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1.1 | 3 | = Background and Status = |
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| 5 | Many of the sponsors approached have asked questions around the value proposition of the OSI and what kind of return they may expect through participation: | ||
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| 7 | * //vision for OSI... and explain your view on how [a sponsor's] continued investment will be of value to the community, to the industry, and to [the sponsor].// | ||
| 8 | * //for many years they were the "only" entity that many open source projects begged for money from, and as a result, they are historically pretty hard-assed about needing to see ROI. Not to say we don't qualify, but be prepared for tough, directed questioning about the value to [the potential sponsor]."// | ||
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11.1 | 10 | == Current and Potential Sponsors == |
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| 12 | [[Corporate Sponsor Portfolio & Working Notes>>doc:OSI Operations.Corporate Sponsorships Working Notes]] | ||
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20.1 | 14 | [[Prospects, Leads and Sponsors>>doc:OSI Operations.Development & Fund-raising]] (Legacy, see [[CiviCRM>>https://opensource.org/civicrm/dashboard]] for current contacts) |
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14.1 | 22 | |
| 23 | == Year in Review / Annual Report == | ||
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| 25 | The "Year in Review is a document to be shared with our corporate sponsors to help them understand and appreciate how their participation supports the OSI and the open source community. | ||
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19.1 | 27 | * Update from President & GM |
| 28 | * Organizational updates | ||
| 29 | ** infrastructure | ||
| 30 | ** operations | ||
| 31 | * Financial report | ||
| 32 | * Updates on initiatives (Incubator Projects) | ||
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4.2 | 34 | = Corporate Sponsor Scheme = |
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14.1 | 36 | The following information is used to generate our presentation and proposal materials for potential corporate sponsors. |
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17.1 | 38 | **Presentation versions:** |
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28.1 | 40 | * [[(% class="wikiattachmentlink wikiattachmentlink wikiattachmentlink wikiattachmentlink wikiattachmentlink wikiattachmentlink wikiattachmentlink wikiattachmentlink wikiattachmentlink wikiattachmentlink wikiattachmentlink" %) OSI presentation of June, 2014>>attach:2014.06 OSI Corporate Support.pdf]] |
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17.1 | 41 | * [[OSI presentation of February, 2013>>url:http://wiki.opensource.org/xwiki/bin/download/Communities/Corporate+Sponsors+%26+Support+Program/2013.10%20OSI%20Corporate%20Support.pdf]] |
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| 44 | = Corporate Sponsor On-Boarding = | ||
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| 47 | 1. Initial contact | ||
| 48 | 11. Contact information in Civi | ||
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21.1 | 49 | 1. [[Corporate Sponsorship Benefits Letter>>doc:Main.Communities.Corporate Sponsors & Support Program.Sponsorship Benefits Letter.WebHome]] |
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19.1 | 50 | 1. Invoicing (Accountant) |
| 51 | 1. Payment made | ||
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22.1 | 52 | 1. [[Corporate Sponsorship Thank you (Acknowledgment) Letter>>doc:CorporateSponsorshipAcknowledgmentLetter]] |
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19.1 | 53 | 11. Thank you |
| 54 | 11. Logo for website | ||
| 55 | 11. Link for website | ||
| 56 | 11. Press release | ||
| 57 | 111. Info on why sponsoring | ||
| 58 | 111. Activities in open source community | ||
| 59 | 1. Determine annual giving cycle | ||
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| 62 | = Corporate Sponsor Renewals = | ||
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24.1 | 64 | 1. [[Corporate Sponsorship Thank you (Acknowledgment) Letter>>url:https://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Main/Communities/Corporate+Sponsors+%26+Support+Program/CorporateSponsorshipAcknowledgmentLetter]] |
| 65 | Sent out to all sponsors after contributions have been received. | ||
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25.1 | 66 | 1. [[Annual renewal letter>>doc:Main.Communities.Corporate Sponsors & Support Program.Corporate Sponsorship Renewal Letter.WebHome]] |
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23.1 | 67 | Sent out to all current sponsors. |
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26.1 | 74 | The below bullet points are a work in progress and should be used to develop our presentation and proposal materials for potential corporate sponsors as included above. |
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14.1 | 75 | {{/warning}} |
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6.2 | 76 | == Current Organizational Standing == |
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1.1 | 77 | |
| 78 | * California 501(c)3 non-profit | ||
| 79 | * The pragmatic community organization that understands how developers, businesses, governments, and open source interact | ||
| 80 | * Keeper of the Open Source Definition | ||
