Difference between revisions of "OGC Membership"

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OGC and OSGeo have an agreement by which up to 5 OSGeo community members can become individual OGC members. This page describes OSGeo's processes and procedures for the agreement.
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'''Please refer to the portal of the [http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/join/value Open Geospatial Consortium] to learn how to become an OGC member. '''
  
''The actual agreement is documented on the page: [[OSGeo signs Memorandum of Understanding with OGC]]. This page describes the slection process on OSGeop side and lists current members.''
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This page refers to the the [[OSGeo signs Memorandum of Understanding with OGC | agreement of the OGC and OSGeo]] by which up to 5 OSGeo community members can become OGC Individual Members and describes OSGeo's processes on selecting individuals.
  
  
= Membership Process =
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== Membership Process ==
 
 
 
To obtain a membership, you must:
 
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= Selection Committee =
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The selection committee keeps track of who is using our OGC memberships and what they are doing with them. The committee is appointed by the board of directors and periodically reports back to the board on the status of our OGC activity.
 
The selection committee keeps track of who is using our OGC memberships and what they are doing with them. The committee is appointed by the board of directors and periodically reports back to the board on the status of our OGC activity.
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The committee operates transparently, recording its action on the standards mailing list.
 
The committee operates transparently, recording its action on the standards mailing list.
  
= Current Members =
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# [[Gerald Fenoy]] term ends on 29 September 2012 (re-application has been granted)
 
# [[Gerald Fenoy]] term ends on 29 September 2012 (re-application has been granted)
 
# [[Jeff McKenna]] term ends on 9 December 2012
 
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[[Category:OGC]]

Revision as of 09:27, 5 October 2012

Please refer to the portal of the Open Geospatial Consortium to learn how to become an OGC member.

This page refers to the the agreement of the OGC and OSGeo by which up to 5 OSGeo community members can become OGC Individual Members and describes OSGeo's processes on selecting individuals.


Membership Process

To obtain a membership, you must:

  1. Determine if you are eligible for membership, based on the OGC Individual Membership rules.
  2. Submit a short summary of why you want an OGC membership and what work you plan to do with it. This summary should be sent to the selection committee (listed below).
  3. Every three months, send a summary of what you have done with your membership to the selection committee and the standards list.

Memberships are valid for six months, after which you may reapply.


Selection Committee

The selection committee keeps track of who is using our OGC memberships and what they are doing with them. The committee is appointed by the board of directors and periodically reports back to the board on the status of our OGC activity.

The members of this committee are currently:

The committee operates transparently, recording its action on the standards mailing list.

Current Members

  1. Gerald Fenoy term ends on 29 September 2012 (re-application has been granted)
  2. Jeff McKenna term ends on 9 December 2012
  3. vacant
  4. vacant
  5. vacant