+1 Having nicer looking chapters page and rss aggregation would be really nice.
=nat On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 2:16 AM, David Recordon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I'd support replacing the "Contact" link with "Around the World" or > something like that. I think the contact link is actually a > little deceiving given that it is contact info for the Foundation whereas > OpenID.net is designed to be more generally about the project. > Not a pre-req to this, but it would also be nice to further build out the > chapters page to look a bit nicer, maybe provide an excerpt of the latest > blog post from each chapter, etc. > > --David > > On Oct 31, 2008, at 7:44 AM, Snorri wrote: > > Dear Members of the Board, > > As you know, I am convinced that the key to OpenID's development throughout > the world is the amount and quality of support we bring to the Local > Communities. Putting Local Chapters and Communities in place is a major part > of my current activities for OpenID. > Since the creation of the "OIDF Local Chapter Policy"—which saw the light > of day thanks to Mike Jones—we have been able to put in place eight (8) > Local Chapters (among them 2 new ones—they came in this week; OpenID Morocco > and OpenID Turkey), to which 6 or 7 others (Balkans, Bulgaria, Greece, > Korea, Denmark, Thailand, Malaysia…) may be added in the coming weeks. I may > add that I have as a personal objective to reach the bar of the 50 Local > Chapters in 2009. > > This being considered, it would seem not normal that the page > http://openid.net/foundation/chapters/ be almost hidden at the bottom of > thehttp://openid.net/foundation/ page, in other words, practically > invisible. > > To pursue our progression, we need more visibility; for example, by > placing, directly on the Home (at the top and to the right), an "OpenID > Worldwide" link (this term of "worldwide" is more clear than "Local > Chapters," a term more reserved to internal designation and legal > documents). > > The advantages I see to this are threefold: > > (a) Allowing visitors coming to OpenID.net from the "rest of the world" to > go further, and to be able to come in direct contact, and to receive > assistance from, the Community in their own country—in their own language, > (b) Give a motivation to new members of the OpenID Community to start a > Local Chapter in their country if none exists there yet, > (c) Broadcast a true international image to the Foundation and to prove > that OpenID is truly a global phenomenon. > > Do you agree to this? If so, please give me you agreement by mail and I > will make the modification on OpenID.net. > > Thank you, > > -Snorri > > > > _______________________________________________ > board mailing list > [email protected] > http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board > > -- Nat Sakimura (=nat) http://www.sakimura.org/en/
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