Open Source Partner Organizations

Open Source Organizations which participated in the previous year's picnic are automatically considered Open Source Partner Organizations (OSPO) for each new year. In addition, any Open Source non-profit organization or association may become an OSPO at any time by committing to the following:

• It will encourage its members to participate in the Linux Picnic
• It will encourage readers of its mail lists, web sites and other means of communication that it operates to attend the picnic.

Role of Open Source Partner Organizations

Besides the obvious need for helping the Open Source community come together for the picnic, the Linux Picnic Charter gives the following roles, responsibilities and privileges to Open Source Partner Organizations:

• Each OSPO may send a representative to the Linux Picnic Steering Committee.
  • Only up to 6 OSPO representatives may have voting privileges. So if there are more than 6 sent, the remainder of the Steering Committee decides who gets voting privileges, with the recommendation to take turns and favor those who have been waiting the longest.
  • OSPO representatives who do not have voting privileges (because of the limit of 6 each year) are still considered non-voting members of the Steering Committee - they are kept in the loop, invited to Steering Committee meetings and have a voice in the discussion.
• The OSPOs as a group may vote on policies of the Linux Picnic.
  • OSPO policies may be superseded by voting actions of the Linux Picnic Steering Committee or Linux Picnic membership.
  • Linux Picnic policies may be canceled by 2/3 supermajority vote of the SBAY Board of Directors. The Board cannot originate Linux Picnic policies. But it can make corporate policies which the Linux Picnic must abide by.
• The OSPOs as a group may vote to amend the Linux Picnic charter by a 3/4 supermajority.
  • The charter may also be amended by 2/3 supermajority vote of the Linux Picnic membership or 2/3 supermajority vote of the SBAY Board of Directors.
  • Amendments by the membership or by OSPOs must be approved by a simple majority of the SBAY Board of Directors.

Note: sbay.org is listed as a participant but is not eligible to name OSPO representatives on the Steering Committee. The SBAY Board of Directors already names up to three representatives as a separate category to the Steering Committee. The up to 6 representatives of the OSPO's is for the rest of the organizations involved.

Open Source Partner Organizations for 2010

The following organizations (listed in alphabetical order) are the Open Source Partner Organizations participating in Picn*x 19. (Let us know if your organization should be added to the list!)

• BayLISA - Bay Area Large Installation System Administrators
• LUGOD - Linux User Group of Davis
• sbay.org - South Bay Community Network
• Smaug - Santa Cruz Microsoft-Alternative User Group
• SVWUX - Silicon Valley Wireless Users & Experimenters

Open Source Partner Organizations for 2009

Open Source Partner Organizations for 2008

The following organizations (listed in alphabetical order) are the Open Source Partner Organizations participating in Picn*x 17. (Let us know if your organization should be added to the list!)

• BayLISA - Bay Area Large Installation System Administrators
• Haiku OS - Open Source OS based on BeOS
• LUGOD - Linux User Group of Davis
• sbay.org - South Bay Community Network
• Smaug - Santa Cruz Microsoft-Alternative User Group
• SVWUX - Silicon Valley Wireless Users & Experimenters

Open Source Partner Organizations for 2007

The following organizations (listed in alphabetical order) provided volunteers to make Picn*x 16 happen.

• BayLISA - Bay Area Large Installation System Administrators
• Haiku OS - Open Source OS based on BeOS
• LUGOD - Linux User Group of Davis
• sbay.org - South Bay Community Network
• Smaug - Santa Cruz Microsoft-Alternative User Group
• SVWUX - Silicon Valley Wireless Users & Experimenters

Linux Picnic Organization

• Linux Picnic Voting Members
• Open Source Partner Organizations
• Steering Committee
• Linux Picnic charter overview