an starting idea on the new membership levels

Signed-off-by: Toshaan Bharvani <toshaan@vantosh.com>
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Toshaan Bharvani 2 years ago
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title: 'Membership Benefits' title: 'Membership Benefits'
date: 2021-07-17 date: 2021-07-17
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Anyone may participate in OpenPOWER. Anyone may participate in OpenPOWER.

@ -11,18 +11,37 @@ The OpenPOWER Foundation is a 501c6 not-for-profit entity with a Board of Direct
The Bylaws detail additional governance by the Board including maximum seats, terms, etc. 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. - 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 OpenPOWER offers a tiered membership of Titanium, Platinum, Gold, Silver, Iron, Associate, Academic and Individual memberships
The Academic level is only available to academic institutes.
The Associate and Individual levels are not available to corporations.


- Annual fee and dedicated full-time equivalent (FTEs) verification of committed number of FTEs on honor system Anyone may participate in OpenPOWER.
- Contributors, committers, Work Group leads and project leads influence Technical Steering Committee Membership levels are designed for those who are investing in growing and enhancing the OpenPOWER community and its proliferation within the industry.
- Associate/Academic level is not available to corporations


| OpenPOWER Foundation Membership Matrix | Individual | Associate | Academic | Tin | Copper | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum | Titanium |
|------------------------------------------------------------|------------|------------|-----------|---------|----------|---------|----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Maximum Number of Employees Wordwide | - | - | {{<inf>}} | 10 | 25 | 50 | 250 | 500 | {{<inf>}} | {{<inf>}} |
| Number of OPF Passports | 1 | 10 | {{<inf>}} | 1 | 5 | 10 | 100 | 500 | {{<inf>}} | {{<inf>}} |
| Public Working Group Participation | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} |
| All Member Working Group Participation | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} |
| Premium Working Group Participation | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} |
| Marketing Committee Chair | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} |
| Technical Steering Committee Chair | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} |
| Board of Directors Participation | {{<x>}} | {{<v>}} | 1 plnv | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | 1 plv | 1 plv | 2 plv | 3 plv | 1 pm |
| Access to Public Specifications | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} |
| Access to Draft Specifications | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} |
| Access to In Development Specifications | {{<x>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} |
| OpenPOWER Ready Trademark Usage | {{<x>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} |
| Petition TSC to create a new workgroup or project | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} |
| Member logo listed on the website | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} | {{<v>}} |
| Member logo featured on the website homepage | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<x>}} | {{<v>}} |
| | free | free | free | $500 | $2.5k | $5k | $25k | $50k | $75k | $100k |


| Membership Level | Annual Fee | FTEs | Technical Steering Committee | Board/Voting Position | <span style="font-size: 10px;">
|------------------|------------|------|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| PLNV : Per Level Non Voting
| Platinum | $100k | 10 | One seat per member not otherwise represented | Includes Board position, includes TSC position | PLV : Per Level Voting
| Gold | $60k | 3 | May be on TSC if Work Group lead | Gold members may elect up to one BOD member per three Gold members | PM : Per Member
| Silver | $20k<br>$5k if <300 employees<br>$0 if < 300 employees and an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) or for Open Source Community Projects | 0 | May be on TSC if Work Group lead | One board seat elected by all Silver members | Fee in US dollars.
| Associate and Academic | $0 | 0 | May be on TSC if Work Group lead | May be elected to one community observer, non-voting Board seat | The information in this chart is subject to change by OpenPOWER Foundation without notice.

The Bylaws of OpenPOWER Foundation set forth the terms of membership and shall take precedence over any other information regarding membership.
<span style="font-size: 10px;">Fee in US dollars</span> </span>

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