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| title: Governance | ||||
| date: 2021-09-25 | ||||
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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. | ||||
| 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 that attests in writing that | ||||
| they have read and agree to abide by the terms of both the OpenPOWER Bylaws 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 | ||||
| group delegates from the Gold, Silver, and Associate/Academic membership tiers. | ||||
| The Board controls the direction of the organization and | ||||
| its operations as well as providing for the final decision-making body as it relates to OpenPOWER work products. | ||||
| OpenPOWER is structured as an open organization of multi-tiered members. | ||||
| Work group activity including proposals for new work groups, work group charters, projects, | ||||
| and work product is developed at the Work Group level which, in turn, rolls up to the Technical Steering Committee (TSC) for approval. | ||||
| 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. | ||||
| The Board may elect to add additional committees to support the mission and goals of OpenPOWER Foundation.   | ||||
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