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title: Governance
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image: governance.jpg
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date: 2021-09-25
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draft: false
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---
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**The OpenPOWER Foundation is a self-incorporated entity governed by its Articles of Incorporation and has 501c6 not-for-profit status.
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The governing documents of the organization include its Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, IP Rights Policy and Membership Agreement.**
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All members upon joining the organization must sign the OpenPOWER Membership Agreement
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that attests in writing that they have read and agree to abide by the terms of both the OpenPOWER Bylaws
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as well as the Intellectual Property Rights Agreement.
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The organization is governed also by its Board of Directors composed of Platinum member delegates and
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group delegates from the Gold, Silver, and Associate/Academic membership tiers.
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The Board controls the direction of the organization and
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its operations as well as providing for the final decision-making body as it relates to OpenPOWER work products.
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OpenPOWER is structured as an open organization of multi-tiered members.
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Work group activity including proposals for new work groups, work group charters, projects,
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and work product is developed at the Work Group level which, in turn, rolls up to the Technical Steering Committee (TSC) for approval.
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Once the TSC has provided approval, work product is then presented to the Board of Directors for final approval.
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A Marketing Committee also exists as a standing committee to execute initiatives to support the goals of OpenPOWER Foundation.
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The Board may elect to add additional committees to support the mission and goals of OpenPOWER Foundation.
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