Dell Customer Communication - Confidential Do not think so. From: Sean McGinnis <sean.mcginnis@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2021 8:00 AM To: Kanevsky, Arkady Cc: Thierry Carrez; foundation-board@lists.openstack.org Subject: Re: [Foundation Board] Associate Members [EXTERNAL EMAIL] Would there be a reason to treat these differently as far as Associate Membership is concerned? On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 7:56 AM Kanevsky, Arkady <Arkady.Kanevsky@dell.com<mailto:Arkady.Kanevsky@dell.com>> wrote: Dell Customer Communication - Confidential I like the idea but I think we are mixing two things. One is non-profit organization. Another is Academic and Government institutions. These are two very different entities and criteria need to be precise that either of these 2 entities are eligible for associated membership. I recall that PNNL was active at some time ago. Have we reached out to them with this proposal to join? Thanks, Arkady