Thanks for the kind words. I’m shepherding the OSA interoperability working group right now, and I am dedicated to keeping the process compeletely open. There is a proposal on the forums right now about how we make decisions, and I borrowed pretty heavily from the Apache Foundation. Its also pretty explicit about what rights non-OSA members have in the interoperability decision making. In a nutshell, anybody and everybody can participate in the discussions of interoperability practice, and folks who consistently add value to the discussions can become “contributers” with full voting rights. You do need a company membership to become a contributer. What a corporate membership gets you is a voice in the OSA governance.

-Barry Klawans