[kNews] Kendra Foundation: Formed and Funded...

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Dear All,

Well, I finally pulled out my finger. And out popped Kendra Foundation. 
It's gonna be a fun year. Feel free to tell your colleagues and loved 
ones...
 

1. Kendra Foundation incorporated
2. Daniel Harris donates 5,000 GBP to Kendra Foundation
3. Joe Pietroni to join Kendra Foundation as Senior Technical Manager
4. Daniel Harris to loan over 30,000 GBP to Kendra Foundation
5. Astream on trial for content distribution
6. Enterprise Content Management Online endorsed
7. 2nd SMS Meets TV endorsed


1. Kendra Foundation incorporated

Thanks to everyone who helped with the incorporation of Kendra Foundation 
(company number: 4643358) formed today! It is a non-profit company limited 
by guarantee - there are no shares. Kendra Foundation will enable me to 
continue my work with Kendra Initiative, supporting, nurturing and 
promoting, but now I'll be able to employ people to assist me; get in 
funding; pay myself a wage (that would be nice) and build the project from 
a solid legal foundation. And, of course, build the collaborative design 
tools that we all need.
 

It all adds a layer of confidence and structure for myself, for others in 
the project and hopefully yourself. In the coming weeks I'll post more 
details of what I want to do with Kendra Foundation on the Kendra Lists 
(mostly on kDev):
 
http://www.kendra.org.uk/lists.php#lists


2. Daniel Harris donates 5,000 GBP to Kendra Foundation

In order to pay for the company registration and start things off I've 
donated 5,000 GBP to Kendra Foundation. You'll find a summary of financial 
accounts here:
 
http://www.kendra.org.uk/foundation-accounts.php


3. Joe Pietroni to join Kendra Foundation as Senior Technical Manager

Joe will be coming to Kendra Foundation in March - hot from Celador where 
he is responsible for heading up the team that created the Who Wants To Be 
A Millionaire? Internet Games and deployed them in different countries in 
different languages. Joe's background is in programming Internet/database 
applications and technical project management.
 


4. Daniel Harris to loan over 30,000 GBP to Kendra Foundation

In order to fund Joe's first 8 months salary I will loan at least 30,000 
GBP to Kendra Foundation. This is a substantial personal commitment on my 
part. I have no doubts that I will get it all back. I fully expect 
governments, corporations, organisations and individuals to be falling over 
themselves to fund Kendra Foundation and Kendra Participant Projects.
 

After briefly looking at funding options, I reckoned that my time was best 
spent on actually doing the project rather than trying to navigate my way 
through the funding labyrinth. My thinking is if we produce something 
that's of benefit to the planet then we're bound to get funding. And if we 
produce something that's no good then we don't deserve funding anyway. So 
fine.
 


5. Astream on trial for content distribution

Yes, those cunning streamers, Astream, have done it again. From seemingly 
nowhere, they've weaved their way up the through the competition to take 
first place, neck and neck with Loudeye. Oh, the tension! The Kendra 
Network Trial now has 30 servers around the globe hosting 149 test stream 
files. Who will be next? Perhaps one of these:
 
http://www.kendra.org.uk/network.php#status


6. Enterprise Content Management Online endorsed

In Penton's own words...

Enterprise Content Management Online
Endorsement
06/11/2002-06/11/2003 - Online - Penton Technology Media

No enterprise is immune to the explosion of business critical systems. 
Enterprise Content Management Online is the first online exhibition that 
provides a definitive resource for a whole host of Enterprise Content 
Management solutions and information 365 days a year, 24 hours a day. 
Organised by Penton Technology Media and Webevents, the leading name in 
online exhibitions, the online exhibition offers the visitor all the 
advantages of a real exhibition; exhibitor stands, newsrooms, educational 
seminars with vendor presentations, white papers and case studies from 
industry specialists. Visit the virtual exhibition NOW!
 

You'll find the link to the event at:
http://www.kendra.org.uk/news.php#future-events


7. 2nd SMS Meets TV endorsed

In Van's own words...

2nd SMS Meets TV
Endorsement - 100 EUR discount for Kendra Participants
06/02/2003 - Dom Pedro Hotel, Lisbon, Portugal - Van Dusseldorp & Partners

The seminar will build on the proceedings of the recent Amsterdam based SMS 
Meets TV event and provide a more in-depth examination of this exciting 
marketplace. Exactly how are broadcasters, mobile operators and SMS 
application developers working together to develop new content formats and 
generate revenue from SMS users? How will the SMS entertainment market 
evolve to incoporate MMS, downloadable games and the potential offered via 
mobile based marketing? SMS TV is becoming more than voting, games and 
chat: in what directions are the more dynamic concept developers heading? 
What progress has been made in addressing key industry issues including: 
interoperability of services across Europe, premium rate billing and 
revenue sharing arrangements?
 

Go get your discount at:
http://www.kendra.org.uk/profile.php#discounts

You'll find the link to the event at:
http://www.kendra.org.uk/news.php#future-events


Taking big steps is always fun! Just take a deep breath and... ;-)

Cheers Daniel

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