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id="main-content"></a> <div id="tabs-wrapper" class="clearfix"> <h1 class="with-tabs">Become an OSI Individual Member</h1> </div> <div class="clearfix"> <div class="region region-content"> <div id="block-system-main" class="block block-system clearfix"> <div class="content"> <div id="node-628" class="node node-page"> <div class="content clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div id="what" title="what"><h3>What is OSI Individual Membership?</h3> <p>OSI Individual Members are people who support the mission of the OSI, which is to educate about and advocate for the benefits of open source and to build bridges among different constituencies in the open source community. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130123065323/http://opensource.org/members/join">You can join online</a>.</p> </div> <div id="why-now" title="why"><h3>Why Individual Membership?</h3> <p>The OSI is moving its governance from a model of volunteer and self-appointed directors to one driven by members. Our high-level objectives in doing so are to provide a broad meeting place for everyone who shares an interest in open source software, with the continuing aim of strengthening the OSI so that it can more effectively fulfill its goals over the long term. These goals include safely maintaining the Open Source Definition, managing the approval of open source licenses, and publicly supporting the widespread adoption and use of open source software. We believe that having a large global membership base is an excellent way to achieve those goals, and that our Individual Members will be able to advocate for open source in their communities and organizations. Individual Members, combined with OSI Affiliate organizations, can help make the OSI the strongest voice for open source around the world.</p> </div> <div id="who" title="who"><h3>Who can join?</h3> <p>Anyone can join. Because the OSI is based in the US, we cannot accept contributions from certain countries where economic embargoes are in place. If you are in such a country, please contact us so that we can provide you with a complimentary membership.</p> </div> <div id="why-join" title="why-join"><h3>Why should we join?</h3> <p>The OSI is at a transformative stage in its history. In addition to your financial support of OSI, you can help to define the ways for the OSI to achieve its mission. You can publicize your membership, add it to your resumé, and encourage others to join and support the OSI.</p> </div> <div id="commitment" title="commitment"><h3>What is the commitment?</h3> <p>Individual Membership does not involve any formal commitment to participate in the activities of the OSI. However, there are many things that Members can do to help advance the goals of the OSI:</p> <ul><li>Express public support for open source and for the OSI.</li> <li>If time permits, serve on one or more OSI Working Groups or Committees, which carry out the activities of the OSI.</li> <li>Where possible, make annual contributions towards the running of OSI.</li> <li>Help mobilize awareness of issues around the world that affect open source software. </li> </ul></div> <div id="funds" title="funds"><h3>What do the membership fees support?</h3> <p>While the OSI has managed to be effective with only limited resources, we have become very aware in recent years of how much potential there is to be more effective with greater resources. Because this membership program is part of a governance transformation as well as a fundraising campaign, the current Board does not wish to predetermine future decisions. However, we expect that the need we currently see for dedicated, long-term advocacy and organizing (e.g., through permanent staff, fellowship positions, or something similar) will be recognized by the membership and by future boards, and that the money raised through membership fees will help make such sustained efforts possible.</p> </div> <div id="how-to-join" title="how-to-join"><h3>How do I sign up?</h3> <p>Thanks for asking! Please go to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130123065323/http://www.opensource.org/join">signup page</a> to join. </p> </div> <div id="press-release" title="press-release"><h3>Is there a press release?</h3> <p>Yes, there is — <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130123065323/http://opensource.org/members/1207-release">issued on July 18, 2012 at OSCON in Portland, OR</a>. </p></div> </div></div></div> </div> <div class="clearfix"> <div class="links"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="region region-footer"> <div id="block-block-11" class="block block-block clearfix"> <div class="content"> <a rel="license" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130123065323/http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width: 0" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130123065323im_/http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/88x31.png"/></a><br/>Opensource.org site content is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130123065323/http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License</a>.  | <a href="/web/20130123065323/http://opensource.org/ToS">Terms of Service</a> </div> </div> <div id="block-block-7" class="block block-block clearfix"> <div class="content"> <script src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130123065323js_/http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> <![CDATA[// ><!]]> </script><script type="text/javascript"> <![CDATA[// ><!]]> </script> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div>  </div>  </div>  </body> </html>