There will be 7 different levels or types of roles in the foundation and its project communities.

1) Board of directors
2) Foundation officer
3) Project steering committee member
4) Committer
5) Contributor
6) Supporter/Friend
7) User

Their roles, in increasing order of responsibility, will be as follows:

USER
Role: A general user of foundation project products, without a commitment to using the product in the long term.
Responsibility: None.
Rights: Open access to software, to file bug reports, dialogue on general community mailing lists.

SUPPORTER / FRIEND
Role: A dedicated user of a product who has purchased a supporter level membership, interested in helping promote and encourage the use of foundation projects. No formal/legal responsibilities.
Responsibility: Supporter membership fee, interest in long-term future of projects.
Rights: Be listed as an official user, supporter and friend of the foundation. Provide feedback to user-focused discussion groups. Potential to serve as a user representative on a project steering committee.

CONTRIBUTOR
Role: Recognised, nominated and voted in by a Project Steering Committee as a regular contributor of code, fixes, critical feedback, documention or other intellectual property to the foundation.
Responsibility: To continue providing similar contributions.
Rights: To become a Committer if warranted through sustained, recognised, contribution. To be listed as a key Contributor to a particular foundation project.

COMMITTER
Role: Through sustained contributions (as a Contributor), a Committer is recognised by a Project Steering Committee as being reliable and trustworthy. Directly commits code, documentation or other intellectual property to the main repositories of a project.
Responsibility: To aid in the development of the project by continuing to provide value to the product. A user contribution agreement must be signed.
Rights: To be listed as a core developer/committer of a particular foundation project.

PROJECT STEERING COMMITTEE (PSC) MEMBER
Role: PSC's are established by the board of directors. They oversee the technical direction of a particular project.
Responsibility: Manage the day-to-day workings of the project, provide a chairperson to represent the project as an officer of the foundation.
Rights: Nominate and elect Committers and new PSC Members.

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