OGC offers an Individual Membership in addition to a range of organizational membership options. This membership class is intended for independent consultants and other individuals not covered by an existing OGC organizational membership.

Benefits:

• Access to Technical Committee documents through the OGC Member Portal
• Non-voting participation in the Technical Committee (TC)
• Non-voting participation in working groups of the TC.
• Can be a Participant in OGC Interoperability Initiatives on an in-kind resource basis, without monetary compensation.

Rules for Individual OGC Membership:

• Applicant must certify that they are a self-employed consultant or individual who has not assigned their intellectual property rights (IPR) to another person or legal entity (employer, university, research institution, etc).
• Applicant must certify that they are not a full-time contractor to a single employer (except when that employer organization is a member of the OGC).
• Membership privileges apply only to the member identified in the Individual Membership agreement.
• Individual memberships cannot be transferred.
• An Individual Member of the OGC cannot receive "cost sharing" funds as a Participant in OGC Interoperability Initiatives
• Individual members do not receive OGC promotional benefits