[OSPO Associate] Request - [FOSSA]

[williamsaaron]

TODO OSPO Associate Request

This is an issue created to request to become an OSPO Associate. If your organization is interested to apply, please make sure you have (1) read the OSPO Associate Program documentation
and (2) fulfil the requirements from the Pre-submission checklist.

Pre-submission checklist:

• [ ✔️ ] The entity is a community or OSPO provider aims to collaborate to improve OSPO adoption and education.
• [ ✔️ ] The entity compromises to co-create content with TODO Group
• [ ✔️ ] The entity allows to be promoted as TODO OSPO Associate and use their logo at TODO website and SM channels
• [ ✔️ ] The entity has an active commitment to the OSPO movement and TODO Group resources and initiatives

Contact Information

[ORGANIZATION/ COMMUNITY]

• Contact 1 (primary) and GH Handle
  Aaron Williams, VP Marketing, @williamsaaron

• Contact 2 and GH Handle
  Chrisitan Capdeville, Director Product Marketing, @cccapdeville

REQUIRED: Benefits for the OSPO Ecosystem

This is a very important section to understand how your organization or community could help growing the OSPO Ecosystem and impoving OSPO best bractices across industries.

• FOSSA’s mission is to increase the adoption and encourage the sustainable use of open source, which is obviously well-aligned with the mission of every OSPO.
• We do this by helping OSPOs reduce the license compliance and security risks that can come from adopting open source.
• We have extensive experience working with OSPOs at some of our largest customers, and we want to support the community by bringing that experience to a broader audience. This includes collaboration with Heather Meeker and Kate Downing, both FOSSA advisors, on best practices and policies for managing IP risks.
• We also want to support the community by sponsoring events like OSPOlogy Live.

What do you expect from TODO Group as an OSPO Associate?

Where and how could TODO Group help your organization and community?

• First and foremost, we want to learn. We see TODO as an opportunity for us to work more closely with the leaders in the OSPO community, and see how a diverse group of innovators is defining, running, and measuring their OSPOs. We want to build the best tools for solving the most challenging problems with the community.
• We also recognize the opportunity for brand awareness, of course. But we’re smart enough to know that awareness comes from being a valued member of the community, not from any direct marketing. We've long viewed LF and its compliance programs as the gold standard, we know our customers do too, and a formal association would highlight our commitment to both the open source community and the OSPOs tasked with promoting responsible open source adoption.

[anajsana]

Hello @williamsaaron, thanks for your interest in becoming an Associate and submitting this request. I've notified the TODO Steering Committee to look at this and review it. We will get back to you soon 👍

[anajsana]

@williamsaaron FOSSA OSPO Associate request has been added as a proposed resolution for the Steering Committee to review and cast their vote. You will be able to see the final resolution process here: todogroup/governance#314

we will also make sure to notify you of the result via this PR 🙂

[anajsana]

@williamsaaron Thanks for your patience. The Steering Committe casted their vote to reach a resolution on this proposal. After reviewing the TODO Associate documentation in order to follow the same policies that LF Associates follows, the proposal has been declined by 6/7 members for the following reasons:

Quoting https://todogroup.org/about/associates/. Entities who can apply for OSPO Associate include:

- Open Source Communities and or projects
- Academia
- Governments
- Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
- Non-profit Organizations (NPO)

Thus, the OSPO Associates program is not intended for service providers. 

You can read the rationale with the casted votes via git-vote here: todogroup/governance#314

As individuals, you can always join the community, participate in TODO calls, events, and local meetups, and access TODO resources, following TODO’s code of conduct.