Scott, given the urgency, can we add this to the agenda for tomorrow? =Drummond
> -----Original Message----- > From: Nat Sakimura [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 7:21 PM > To: Drummond Reed > Cc: [email protected]; 'Ishikawa, Kazuya'; 'Kentaro Sakamoto'; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Bill Washburn'; 'Nobuhiro Seki'; "N.Uchiyama（NRI）" > Subject: Re: [OpenID board] OpenID Foundation and Japan > > Hi All: > > If we are to do the press conference on the 28th, > you have to give a go by the end of your Thursday, this week. > > Hopefully, you would :-) > > Please contact me at any time if you need. I will try to be online on > Skype as well: nat_sakimura is my skype id. > > Also, I am including our press guy, Mr. Uchiyama, in the distributin list. > > Regards, > > Nat > > Drummond Reed wrote: > > > +1. This model should scale well. > > > > > > > > =Drummond > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > > Behalf Of *Mike Jones > > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 12, 2008 9:52 AM > > *To:* [email protected]; Nat Sakimura > > *Cc:* Ishikawa, Kazuya; Kentaro Sakamoto; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Bill > > Washburn; Nobuhiro Seki > > *Subject:* Re: [OpenID board] OpenID Foundation and Japan > > > > > > > > I'll also endorse the local chapters idea, as that has worked well for > > USENIX's SAGE class of members, for instance. I would oppose creating > > separate legal entities for chapters for a lot of the reasons already > > stated in this thread, but it sounds like the consensus is already to go > > with a chapters model, with all the members worldwide being members of > OIDF. > > > > > > > > From experience, I'll say too that the value a local chapters is almost > > directly proportional to the energy that the chapter coordinator(s) put > > into it. So the key thing is to find people with drive, organizational > > skills, and time to make these happen. > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > -- Mike > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > > Behalf Of *Bill Washburn > > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 12, 2008 12:58 AM > > *To:* Nat Sakimura; [email protected] > > *Cc:* Ishikawa, Kazuya; Kentaro Sakamoto; Nobuhiro Seki; > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Bill Washburn > > *Subject:* Re: [OpenID board] OpenID Foundation and Japan > > > > > > > > Hi Nat, > > > > Thanks for this report. An excellent beginning, it seems clear. I > > realize that very likely we might do well to start considering a few > > regional chapters in North America this year: > > Silicon Valley/San Francisco Bay Area, > > Portland/Seattle/Vancouver, > > Oklahoma/Texas > > Boston/New York/Washington, D.C. > > ??? > > > > okay, it's getting late... > > > > cheers, > > -bill > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Nat Sakimura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; Bill Washburn > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: Kentaro Sakamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Krall, Gary" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > > "Ishikawa, Kazuya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Nobuhiro Seki > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 9:36:10 PM > > Subject: Re: [OpenID board] OpenID Foundation and Japan > > > > All- > > > > We had a very productive meeting this morning in Tokyo, with Seki-san of > > SixApart, Sakamoto-san and Ishikawa-san of Verisign Japan and myself > > (from Nomura Research Institute, and XDI.ORG <http://XDI.ORG>). > > > > Among other things, here are our concensus: > > > > 1. Japanese organization should start as the Japan Chapter of OpenID > > Foundation. > > (i.e., no legal entity but a virtual chapter of OIDF as Seki-san > > suggested in > > the previous mail.). Thus, to join Japan Chapter, it has to be a > > member of > > OIDF, thus policies around IPR, trademark, membership, etc would also > > apply to > > them. > > > > Its primary purpose includes: > > - Promotion of OpenID in Japan through: > > - Preparation of Japanese translation of the SPECs. > > - Preparation of Introductory Materials to End users explaining > > - How to use OpenID > > - Why using OpenID is good. > > - Establishing working groups to discuss issues including > > Japanese specific ones. > > - Press Relations > > - Feedback to OpenID Foundation on the findings and requests from > > Japanese market. > > > > 2. We should target at annoucing it on Feb.28, when David comes to > Japan. > > Outline of the proposed announcement is being prepared right now. > > > > 3. For this to happen, obviously, we need OpenID Foundation's > endorsment. > > Also, OIDF's assistance to encourage Japanese entities of those > > Corporate Board > > comapnies to join Japan Chapter is sought. > > > > 4. In pararell to 3. , we start recruiting the Japanese members. > > > > Bill, if the boards are ok with these, could you kindly follow up > > especially with > > item 3. above, please? > > > > Regards, > > > > -- > > Nat Sakimura (=nat) > > http://www.sakimura.org/en/ > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ board mailing list [email protected] http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board
