Drummond Reed wrote: > > While I think I understand the intent here, it is somewhat confusing for > a Chapter to become a Member of OIDF. Does that mean as a member of > OIDF, it has the same voting rights as any other member of OIDF? How are > the dues determined, or are there dues for Chapters? Is this entirely > separate from whether any of the members of the Chapter are also members > of OIDF? The overall principal is okay, but answers to those questions > should be spelled our clearly in this paragraph. >
We touched on this briefly in the last board meeting. There seemed to be agreement (though, to be clear, it was not put to a vote) that when it comes to joining the foundation a Local Chapter is just like any other corporate member, and can take part in work groups, etc. The most important implication of this -- which again, no-one raised objections to in the meeting -- is that if desired a local chapter could in theory act as a "proxy" for its members, thus allowing them to contribute without actually joining OIDF themselves. We should consider carefully what effects this will have on the IPR policy; presumably any issues that arise from this -- if indeed there are any at all -- could also equally arise from any company acting as a "proxy" for anyone else. Cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ board mailing list [email protected] http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board
