[advocacy-discuss] Project Proposal: OpenSolaris Lending

[Anwarul Mamun]

Feeling proud to support this.

--Anwarul


On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 5:10 AM, Stewart, David C <david.c.stewart at intel.com
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>  +1
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> As I said, my family and I have already been involved with Kiva, it's cool!
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> On 02/10/09 10:10 AM, Jim Grisanzio wrote:
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> > cool. +1
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> > Alexander Gnodtke wrote:
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> >> # Project name
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> >> OpenSolaris Lending Project
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> > If we use OpenSolaris in the name we have to follow the Sun trademark
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> > guidelines, so we have to say "OpenSolaris /Community/ Lending ... "
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> >> # A short synopsis of the project's purpose.
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> >> Kiva.org is non-profit organization that lets users lend to
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> >> businesses in the developing world. Kiva.org allows its users to form
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> >> communities (lending groups) around common interests and to do their
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> >> lending as part of their lending group. The "OpenSolaris Lending
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> >> Project" would be the counterpart within the OpenSolaris community to
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> >> an OpenSolaris lending group on Kiva.org. Project members would be
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> >> lending on behalf of themselves as members of the OpenSolaris Community.
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> >> # A list of community groups sponsoring the project.
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> >> None
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> > Advocacy is sponsoring it. :) You only need one and you got it.
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> >> # A list of participants (with their OpenSolaris user IDs) on the
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> >> initial project team, including a single individual who will serve as
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> >> the leader or preferred point of contact.
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> >> algnod (Alexander Gnodtke) I would be the preferred point of contact.
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> >> Others on advocacy-discuss have indicated their interest
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> >> # A one paragraph description of the project for an audience of
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> >> participants who may not be familiar with the area in which work is
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> >> proposed. This should contain a brief description of the problem(s)
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> >> the project is expected to solve, and of the manner in which it will
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> >> do so.
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> >> In light of possible trademark issues surrounding the OpenSolaris
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> >> brand, I decided that it would not be wise to form a lending group
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> >> named OpenSolaris Lending Group or similar on a third party website
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> >> (kiva.org) without the prior consent of the OpenSolaris community.
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> >> This project is the entity responsible for managing all issues around
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> >> the OpenSolaris Lending Group on kiva.org. OpenSolaris community
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> >> members who are also users of kiva.org may then lend as part of an
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> >> OpenSolaris lending group.
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> >> The benefit, albeit very small, to OpenSolaris will be visibility on
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> >> a very popular site where other lending groups like Google,
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> >> Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, GNU/Linux and others already exist. The
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> >> benefit to everyone will be, possibly some new kiva.org members and
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> >> some additional loans to help others lift themselves from poverty.
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> >> # A listing of related, ongoing, or proposed projects, including
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> >> information about any dependencies on or by this project and any
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> >> duplication of purpose or overlap with other work.
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> >> None that I am aware of.
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> >> # Any additional information which may be of interest to prospective
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> >> project team members and/or consumers of the project's output.
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> >> This project is simply about doing something good by helping others
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> >> and being able to do it in a community you care about.
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> > Agree totally.
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> > Jim
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