _______________________________________________ board mailing list [email protected] http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board
