Opportunity to join and participate on all Eclipse Foundation public mailing lists.Opportunity to lead in the establishment of Eclipse Working Groups.Access to Eclipse Foundation marketing and advertising programs.Discounts towards sponsorship and attendance of Eclipse Foundation events.Direct influence through board voting rights on key aspects of the Eclipse ecosystem, including licensing, governing policy development, and amendments to Membership Agreement and bylaws.Help to launch open source initiative(s).Ad hoc Intellectual Property analysis and reporting.Access to a number of Strategic Members-Only Programs such as banner and logo promotion on and /downloads.The opportunity to attend and vote at all meetings of the General Assembly.A seat on Foundation Architecture Council.A seat on Board of Directors of Eclipse Foundation.Typically, Strategic Members lead one or more top-level projects.
Strategic members are organizations that view participation in Eclipse projects as strategic to their business and are investing significant developer and other resources to further drive Eclipse Foundation technology. Strategic Members play an integral role in the Eclipse Foundation ecosystem. The Foundation offers four levels of membership: Strategic, Contributing, Associate, and Committer.