Principles
- Contribution of quality code should be valued above all else
- No control or manipulation by membership donations
- Longer term return of value is more important than short term project needs
- Encourage federation of trust and community
- Inspire the community via leadership rather than management
- Engage in common beneficial efforts with other industries
Benefits
Front Office
- Concentrate on innovation without being ‘taxed’ for plumbing every time
- Focus time and effort on competitive advantage IT projects
IT
- More performant, resilient common utitlities
- Free to develop business focused applications
Dev Partners
- A way of getting on the preferred supplier list for all foundation members
Sponsors
- Access to foundation-only monthly workshops to learn, influence and participate with the Foundation workgroups
- The right to vote and run for Foundation board seats and influence the direction of the organization
- Networking opportunities: meet other Foundation members and products users in small settings
- Discount on training
- Collaborate directly with the technical leaders of the Foundation
- Discount for sponsoring Foundation events. Members get priority access
- Logo listing on the Foundation site
How is this going to work?
- Capital markets participant firms register to request Founding Member status through this site
- Independent board members have already been identified and their profiles will appear on this site in the People section
- By the end of May the foundation will be formally established and board members appointed and founding members published
Founding member commitments
- Make a financial commitment to the foundation
- Facilitate a carve out with a mandate for developers in their organisations to contribute
- Subscribe to the arms length governance model
- Give a commitment to the contribution of quality code to the foundation
Contact us if you would like to be involved.
