[Community] IC2 Sponsorship Challenge

Thu Aug 24 21:48:16 PDT 2006

Per the following message that I'm forwarding from Iain Henderson, we have
the third commitment to fund IC2s annual legal/accounting costs.

Thank you very much, Iain!

Other prospective supporters, please let us know if you'd like to make a
commitment (in any amount).

=Drummond 

-----Original Message-----
From: Iain Henderson [mailto:iainhenderson at mac.com] 
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 12:54 AM
To: Drummond Reed
Subject: Re: [Community] IC2 Sponsorship Challenge

Hi Drummond, I will commit to fund $1k * 3 years (as an individual).

Regards

Iain Henderson

On 24 Aug 2006, at 00:08, Drummond Reed wrote:

> Per the minutes of today's IC2 telecon (below), Dan Perry has  
> issued the...
>
> 	IDENTITY COMMONS TWO SPONSORSHIP CHALLENGE
>
> Dan is the first to make a three-year commitment to fund 10% of the
> anticipated $10K annual legal/accounting costs for Identity Commons to
> incorporate as a Swiss-based non-profit. Dan challenges other  
> supporters of
> IC2 to pledge what they can so that we can determine relatively  
> quickly
> (ideally by next week's telecon) that we have the funding support  
> to proceed
> with incorporation.
>
> Drummond is pleased for Cordance to make the second commitment  
> (although the
> amount still needs to be approved by Cordance management).
>
> Any other individual or organization that wishes to make a  
> commitment -- to
> match Dan's challenge, or for any other amount -- can do so simply by
> replying to this message. Note that until IC2 is legally formed,  
> this is
> simply an informal pledge to the IC2 organizers to help us guage  
> our ability
> to proceed with incorporation.
>
> Many thanks to everyone who is able to offer their support.
>
> =Drummond
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Drummond Reed [mailto:drummond.reed at cordance.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 3:51 PM
> To: 'community at idcommons.net'
> Subject: Minutes of IC2 telecon Wed 2006-08-23
>
> MINUTES OF IDENTITY COMMONS 2.0 TELECON 2006-08-23
>
> ATTENDING
>
> Drummond Reed
> Joaquin Miller
> Dan Perry
>
>
> Attendance was very light due to vacations/events -- Eugene Kim, Mary
> Rundle, Scott Blackmer, Paul Trevithick, and Mary Ruddy all sent  
> regrets.
>
> However we still had a very productive discussion about a key issue  
> related
> to the formation of a Swiss non-profit, namely how it will be  
> funded. On the
> previous week's call it was estimated that we should allocate a  
> $10K annual
> budget for legal & accounting (roughly double the typically legal/ 
> accounting
> cost for a similar U.S.-based non-profit, however it was agreed the
> additional expense would be worth it for the international outreach).
>
> We discussed the best way for IC2 to raise those funds and there was
> consensus on the following points:
>
> 1) Voluntary sponsorship with attribution on the website but  
> otherwise "no
> strings attached" is strongly preferred.
>
> 2) It would be ideal for all funding to come directly from  
> individuals to
> emphasize the user-centric identity foundation of IC2. However,  
> since the
> purpose statement also includes healthy communities, IC2 should be  
> open to
> the same voluntary sponsorship from businesses/organizations. All
> contributions, whether individual and business, and of whatever  
> amounts
> (above some minimum threshold like USD $25), should be treated as  
> equals.
>
> 3) Three-year funding commitments (payable annually) are strongly  
> preferred
> as this would give the organization a strong, stable foundation.
>
> Once this consensus was reached, Dan Perry ended the meeting on a  
> high note
> by volunteering to be the first contributor pledging to meet 10% of  
> the
> annual budget for the first three years! (At $10K/year, that's a  
> commitment
> of $1K per year.)
>
> He issued a challenge to 9 other individuals or corporations to do  
> the same.
> Drummond committed Cordance to being the second sponsor after Dan  
> but noted
> he would have to go up the approval chain before committing to the  
> specific
> amount.
>
> Drummond will send a separate message to the community list with this
> challenge, so hopefully by next week's call we'll have a good sense of
> whether we have the funds committed to proceed with incorporation.
>
> Lastly, we discussed the need for more working groups to draft their
> charters (see the instructions below). Dan volunteered to work with  
> Drummond
> and Phil Windley to draft the charter for the Identity Rights  
> Agreements
> working group.
>
> =Drummond
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: community-bounces at idcommons.net
> [mailto:community-bounces at idcommons.net] On Behalf Of Drummond Reed
> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 7:11 PM
> To: community at idcommons.net
> Subject: [Community] REMINDER: call tomorrow (Wed, Aug 23), 9am PT
>
> Quick reminder: We have our regular call tomorrow, Wednesday August  
> 23, at
> 9am PT. The dial-in info is:
>
>   218-862-6100
>   Access code: 4683772#
>
> Paul and I will serve as substitute moderators for Eugene, who is  
> still out
> of the country. Our focus will continue to be the legal structure,  
> with this
> call focusing on the details of the option of a Swiss-based non- 
> profit.
>
> Also, a reminder to anyone who has proposed a working group --  
> everything is
> now ready for you to post your draft charter in three easy steps:
>
> 1) Go to...
>
> http://wiki.idcommons.net/moin.cgi/WorkingGroupCharterTemplate? 
> action=raw
>
> ...and copy the raw text of the whole page.
>
> 2) Edit this text in your favorite text editor to describe your  
> specific
> working group. (You can see an example at
> http://wiki.idcommons.net/moin.cgi/IcCollaborativeToolsCharter).
>
> 3) Go to http://wiki.idcommons.net/moin.cgi/FrontPage, find the  
> Charter Page
> entry for your working group (or add one), click the link, click  
> "Create a
> new page", paste in your text from step 2, save it, and you're done.
>
> If you have any questions, feel free to post them to the list, or  
> ask them
> on the call tomorrow.
>
> =Drummond
>
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