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1		-|= Type of selection/specific examples|=Details about selectors|=Details about board structure|=Link to more details
2		-|//General membership election//| | |
3		-|GNOME Foundation|Comprised of Foundation members; members must be contributors to the project.| One year term| http:~/~/www.gnome.org/foundation/governance/
4		-|Humanitarian Open Street Map|Comprised of "voting members"- individuals who are contributors to the project.| One year term| http:~/~/wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Board_Elections
5		-|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/
6		-|Apache Software Foundation|Members vote for board; members are all individuals approved by the existing membership on basis of their contribution.| |
7		-|//Self-selecting board//| | |
8		-| | | |
9		-| | | |
10		-| | | |
11		-| | | |
	1	+|=Type of selection/specific examples|=Details about selectors|=Details about board structure|=Frequency of election?|=Link to more details
	2	+|//**General membership election**//| | | |
	3	+|GNOME Foundation|Comprised of Foundation members; members must be contributors to the project.|One year term| Annual| http:~/~/www.gnome.org/foundation/governance/
	4	+|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
	5	+|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
	6	+|Open Street Map Foundation|voting members are anyone who pays the yearly membership fee|?|?|http:~/~/wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM14/Election_to_Board
	7	+|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/
	8	+|Apache Software Foundation|Members vote for board; members are all individuals approved by the existing membership on basis of their contribution.|?|?|
	9	+| CACert|Members vote at annual general meeting (held on IRC)|7 members; 3 must be Australian|Annual| https:~/~/wiki.cacert.org/AGM/Next
	10	+|//**Self-selecting board**//| | | |
	11	+|Creative Commons|Community and affiliates may nominate members but do not directly select them|?|?|http:~/~/creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/38704
	12	+| | | | |
	13	+| //**External authority**//|e.g., appointed by a single corporation, or by the project/Foundationfounder| | |
	14	+| Metabrainz Foundation (affiliated with Musicbrainz project)| President chooses|No term limits | As needed| (((
	15	+|http:~/~/metabrainz.org/
	16	+)))
	17	+|//**Election by sub-groups**//| | | |
	18	+| | | | |
	19	+| | | | |
	20	+|//**Donor election**//|e.g., most 501(c)6s| | |
	21	+| | | | |
	22	+|//**Hybrid model**//|e.g., two or more of the above| | |
	23	+| | | | |
	24	+
	25	+Others not yet in the table:
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	27	+
	28	+PostgreSQL can be a survey in itself:
	29	+
	30	+PostgreSQL.US
	31	+ Election of membership, who are defined as donors which meet a minimum
	32	+ level. However, elections are not regularly scheduled.
	33	+
	34	+PostgreSQL Community Association of Canada
	35	+ Self-appointing board. All corporation members are also on the board.
	36	+
	37	+PostgreSQL Europe
	38	+ Annual general election by certified members.
	39	+
	40	+JPUG (Japan)
	41	+ Annual election by local officers of the local chapters.