Overview of the Outercurve Foundation mission, structure, and governance.

1. Outercurve Foundation Overview January 2011

3. Focused projects

4. Well understood brand

5. Inclusionary

6. Revenue mix not tied to one member or sponsor

7. Broader technology focus

8. Inclusive

9. Low operating costs

11. Narrow technology focus

12. Sponsor has highest level of control

13. Responsible for complete process

14. More complex operationally

15. May dictate license and/or development methodology

16. Expensive

17. Less disciplined

18. Dependent on volunteers for admin

21. The Museum As A Metaphor Sponsors create “Galleries” based on technology or industry themes Gallery Managers and the Foundation encourage project assignments into Galleries Individual Projects are complementary with the theme of the Gallery

22. Gallery ExampleTechnology Themed: ASP.NET Gallery managed by Sponsor appointed manager, mentored by Outercurve board member. Projects are a collection of sponsor and non-sponsor contributed projects.

24. Project leader, Microsoft employee

25. Has attracted 31 contributors (only 1 from Microsoft)

26. Over 60,000 lines of code contributedProject leader controls project web site, selects forge, and manages contributions and committers

27. Foundation Operations and Project Acceptance By-laws The ground rules established by the Board of Directors for the governance of the foundation Seats available to Corporate Sponsors Staff manages day to day operations and administrative functions Project acceptance and operations guidelines Serves as a policy for how projects are accepted into the Foundation, and how they are organized and managed once accepted Gallery Managers oversee projects within their Gallery Gallery Manager appointed by Gallery Sponsor Assignment agreement Serves as a template for how companies or individuals assign copyright or license patents to the Foundation Contribution agreement Serves as a template for how companies or individuals may license copyrights or patents to the Foundation

29. IP management and oversight

30. Launch program tailored to the project audience(s), including integrated PR and Social Media campaigns

31. Code signing certificates

32. Project mailing lists and administrative resources

33. Establish project management process

34. Forums and blogs - use Outercurve.org and feed our home page for greater exposure, tap into our ongoing dialog with the community

35. Support and fund developer events

36. Indemnify project committers

37. Establish a facility to collect and distribute project level donations and bounties

38. Gallery and project sponsors provide 3 year commitment

39. Project mentorship available

40. Education and promotion of IP management and development process

41. Project committers can serve on Technical Advisory Board

42. Provide tools and templates to guide project leads to successful adoption of the project

44. Galleries and Projects: Why Participate?

45. Foundation Structure Founding Sponsor 2 appointed board seats Flexibility on number of galleries they can sponsor Project committers eligible to serve on Technical Advisory Board Corporate Sponsor Eligible to serve on Board of Directors Create and oversee one gallery Project committers eligible to serve on Technical Advisory Board Gallery Sponsor Create and oversee one gallery Project committers eligible to serve on Technical Advisory Board

46. The Challenges of Starting From Scratch Cost Legal, infrastructure, administrative charges add up quickly First six months, including startup: $200,000 -$300,000 Ongoing operations: $20 -60K per month. Knowledge Nonprofit governance, finances, and operations are non-intuitive Staffing Finding the team of experienced open source and non-profit executives Oversee executive management, finance, marketing, administrative, and technical functions requires staff Finding the right OSS Legal, PR, and Marketing support Time to Market When “under the gun” to launch, costly mistakes can be made

47. Why Outercurve? Experienced Providing IP management, development process, and non-profit governance Flexible License, Technology, and Forge Agnostic Cost Effective Providing experienced Staffing and Operational support at fractional cost Outercurve Foundation