Join OIF
Types of Membership
Three levels of membership are available: Principal, Auditing or Academic membership.
These separate levels of membership provide members a choice of
the level of involvement and contributions that they are capable
of investing in the OIF. Membership fees are quarterly pro-rated,
with the exception of Academic membership. Please call the OIF
office (+1.510.492.4040) to confirm the fees before submitting
your membership application.
Principal Membership
* $8,000 p/ year
* $4,000 p/ year (for companies with less than $10 MM annual revenue)
OIF Principal Member companies are committed to active participation
to achieve the OIF's goals.
A Principal Membership entitles your company to the following
benefits:
- Entitled to Representation attending Working Committees (to
include Task Groups), Annual, General and Special meetings.
- Access to all Working Committee working documents, meeting
minutes, written contributions and Technical Committee Contributions.
- Entitled to (1) vote at all meetings (Annual, General and Special)
in all elections (Board of Directors, Working Committee Chair)
and in all circumstances where a member may cast a ballot (Bylaw
changes, approval of Technical Committee Contributions, etc.)
- Eligible to run for Board of Director and Working Committee
officer position (Chair, Vice-Chair, Task Group Coordinator,
Working Group Coordinator).
- Entitled to one (1) vote in each of the Working Committees.
- Eligible to submit Technical Committee Contributions.
- Eligible to subscribe to all OIF e-mail exploder lists.
- Eligible to proactively direct the work undertaken by the Forum.
- Eligible to propose new task groups to address specific issues.
- Eligible to participate in marketing activities (i.e., success
stories and press releases).
- Eligible to use the OIF Member Logo and Member plaque, denoting
involvement in the Forum.
- Eligible to provide first priority of Speakers to the OIF Speaker's
Bureau for industry conferences, trade shows and other events.
- Company name posted on the OIF WWW site with links back to
your WWW home page. Brainstorming and networking with industry
leaders
- Your status as a Principal Member gives you exposure to the
latest developments in optical internetworking and standards
movements that affect implementations. In the course of Forum
working meetings and discussions, Principal Members gain an in-depth
perspective of the industry through close interaction with the
leaders that are affecting the market.
- In Forum discussions and activities, your company will obtain
valuable insights on international implementations of optical
internetworking technology. By working with these companies,
your company can obtain valuable insights regarding trends in
the most dynamic country markets, regulatory issues, and market
trends that will affect implementations.
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Auditing Membership ($3,000 p/ year)
Auditing Members of the OIF have access to information regarding
achievements of the Forum and plans for future activities. Auditing
membership is an important tool to keep abreast of developments
in interoperability and practical implementations of optical
networking.
Auditing member benefits include:
- Entitled to one (1) Representative attending Annual meeting.
Additional Representatives may also be able to attend as approved
by the Board of Directors.
- Access to all Working documents, meeting minutes, written contributions
and Technical Committee Contributions.
- Eligible to subscribe to some OIF e-mail exploder lists.
- Eligible to participate in marketing activities (i.e., success
stories, press releases).
- Eligible to use OIF Member logo and Member plaque, denoting
involvement in the Forum.
- Eligible to provide second priority of Speakers to the OIF
Speaker's Bureau for industry conferences, trade shows and other
events.
- Company name posted on the OIF WWW site that links back to
your WWW home page.
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Academic Membership ($1,000 p/year)
Please contact Andria Kosich, OIF Executive Director, directly for an Academic
Membership Application form.
Email: akosich@oiforum.com or phone:
+1.510.492.4043.
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Clarification of Definition of 'Material Financial Relationship'
- OIF Bylaws Section 3.2 (c)
An Affilliate is any company which, based upon a determination by the Board
of Directors, (i) whose voting equity securities are owned or controlled 50%
or more by, or which owns or controls 50% or more of the voting equity securities
of, a Principal Member, or (ii) which is subject to a material financial relationship
with a Principal Member which results in the control of, or the right to control
or direct policy of, such other entity.
An Affilliate, for as long as it remains affiliated with a Principal Member,
shall only be eligible for Auditing membership. This is to limit voting to
one vote per aggregate entity.
Any company that is not an Affiliate, despite its ownership of 49% or less
of the voting equity securities of a Principal Member, or despite the ownership
of 49% or less of its voting equity securities, as determined by the Board
of Directors, shall be considered a separate entity and shall therefore be
eligible for a Principal Membership.
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