Open Stack

Dear Board members,

As previously discussed, during the board meeting next week I will 
propose the creation of a new class of members called "Associate members".

Here is a short description of that new class:

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Associate member class

The Associate member class is an Open Infrastructure Foundation (“the 
Foundation”) member class that does not have a vote for a member of the 
Board of Directors to represent it, or a vote on any other matter. It 
was created on XXX by a resolution of the Foundation Board of Directors, 
under the provision of section 2.1 of the Foundation bylaws.

The Associate class is open to two types of organizations: non-profit 
organizations sustaining open infrastructure projects, and notable 
academic and public research institutions making extensive use of open 
infrastructure projects. The Executive Director of the Foundation has 
authority to admit and terminate members of the Associate Class.

The Associate class does not require any membership fee. Members of the 
Associate class support the Foundation mission by associating their 
organization name with it and allowing the Foundation to promote that 
association. For non-profit organizations sustaining open infrastructure 
projects, the Foundation in return may reciprocate through membership in 
equivalent affiliate membership programs, engage in co-marketing 
opportunities or sharing events. For notable academic and public 
research institutions making extensive use of open infrastructure 
projects, they benefit in return from the Foundation support of their 
activities like any other Foundation member, through programs like job 
posting promotion or help in navigating our open source communities.
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Such class creation just requires a resolution from the Board, similar 
to the one passed during the January Board meeting, which you can find at:

https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/Foundation/26Jan2021BoardMinutes

Let me know if you still have concerns about this new class. Otherwise, 
I'm looking forward to the discussion of this proposal during the Board 
call.

-- 
Thierry Carrez
VP Engineering, Open Infrastructure Foundation