FLOSS Foundations Board and Membership Selections
Version 1.4 by LuisVilla on 2015/01/11 17:22
| Type of selection/specific examples | Details about selectors | Details about board structure | Frequency of election? | Link to more details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General membership election | |||||
| GNOME Foundation | Comprised of Foundation members; members must be contributors to the project. | One year term | Annual | http://www.gnome.org/foundation/governance/ | |
| Humanitarian Open Street Map | "voting members"- individuals who are contributors to the project; members are nominated by an existing member and confirmed by existing membership | One year term | Annual | http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Board_Elections | |
| Open Source Geospatial Foundation | "charter members"- individuals who are contributors to the project; members are nominated by an existing member and confirmed by existing membership | ? | ? | http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/incorporation/bylaws.html | |
| Open Street Map Foundation | voting members are anyone who pays the yearly membership fee | ? | ? | http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM14/Election_to_Board | |
| Software in the Public Interest (affiliated with Debian) | "contributing members" (may be individuals or organizations) approved by a membership committee; organizational members have 1 vote each, like individual members | Two year term | ? | http://spi-inc.org/corporate/by-laws/ | |
| Apache Software Foundation | Members vote for board; members are all individuals approved by the existing membership on basis of their contribution. | ? | ? | ||
| CACert | Members vote at annual general meeting (held on IRC) | 7 members; 3 must be Australian | Annual | https://wiki.cacert.org/AGM/Next | |
| Self-selecting board | |||||
| Creative Commons | Community and affiliates may nominate members but do not directly select them | ? | ? | http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/38704 | |
| External authority | e.g., appointed by a single corporation, or by the project/Foundationfounder | ||||
| Metabrainz Foundation (affiliated with Musicbrainz project) | President chooses | No term limits | As needed |
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| Election by sub-groups | |||||
| Donor election | e.g., most 501(c)6s | ||||
| Hybrid model | e.g., two or more of the above | ||||
Others not yet in the table:
PostgreSQL can be a survey in itself:
PostgreSQL.US
Election of membership, who are defined as donors which meet a minimum
level. However, elections are not regularly scheduled.
PostgreSQL Community Association of Canada
Self-appointing board. All corporation members are also on the board.
PostgreSQL Europe
Annual general election by certified members.
JPUG (Japan)
Annual election by local officers of the local chapters.