| 81 | * Certifies open source licenses as complying to that definition | ||
| 82 | * Advocacy, education, and community bridge building | ||
| 83 | * Increased representation across the community through | ||
| 84 | ** Introduction of membership classes to broaden our community and participation | ||
| 85 | *** Individuals: over 400+ members so far | ||
| 86 | *** Affiliates: over 20+ non-profit open source foundations and organizations | ||
| 87 | ** Board term limits | ||
| 88 | *** Individual Membership board seats | ||
| 89 | *** Associate Membership board seats | ||
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6.2 | 91 | == Changes to the OSI Starting in 2011-2012: == |
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8.1 | 93 | * increasing our Corporate support and involvement |
| 94 | * increasing our Affiliate support and involvement | ||
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10.1 | 95 | * increasing our Individual Membership support and involvement\\ |
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1.1 | 96 | |
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6.2 | 97 | == OSI Goals for Corporate Sponsorship == |
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1.1 | 98 | |
| 99 | * Corporate use of, and participation in open source is vital to the overall success of OSS | ||
| 100 | * Provide a open and transparent mechanism to allow corporations to show their support for open source, and the activities of the OSI. | ||
| 101 | * Increase the diversity of stakeholders and viewpoints within the OSI. | ||
| 102 | * Raise funds for the operations of the OSI | ||
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14.1 | 104 | == Value Proposition == |
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8.1 | 105 | |
| 106 | * Making open source safe to use: | ||
| 107 | ** maintaining the Open Source Definition | ||
| 108 | ** Approving licenses, and just as importantly, | ||
| 109 | *** rejecting non-compliant licenses | ||
| 110 | *** stopping license proliferation | ||
| 111 | * Educational resources around open source | ||
| 112 | ** The creation, participation in and management of open source projects and communities | ||
| 113 | ** Best practices in the identification and evaluation of open source software and the communities that support it | ||
| 114 | ** Guidelines for updating corporate procurement / acquisition processes related to open source software and service providers | ||
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6.2 | 116 | == Sponsorship Provides == |
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1.1 | 117 | |
| 118 | * Refocus OSI on the activities laid out in our mission: | ||
| 119 | ** Educate | ||
| 120 | ** Advocate | ||
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6.1 | 121 | ** Build bridges (community) |
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1.1 | 122 | ** License certification |
| 123 | * Become a more sustainable organization | ||
| 124 | * Hire a (small) professional staff | ||
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6.2 | 126 | == Licensing: Program examples == |
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1.1 | 127 | |
| 128 | * Do more to guide developers to choose mainstream licenses to reduce license proliferation | ||
| 129 | * Revamp and professionalize the license certification process | ||
| 130 | * Transparent analysis and reporting of license popularity | ||
| 131 | * Raise awareness of the importance of patent licensing in modern OSS licenses | ||
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6.2 | 133 | == Education: Program examples == |
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8.1 | 135 | * Create the FLOSS Competence Center Network |
| 136 | * Jointly define a central body of knowledge related to free, libre, and open source software: http:~/~/flosscc.opensource.org/wiki/floss-body-knowledge | ||
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15.1 | 137 | * Create the FLOWedu Working Group |
| 138 | ** adapt, develop and disseminate modular learning resources to help managers of projects, portfolios, organizations or consortia gain an advanced understanding of strategies, processes and methods to optimize value, to control costs, and to manage risk through effective coordination, resourcing and governance of Free/Libre/Open Works (FLOW) http://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Projects/FreeLibreOpenWorksManagementEducation | ||
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8.1 | 139 | * International network |
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1.1 | 140 | * Continue OSI's history of involvement and community representation |
| 141 | * The OSD and the OSI-approved license list has been referenced by many governments as defining FOSS | ||
| 142 | * Recent examples of successful advocacy on behalf of the FOSS community: | ||
| 143 | ** CPTN: http:~/~/opensource.org/history/CPTN | ||
| 144 | ** UK open standards: http:~/~/opensource.org/node/616 | ||
| 145 | ** SOPA: http:~/~/opensource.org/node/599 | ||
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14.1 | 147 | == Community: Program Examples == |
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1.1 | 148 | |
| 149 | * Engage with civil society umbrella organizations | ||
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6.1 | 150 | * Collaborate with other FLOSS organizations (FSF, FSFE etc) |
