4. Membership Eligibility

Organization/Individual Description	Governing	Contributing	Industry Expert	Student
Business
Government institution
Research or academic institution
Non-profit organization
Industry expert, not employed by an organization^*
Industry expert, employed by an organization^*			GB discretion
Student^*

*Other eligibility details in section 3.1.

5. Membership Privileges

Privilege	Governing	Student
One voting seat on the Governance Board (GB). A person may serve on the GB and TOB simultaneously.
Eligible to be selected to serve as GB or TOB board chairperson (not both simultaneously).
Special recognition on IOF website (logo)
Participate in TOB meetings		TOB chair's discretion
Serve on the GB in a non-voting advisory role if invited by the GB	N/A
Permission to attend various IOF events such as conferences, face-to-face working meetings, and workshops
Receive emails from the IOF general mailing list
Download conference and workshop presentation content (subject to presenter making such material available to the IOF)
Participate in IOF working group conference calls.
Recognized on IOF website (organization name, participant picture & biography, if desired)
Participate in working groups		WG chair's discretion
Edit access to applicable working group content
Eligible to chair WG

Table summarizing IOF membership due can be found on this page.

Education Institution and Businesses with revenue less than 1,000,000 EUR may also settle a portion of their dues through in-kind contributions to IOF initiatives (e.g., providing faculty or student time to create ontology artifacts; provide infrastructure support).
There are no membership dues for Industry Expert, or Student membership types.
“Revenue” refers to annual gross revenue.
Memberships are effective for 12 months and must be renewed annually based on a membership date effective the date that a membership application is approved.
The GB will review membership dues periodically and may revise them.

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