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title: Membership Levels title: Membership Levels
date: 2022-01-03 date: 2023-05-10
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OpenPOWER offers a tiered membership of Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Associate/Academic memberships OpenPOWER offers a tiered membership of Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Associate/Academic memberships


- Annual fee and dedicated full-time equivalent (FTEs) verification of committed number of FTEs on honor system
- Contributors, committers, Work Group leads and project leads influence Technical Steering Committee - Contributors, committers, Work Group leads and project leads influence Technical Steering Committee
- Associate/Academic level is not available to corporations - Associate/Academic level is not available to corporations




| Membership Level | Annual Fee | FTEs | Technical Steering Committee | Board/Voting Position | | Membership Level | Annual Fee | Technical Steering Committee | Board/Voting Position |
|------------------|------------|------|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| |------------------|------------|------|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| Platinum | $100k | 10 | One seat per member not otherwise represented | Includes Board position, includes TSC position | | Platinum | $100k | One seat per member not otherwise represented | Includes Board position, includes TSC position |
| Gold | $60k | 3 | May be on TSC if Work Group lead | Gold members may elect up to one BOD member per three Gold members | | Gold | $60k | May be on TSC if Work Group lead | Gold members may elect up to one BOD member per three Gold members |
| 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 | | Silver | $20k,<br>$5k if <100 employees,<br> $1k if < 10 employees | May be on TSC if Work Group lead | One board seat elected by all Silver members |
| Associate and Academic | $0 | 0 | May be on TSC if Work Group lead | May be elected to one community observer, non-voting Board seat | | Associate, Academic, Community | $0 | May be on TSC if Work Group lead | May be elected to one community observer, non-voting Board seat |


<span style="font-size: 10px;">Fee in US dollars</span> <span style="font-size: 10px;">Fee in US dollars</span>

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