Affiliates

The OSI Affiliate Scheme allows non-profit and not-for-profit organizations to become OSI members. The current status of the Affiliate Scheme is available on the OSI website as is a list of our current Affiliates.

While the program is currently underway and we are encouraging membership, continued development and discussions for improving our Affiliate Scheme can be found on this page which provides a forum for discussions, development and management of policy and practice between the OSI and our affiliates to improve our program and further support open source projects and the communities that enable them.

Chapters

The OSI is assessing the potential of local chapters to help further our mission and the resources needed to support such an effort.

FLOSSCC

The objective of each Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) Competence Centers is to act locally in its geographical region, working as a meeting point and knowledge repository in the field of FLOSS and of its own specialties. Competence Centers also collaborate in a worldwide community exchanging experiences, methods, and solutions to expand and spread knowledge on FLOSS. These Centers work as catalysts, fostering trust and reliability of FLOSS, both in the software industry and in society.

All Competence Centers share a common ethics and culture of collaboration that is expressed in the Manifesto for FLOSS Competence Centers.

Individual Members

The OSI has developed individual memberships. Details of the current program is provided at opensource.org/members Discussions related to Individual Memberships, including benefits, activities, events, etc. is found here in the OSI wiki.

Sponsors

OSI Corporate Sponsors provide support to enable the OSI's mission. Current Corporate Sponsors may be viewed on the  OSI website Corporate Sponsors page.

Technical Speakers Community

This mailing list and wiki page is intended for people who speak at technical conferences and who want to share information with each other. Appropriate topics for discussion include:

• conferences and events
• presentation tools
• techniques for public speaking
• proposal-writing
• slide/video reviews
• calls for presentations
• lightning/ignite talk opportunities

Topics are not strictly limited to presenting Free Software/Open Source software and issues, although a majority of the community is people who do so, and a majority of events discussed will be FOSS related.

To join the mailing list, go to the Speakers List Page and subscribe. Note that subscriptions are moderated and may take a day or so to be approved.

Volunteers

The OSI's administrative and operational staff is complemented through volunteer efforts in a variety of areas: marketing and communications, fund-raising, events management, and many others.