Underwriting Member Section activities

OASIS Member Section Steering Committees:

The consortium has adopted a new program to encourage organizations and
individuals to underwrite the cost of MS activities through donations. We
realize that some MS have benefited from financial and in-kind donations in the
past; this program formalizes the process for receiving and acknowledging these
contributions.

Under the MS Supporters program:

* Organizations and individuals may donate any amount to advance the work of a
Member Section.

* Pending Steering Committee approval, donors may request how their contributed
funds are spent (e.g., to defer MS meeting costs, produce a brochure, fund a
white paper, hire a program manager).

* OASIS members who donate 5,500 USD or more annually (in addition to their
OASIS Foundational or Sponsor-level dues) may have their organization's logo
linked from every page of the Member Section web site.

* In addition to logo placement, OASIS Foundational and Sponsor-level members
may receive appropriate credit for specific donations, e.g. "This Member
Section white paper was funded by