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1.1 | 151 | * Seek membership from all FLOSS communities |
| 152 | * Seek membership from all cultures | ||
| 153 | * Seek membership from all continents | ||
| 154 | * Successes: CPTN join submission with FSF; Affiliates from multiple continents | ||
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8.1 | 155 | * Software Package Data eXcahnge SPDX |
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6.2 | 157 | == How to Participate == |
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1.1 | 158 | |
| 159 | * Donate funds and/or services to the OSI | ||
| 160 | * Support the organization | ||
| 161 | ** Invite the OSI to participate in corporate sponsored events | ||
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7.2 | 162 | ** Promote the OSI through corporate communications channels |
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1.1 | 163 | * Can be publicly acknowledged if desired |
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7.1 | 165 | == 2014 Initiatives == |
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| 167 | * Working groups | ||
| 168 | ** Proposal process | ||
| 169 | ** Administrative support | ||
| 170 | ** Promotion and community building | ||
| 171 | ** Micro-funding opportunities | ||
| 172 | * Infrastructure | ||
| 173 | ** Social/Community Platform | ||
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6.2 | 175 | == Sponsorship Levels == |
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| 177 | * Each Corporate Sponsor will make annual donations to the OSI. | ||
| 178 | (In a future revisions of the Bylaws, these may funds may be referred to as annual dues. But for now, they will be donations.) | ||
| 179 | * The dues will vary by the annual corporate revenue of the total of all affiliated companies. Staggering dues makes it affordable for smaller companies to show their support of the OSI. Our goal is to create a large and diverse corporate membership. | ||
| 180 | * These dues are in United States Dollars. | ||
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| 182 | (% height="259" width="663" %) | ||
| 183 | |=Annual Corporate Revenues|=Annual Dues | ||
| 184 | |greater than $250 million|$20,000 | ||
| 185 | |greater than $100 million but less than or equal to $250 million|$15,000 | ||
| 186 | |greater than $50 million but less than or equal to $100 million|$10,000 | ||
| 187 | |greater than $10 million but less than or equal to $50 million|$7,500 | ||
| 188 | |less than or equal to $10 million|$5,000 | ||
| 189 | |less than $1 million and not more than ten employees or contractors on staff|$1,000 | ||
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| 191 | = Services & Support: Value Proposition = | ||
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6.1 | 193 | |=Program|=Activities|=Benefit(s)|=Current Status |
| 194 | | Educate, License| Guide developers in choice of mainstream open source licenses to reduce license proliferation| | | ||
| 195 | | Educate, License| Revamp and professionalize the license certification process| | | ||
| 196 | | Educate, License| Transparent analysis and reporting of license popularity| | | ||
| 197 | | Educate, License| Raise awareness of the importance of patent licensing in modern OSS licenses| | | ||
| 198 | | Educate, Community| Continue OSI's history of involvement and community representation| | | ||
| 199 | | Educate, Community| The OSD and the OSI-approved license list has been referenced by many governments as defining FOSS| | | ||
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6.2 | 200 | | |\\| | |
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14.1 | 201 | {{/box}} |
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26.1 | 202 | |
| 203 | = Sponsor Activities = | ||
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27.1 | 205 | == 2018 == |
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26.1 | 206 | |
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27.1 | 207 | === Cumulus === |
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| 215 | **General Awareness** | ||
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| 217 | * Develop blog posts for OSI site focusing on how Cumulus' work, culture, activities, etc. benefit the values / principles of open source in line with OSI Mission. | ||
| 218 | ** **//__COMPLETED__//**: https:~/~/opensource.org/node/934 | ||
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| 220 | **Dedicated Promotion of Boot Camps** | ||
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| 222 | * Membership mailing with link to Boot Camps (w/ trackable URL) | ||
| 223 | ** **//__COMPLETED__//**: https:~/~/opensource.org/civicrm/mailing/report?mid=166&reset=1 | ||
| 224 | * Tweets promoting member discounts for Boot Camps. | ||
| 225 | ** __//**COMPLETED**//__: https:~/~/twitter.com/OpenSourceOrg/status/1001536924774027264 | ||
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| 227 | **Cross-promotions** | ||
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| 229 | * Share list of upcoming events | ||
| 230 | ** __//**COMPLETED**//__ | ||
| 231 | * Coordinate opportunities with Apereo | ||
| 232 | ** //**__COMPLETED__**// | ||
| 233 | * Identify relevant contacts across OSI community (members, sponsors, etc.) | ||
| 234 | ** Linux Foundation | ||
| 235 | ** LPI | ||
| 236 | ** opensource.com | ||
| 237 | ** Deciso? | ||
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