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title: Membership Levels
date: 2022-01-03
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The OpenPOWER Foundation is a 501c6 not-for-profit entity with a Board of Directors and a Technical Steering Committee.
- Membership levels provide either a default Board of Director position (Platinum)
or an opportunity to be elected to the Board (Gold, Silver, and Associate/Academic members).
The Bylaws detail additional governance by the Board including maximum seats, terms, etc.
- The Technical Steering Committee is formed from the Work Group Leads from the core projects and one representative designated by each Platinum member.
OpenPOWER offers a tiered membership of Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Associate/Academic memberships
- Annual fee and dedicated full-time equivalent (FTEs) – verification of committed number of FTEs on honor system
- Contributors, committers, Work Group leads and project leads influence Technical Steering Committee
- Associate/Academic level is not available to corporations
| Platinum | $100k | 10 | One seat per member not otherwise represented | Includes Board position, includes TSC position |
| Gold | $60k | 3 | May be on TSC if Work Group lead | Gold members may elect up to one BOD member per three Gold members |
| Silver | $20k<br>$5k if <300employees<br>$0 if <300employeesandanIndependentSoftwareVendor(ISV)orforOpenSourceCommunityProjects|0|MaybeonTSCifWorkGrouplead|OneboardseatelectedbyallSilvermembers|