IC Evangelism & Marketing

''Chris Allen and I met in Berkeley on March 3rd 2008 to talk improving the communication about Identity Commons values and relevancy. It was a great hour+ brainstorming and unpacking the purpose and principles, reflecting on IC1 and the new organizational formation.''

This is our first cut at trying to explain it and needs some more word smithing to improve it.

Identity Commons Values
We believe in the dignity of human individual in the context of the digital world (realm).

As digital systems and tools are innovated and built (the identity meta system) that move peoples personal information we must to balance these factors.


 * Individual control and convenience & privacy
 * Sharing of information when participating in community
 * Fair and Reasonable exchange (we are trying to get with this point that there can be businesses in this space)
 * Interoperability and openness between systems

Meaning * Interoperability (open standards) and openness (Freedom to move data) between systems

We do this by fostering a collaborative a community of individuals, organizations and companies that believe in these values.

We work to practice what we preach Share a pragmatic idealism Have openness and transparency in what we do.