Organization

The current organization for OE is a German eV legal entity (similar to KDE: http://ev.kde.org/) and is for the purpose of managing finances, voting, and membership.

An 'eV' for 'eingetragener Verein', in the German law, translates to a voluntary organization; a group of individuals who voluntarily enter into an agreement to form a body (or organization) to accomplish a purpose. The organization has members.

The OpenEmbedded eV statues are located here: http://docs.openembedded.org/organization/2008-11-22_statutes-de.pdf

A bablefish translation is here -- could German speaking folks please clean this up: OpenEmbedded eV Statutes

During FOSDEM 2008 in Brussels, Belgium, a group of founding members physically gathered to get the paperwork going.

The current board of directors

• President Dr. Michael Lauer
• Vice President Philip Balister
• Vice President and Treasurer Florian Boor
• Board Member Graeme Gregory

Current Members

(please keep in alphabetical order)

1. Alessandro Gardich
2. Chris Larson
3. Cliff Brake
4. Daniel Willmann
5. Denys Dmytriyenko
6. Dirk Opfer
7. Dmitry Eremin­Solenikov
8. Eric Bénard
9. Esben Haabendal
10. Florian Boor
11. Frans Meulenbroeks
12. Graeme Gregory
13. Henning Heinold
14. Holger Freyther
15. Jan Lübbe
16. John Willis
17. Joshua Lock
18. Ken Gilmer
19. Khem Raj
20. Koen Kooi
21. Leon Woestenberg
22. Liam Girdwood
23. Marcin Juszkiewicz
24. Marco Cavallini
25. Mark Brown
26. Michael Lauer
27. Philip Balister
28. Philip Blundell
29. Phillip Zabel
30. Richard Purdie
31. Robert Schuster
32. Roman I Khimov
33. Stefan Schmidt
34. Tom King
35. Tom Rini

OE Developers

Openembedded Developers are people who have write access to the git repository. Due to the nature of OE, there are many developers, and each one tends to maintain a section of OE. A list of maintainers can be found here. See OpenEmbedded Developers for a list of current developers.

Todo

• process for adding new members
• process for voting
• responsibility of the board
• conflict resolution

Pointers for Board Members

• Checklist for the General Assembly

Online Voting Policy

• Online Voting Policy

Faq

Are contributions tax deductible?

Yes they are.

Should I become member of the OE e.V.?

If you are contributing to OE frequently and/or you are interested in getting involved in administrative or organisational tasks it might be a good idea to join OE e.V.

How do I become member of the OE e.V.?

Let an existing member introduce you by sending a short introduction to the 'ev' mailinglist. If you don't know one get in touch with us on the development mailinglist or IRC first. The e.V. is open for anyone to join and its not meant to be an exclusive club of a few developers.

Is there a membership fee?

Yes, and no, since you are allowed to defined the amount on your own.