openpower.foundation/content/join/levels.md

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Membership Levels	2022-01-03	false

The OpenPOWER Foundation is a 501c6 not-for-profit entity with a Board of Directors and a Technical Steering Committee.

• Membership levels provide either a default Board of Director position (Platinum) or an opportunity to be elected to the Board (Gold, Silver, and Associate/Academic members). The Bylaws detail additional governance by the Board including maximum seats, terms, etc.
• The Technical Steering Committee is formed from the Work Group Leads from the core projects and one representative designated by each Platinum member.

OpenPOWER offers a tiered membership of Titanium, Platinum, Gold, Silver, Iron, Associate, Academic and Individual memberships The Academic level is only available to academic institutes. The Associate and Individual levels are not available to corporations.

Anyone may participate in OpenPOWER. Membership levels are designed for those who are investing in growing and enhancing the OpenPOWER community and its proliferation within the industry.

OpenPOWER Foundation Membership Matrix	Individual	Associate	Academic	Tin	Copper	Bronze	Silver	Gold	Platinum	Titanium
Maximum Number of Employees Wordwide	-	-	{{}}	10	25	50	250	500	{{}}	{{}}
Number of OPF Passports	1	10	{{}}	1	5	10	100	500	{{}}	{{}}
Public Working Group Participation	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}
All Member Working Group Participation	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}
Premium Working Group Participation	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}
Marketing Committee Chair	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}
Marketing Committee Participation	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}
Technical Steering Committee Chair	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}
Technical Steering Committee Participation	{{}}	{{}}	IWGLV	IWGLNV	IWGLV	IWGLV	IWGLV	IWGLV	1 plvwg	1 pmvwg
Board of Directors Participation	{{}}	{{}}	1 plnv	{{}}	{{}}	1 plv	1 plv	2 plv	3 plv	1 pmv
Access to Public Specifications	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}
Access to Draft Specifications	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}
Access to In Development Specifications	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}
OpenPOWER Ready Trademark Usage	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}
Petition TSC to create a new workgroup or project	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}
Member logo listed on the website member page	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}
Member logo featured on the website homepage	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}
Press releases with OpenPOWER Foundation	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	1 py	2py	4py	8py
	free	$500(*)	$500(**)	$500	$2.5k	$5k	$25k	$50k	$75k	$100k

* Associate : free for opem source foundation
* Associate : free for mutual foundations membership
** Academic : free for academic institutes providing POWER curriculum
IWGLNV : If Working Group Lead with No Voting rights
IWGLV : If Working Group Lead with Voting rights
PLVWG : Per Level Voting, if not represented by Working Group Lead
PMVWG : Per Member Voting, if not represented by Working Group Lead
PLNV : Per Level Non Voting
PLV : Per Level Voting
PM : Per Member
PY : Per Year
Fee in US dollars.
The information in this chart is subject to change by OpenPOWER Foundation without notice.
The Bylaws of OpenPOWER Foundation set forth the terms of membership and shall take precedence over any other information regarding membership.