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AlmaLinux OS Foundation
Membership
The AlmaLinux OS Foundation
is a US-based non-profit that stewards the AlmaLinux project and allows anyone to join!
Join the AlmaLinux OS Foundation
as an individual member or Sponsor member, and own a vote in shaping the future of AlmaLinux OS!
Membership levels and benefits are
described below.
Individual Member
An individual application for anyone who uses AlmaLinux OS, contributes to AlmaLinux OS, provides services to the AlmaLinux OS community, or otherwise supports the AlmaLinux Project.
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Mirror Sponsor Member
An individual or entity that provides the project with mirror(s) for content distribution.
Only one member application per individual or entity will be accepted, irrespective of contributed number of mirrors.
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Apply (organization)
Sponsor Member
Ideal for companies or organizations who want to support the AlmaLinux project. These non-profit organizations and companies contribute funding or resources to the project, and receive benefits from the foundation for that support.
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Do you have membership related questions?
Email the membership committee
Join the AlmaLinux OS Foundation
The AlmaLinux OS Foundation's membership structure is intentionally permissive, because it is important for us that anyone who has a stake in the future of AlmaLinux is allowed to have a voice in the future of AlmaLinux. Whether you join as a sponsor member or an individual contributor or a mirror host, your support of AlmaLinux and your opinion deserves to be heard.
Membership of the foundation is determined and managed by the Membership Committee. The membership committee meets regularly to review applications and welcome new members to the foundation. The qualifications for each type of membership are below. If you have any interest in joining the membership committee, reach out to the committee directly via email!
Email the membership committee
Free member qualifications and benefits
All of the information below is pulled directly from where it was defined in the
AlmaLinux OS Foundation ByLaws
and the expanded membership document adopted by the board of directors in
April of 2024
Individual Member
Individual membership is perfect for any individual contributor to the
AlmaLinux project or user of AlmaLinux who wishes to support the
AlmaLinux OS Foundation by joining.
Qualifications
anyone approved as a contributing member by membership committee based on their contribution to the AlmaLinux project
Term
re-qualified annually
Benefits
Opportunity to nominate someone for election to the board of directors
1 vote for a board seat
Be listed on our website in a contributing member list
Contributing member AlmaLinux logo
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Mirror Member
Mirror membership is specifically for those who support AlmaLinux by hosting any one of the devices in our our 400+ mirror network.
Qualifications
acceptance as AlmaLinux mirror by the infrastructure SIG, and approval by the membership committee
Term
as long as the mirror is operational, reviewed annually
Benefits
Opportunity to nominate someone for election to the board of directors
1 vote for a board seat
Be listed as an official AlmaLinux mirror
Official AlmaLinux mirror logo
Apply (individual)
Apply (organization)
Sponsor member qualifications and benefits
For an independent open source project, maintaining funding through a variety of sponsor members is key to our ability to remain impartial, and is key to our long-term goal of achieving 501(c)(3) status. We remain grateful to our entire community for their support, and are especially grateful for the sponsor members who support the project with funds or resources that are critical to helping us keep up with our explosive growth.
Qualifications and Term
Each of the sponsor memberships are renewed annually, and require the approval of the membership committee.
Membership fees are charged annually on the date of your membership acceptance. All in-kind sponsorships require approval of the board of directors in addition to the membership committee.
Platinum Sponsor Member
Platinum membership is our highest tier and is tailor-made for companies who understand the importance of heavily sponsoring open source projects that the world relies on, and who want to ensure that the AlmaLinux project is able to continue to deliver on its promise of long-term stability.
Current platinum sponsor members
Benefits
Benefits for this level of membership are broken into three groups
Marketing Benefits
Dedicated press release and blog post with social media promotion
Priority access to sponsor any AlmaLinux-organized events
Company logo on AlmaLinux.org in up-to three sections/categories
Up to 2 sponsor webinars per year
Up to 4 sponsor blog posts per year
Your company's events featured on our
community events calendar
AlmaLinux will assist in promoting your appropriate social media for Linux-related content (e.g. tweets and retweets)
Voting benefits
Opportunity to nominate someone for election to the board of directors
50 votes for each open board seat
Additional benefits
Have up to 3 kernel modules signed by AlmaLinux, allowing your application to work with secure boot on AlmaLinux servers.
