Difference between revisions of "OGC Membership"

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OGC and OSGeo have an agreement by which a small number of OSGeo community members can become OGC members for a short period of time. This page describes OSGeo's processes and procedures for the agreement.
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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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''The actual agreement is documented [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_signs_Memorandum_of_Understanding_with_OGC here]. This is page intended to be a simpler explanation of the formal agreement, but in case of any questions the formal agreement is the one to follow.''
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''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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=Membership Process=
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= Membership Process =
  
 
To obtain a membership, you must:
 
To obtain a membership, you must:
  
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# Determine if you are eligible for membership, based on the criteria listed below.
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# Determine if you are eligible for membership, based on the [http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/join/level/individual OGC Individual Membership] rules.
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# Agree to the IPR policies described below.
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# 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).
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# 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) and CC'd to [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/standards OSGeo standards list].
 
 
# Every three months, send a summary of what you have done with your membership to the selection committee and the standards list.
 
# Every three months, send a summary of what you have done with your membership to the selection committee and the standards list.
  
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= Selection Committee =
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To be eligible for membership, you must meet these criteria (taken from [http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/join/level/individual here]):
 
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* You must be a self-employed consultant or individual who has not assigned their intellectual property rights (IPR) to another person or legal entity (employer, university, research institution, etc).
 
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* You must not be a full-time contractor to a single employer (except when that employer organization is a member of the OGC).
 
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''Rationale: memberships normally cost money, and so obviously OGC doesn't want someone to be using a "free" OSGeo membership just to avoid paying the fees to be a regular OGC member.''
 
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Additionally, you must (obviously) be working on an open source project.
 
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=IPR Policies=
 
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OGC has a strict set of policies regarding intellectual property rights which you must agree to. In brief, the policies state that:
 
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The full (23 page) IPR policies document can be found [http://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=32268 here (PDF)].
 
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=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 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.
  
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= 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)

Revision as of 09:23, 5 October 2012

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.

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.


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
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