[Board] Invitation to join Open Invention Network

[Jachym Cepicky]

Hi,

sorry for delay, I'm forwarding to Board of Directors mailing list.

@Board, could you please add this topic to next meeting

?

Jachym - secretary


On Wed, Oct 5, 2016, 16:14 Frank Casey <fcasey at openinventionnetwork.com>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> While going through my files I discovered that I didn't receive a response
> to my invitation to join the Open Invention Network (OIN).  Since I don't
> know if you ever received it or it got caught in a Spam filter, I thought
> I'd try again.
>
> Our invitation is a serious one that is waiting for you to accept as over
> 2,000 other organizations have (see attached press release).  There is
> still no cost to join or maintain membership in OIN and we'd be pleased to
> have the OSGeo Foundation join.
>
> I look forward to hearing from you.
>
> Regards,
>
> Frank Casey
> Open Invention Network
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Frank Casey* <fcasey at openinventionnetwork.com>
> Date: Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 1:37 PM
> Subject: Invitation to join Open Invention Network
> To: info at osgeo.org
>
>
> Hello,
>
> My name is Frank Casey and I am writing to you on behalf of the Open
> Invention Network (OIN), a community formed to insulate those who operate
> in the Linux/Open Source environment from patent aggression.  I would like
> to invite you to join our community.
>
> OIN is a community of almost 1,000 members from all phases of the
> Linux/Open Source ecosystem who pledge not to use patents, related to
> Linux/Open Source technology, aggressively against each other.
>
> We are the largest community in the world to address patent challenges and
> we would like to have the Open Source Geospatial Foundation join join us.
> Our goal is to create a nonaggression "standard of behavior" and we would
> like your support to make this important principle stronger.
>
> There is no cost to join OIN and I invite you to visit our website at
> http://www.openinventionnetwork.com and read an article at
> http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/80447.html?rss=1.
>
> I thank you for your time and look forward to hearing back from you.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Frank Casey
> Open Invention Network LLC
>
>
>
>
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