+1
As I said, my family and I have already been involved
with Kiva, it's cool!
On 02/10/09 10:10 AM, Jim Grisanzio wrote:
> cool. +1
>
> Alexander Gnodtke wrote:
>> # Project name
>>
>> OpenSolaris Lending Project
>>
>
> If we use OpenSolaris in the name we have to follow
the Sun trademark
> guidelines, so we have to say "OpenSolaris
/Community/ Lending ... "
>
>> # A short synopsis of the project's purpose.
>>
>> Kiva.org is non-profit organization that lets
users lend to
>> businesses in the developing world. Kiva.org
allows its users to form
>> communities (lending groups) around common
interests and to do their
>> lending as part of their lending group. The
"OpenSolaris Lending
>> Project" would be the counterpart within
the OpenSolaris community to
>> an OpenSolaris lending group on Kiva.org.
Project members would be
>> lending on behalf of themselves as members of
the OpenSolaris Community.
>>
>> # A list of community groups sponsoring the
project.
>>
>> None
>>
>>
>
> Advocacy is sponsoring it. :) You only need one and
you got it.
>
>
>> # A list of participants (with their OpenSolaris
user IDs) on the
>> initial project team, including a single
individual who will serve as
>> the leader or preferred point of contact.
>>
>> algnod (Alexander Gnodtke) I would be the
preferred point of contact.
>> Others on advocacy-discuss have indicated their
interest
>>
>> # A one paragraph description of the project for
an audience of
>> participants who may not be familiar with the
area in which work is
>> proposed. This should contain a brief
description of the problem(s)
>> the project is expected to solve, and of the
manner in which it will
>> do so.
>>
>> In light of possible trademark issues
surrounding the OpenSolaris
>> brand, I decided that it would not be wise to
form a lending group
>> named OpenSolaris Lending Group or similar on a
third party website
>> (kiva.org) without the prior consent of the
OpenSolaris community.
>> This project is the entity responsible for
managing all issues around
>> the OpenSolaris Lending Group on kiva.org.
OpenSolaris community
>> members who are also users of kiva.org may then
lend as part of an
>> OpenSolaris lending group.
>> The benefit, albeit very small, to OpenSolaris
will be visibility on
>> a very popular site where other lending groups
like Google,
>> Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, GNU/Linux and
others already exist. The
>> benefit to everyone will be, possibly some new
kiva.org members and
>> some additional loans to help others lift
themselves from poverty.
>>
>> # A listing of related, ongoing, or proposed
projects, including
>> information about any dependencies on or by this
project and any
>> duplication of purpose or overlap with other
work.
>>
>> None that I am aware of.
>>
>> # Any additional information which may be of
interest to prospective
>> project team members and/or consumers of the
project's output.
>>
>> This project is simply about doing something
good by helping others
>> and being able to do it in a community you care
about.
>>
>
> Agree totally.
>
>
> Jim
