Hello everyone,
During the informal call on Monday I introduced the idea of creating a new Foundation non-voting membership tier called "Associate members".
Rationale:
The Open Infrastructure Foundation mission is to develop, support, protect, and promote open infrastructure software projects (open source solutions to build infrastructure for further innovation). Integration between
Hi Thierry, I really like the idea -- I would indeed have expected the CERN to be somehow formally connected to the OIF ... It has not hindered us from working together closely -- but sometimes it helps to have instruments in place to record such a close collaboration. Create a bit more visibility and in general be on the radar for events, consultation, discussions, ... but also communicating to the outside world. Thanks, -- Kurt Garloff <garloff@osb-alliance.com <mailto:garloff@osb-alliance.com>> CTO Sovereign Cloud Stack <https://scs.community/> [SCS logo] OSB Alliance <https://osb-alliance.com/> Open Source Business Alliance - Bundesverband für digitale Souveränität e.V. Breitscheidstr. 4, 70174 Stuttgart, Germany VR7217 (AG Stuttgart) - Chairman of the Board: Peter H. Ganten Sovereign Cloud Stack, SCS & SCS-Logo are protected trademarks of the OSB Alliance. On 12/05/2021 11:23, Thierry Carrez wrote: those projects has been identified as a key issue hindering further adoption of those solutions. While the Foundation directly supports and promotes a number of projects, its mission goes beyond the projects it directly hosts. We currently don’t have any program allowing us to formally engage with non-profit organizations sustaining open infrastructure projects, and help us better collaborate around events, promotion, and cross-community discussions.
We also have a lot of connections with the academic world (through OpenInfra Labs and our education initiatives) and a lot of open infrastructure users in the public research space. Those traditionally do not sign up as members, despite being very engaged (CERN, for example, is not a member). This makes it difficult to apply “member-first” thinking in some cases, and we miss out on showcasing those illustrious institutions as Foundation members.
Proposal:
Create a new Foundation non-voting membership tier called "Associate members". That tier would be free to join, and the Executive Director of the Foundation would be empowered to approve any interested organization fitting the criteria. Two criteria would be defined:
- Non-profit organizations sustaining open infrastructure projects - Notable academic and public research institutions making extensive use of open infrastructure projects.
Please let me know of any question, concern, or comment on this proposal. My goal is to get it approved by the Board on our end of June meeting,
and roll it out with initial candidates during Q3.
Regards,
