[Community] IC2 Sponsorship Challenge

Mon Aug 28 12:32:40 PDT 2006

Thank you, Dick and Sxip Identity! Hats off to your support of a shared
umbrella for user-centric identity infrastructure.

We're almost there now on the $$$ front to make the legal org commitment.
But remember that support in name is just as important as support in $$$. If
you want to support the work of IC2, you can do it at whatever level of
financial commitment you are comfortable with. Just send your pledge to the
list.

(Yes, I know it feels like we're doing an NPR* fund drive -- but after all,
it's all about the user!)

=Drummond 

(*For non-US-readers, NPR is National Public Radio, the U.S. public radio
network)

-----Original Message-----
From: Dick Hardt [mailto:dick at sxip.com] 
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 12:08 PM
To: Drummond Reed
Cc: community at idcommons.net
Subject: Re: [Community] IC2 Sponsorship Challenge

Sxip Identity will make a similar pledge.

-- Dick

On 28-Aug-06, at 11:18 AM, Drummond Reed wrote:

> A big high five to JanRain for this pledge that puts us over the  
> halfway
> point! Thank-you to Scott and Larry and all the fine people on the  
> JanRain
> team.
>
> Just a few more pledges and we will be able to make the commitment  
> to form
> the legal org.
>
> A reminder that we will hold our regular weekly IC2 development  
> call this
> Wednesday at 9am PT. The dial-in info is:
>
>   218-862-6100
>   Access code: 4683772#
>
> =Drummond
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Kveton [mailto:scott at janrain.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 1:42 PM
> To: Drummond Reed
> Subject: Re: [Community] IC2 Sponsorship Challenge
>
> Hey Drummond,
>
> If its still needed, you can count on JanRain for $3k * 3 years for  
> this
> effort.
>
> Let me know,
>
> - Scott
>
>
>> 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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