Be listed on a “signed kernel modules” documentation page.
Direct access to AlmaLinux executives and experts to help with consultation, planning, and engagement opportunities, including advance information on upcoming announcements and projects.
Membership Fee
$100,000 OR
Three dedicated full-time employees working on AlmaLinux
Apply
Silver Sponsor Member
Silver Sponsor Members tend to be startups or companies who are
compelled to show their support for AlmaLinux, but don't find that a
larger investment meets their needs.
Benefits
Benefits for this level of membership are broken into two groups
Voting benefits
Opportunity to nominate someone for election to the board of directors
5 votes for each open board seat
Marketing Benefits
Company logo on AlmaLinux website in one section/category
Inclusion in a silver member group press releases with social media promotion
Your company's events featured on our
community events calendar
Inclusion in a round-up blog post of new members
Membership Fee
$2,500 OR
An equivalent contribution of hardware or services
Apply
Ruby Sponsor Member
Ruby Sponsor Members are primarily companies that want to be able to
support AlmaLinux users' use of secure boot
Benefits
Benefits for this level of membership are broken into three groups
Voting benefits
Opportunity to nominate someone for election to the board of directors
5 votes for each open board seat
Marketing Benefits
Company logo on AlmaLinux website in one section/category
Your company's events featured on our
community events calendar
Exposure through new ruby member a group press release with social media promotion
Inclusion in a round-up blog post of new members
AlmaLinux member logo for your site
Additional benefits
The opportunity to have up to 3 kernel modules signed by AlmaLinux, allowing your application to work with secure boot on AlmaLinux servers. Listing on a 'signed kernel modules' documentation page.
Membership Fee
$5,000 OR
An equivalent contribution of hardware or services
Apply
Gold Sponsor Member
Gold Sponsor Members are established companies who believe in the importance of open source and free operating systems, and see the value in AlmaLinux continuing to serve its users.
Benefits
Benefits for this level of membership are broken into three groups
Voting benefits
Opportunity to nominate someone for election to the board of directors
15 votes for each open board seat
Marketing Benefits
Company logo on AlmaLinux website in two sections/categories
Exposure through new gold member group press releases with social media promotion
Priority access to sponsor any AlmaLinux-organized events
1 sponsor webinar per year
Up to four sponsored blog posts per year to be posted on the AlmaLinux blog
AlmaLinux will assist in promoting your appropriate social media for Linux-related content (e.g. tweets and retweets)
Inclusion in a round-up blog post of new Gold members
Your company's events featured on our
community events calendar
AlmaLinux member logo for your site
Additional benefits
The opportunity to have up to 3 kernel modules signed by AlmaLinux, allowing your application to work with secure boot on AlmaLinux servers. Listing on a “signed kernel modules” documentation page.
Membership Fee
$20,000 OR
One dedicated full-time employee working on AlmaLinux OR
Annual service credits or hardware donations valued at $20,000 or more
Apply
Board of Directors
The AlmaLinux OS Foundation is lead by a community elected board of directors who hold regular meetings. Agendas and minutes for those meetings are shared with the public on
the AlmaLinux Wiki
The board, once elected, chooses its offices, including the chair of the board. Elections are held as regularly as needed to fill vacancies. The wiki also houses historical details about the
election candidates and processes
benny Vasquez
Chair, Board of Directors
AlmaLinux OS Foundation
Jack Aboutboul
Program Manager
Microsoft Azure AOSI
Jesse Asklund
Global head of Customer Experience
WebPros
Simon Phipps
open source advocate and a former president of the
Open Source Initiative
Moshe Bar
CEO
Codenotary Inc.
Daniel Pearson
CEO
KnownHost
Jun Yoshida
Corporate Officer
Cybertrust Japan
Alex Iribarren
Penguin Wrangler and Cloud Watcher
CERN
David Snead
General Counsel
Webpros
Non-voting Invited Expert
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