The VoiceXML Forum is open to any company interested in supporting the
development and promotion of VoiceXML as an open, broadly supported markup
language to enable speech-based applications and Internet information and
content becoming voice and phone accessible.
The Forum is comprised of three membership levels:
Sponsors,
Promoters and
Supporters.
Companies may
join the VoiceXML Forum
as a
Promoter or
Supporter,
and may be nominated as a Sponsor.
Becoming a VoiceXML Forum Member will give you the opportunity
to participate in the Forum's activities to support the development,
implementation, and promotion of VoiceXML as a standard method for providing
voice access to Internet content and services.
Sponsor Members are the Founders (AT&T, IBM, Lucent and Motorola)
and Board of Directors of the VoiceXML Forum.
Promoter level membership costs US$5,000 per year. Promoter
Members have voting rights in the committees and working groups established
by the Forum's Technical Council and Marketing Committee, and have the right
to submit technology proposals for consideration in accordance with the
Forum's
Intellectual Property Rights Contribution Policy.
Each Promoter Member,
while in good standing, shall be entitled to designate one voting representative
and an alternate representative to vote on each matter submitted to a vote in
the working groups and committees. Promoters are entitled to all rights and
privileges of the Supporter Member. In addition, Promoters are entitled to:
- Participate in the technical and marketing activities of the Forum, by
participating in committees and working groups that may be formed by
the Forum's Technical Committee and Marketing Committee from time to
time to address technical and marketing issues.
- Attend meetings of the Forum's Technical Council without voting rights
- Attendance and voting rights on committees and working groups
established by the Forum's Technical Council
- Ability to chair working group subcommittees
- Attend Annual and member meetings
- Propose and Submit technical contributions
- Access to members-only section of website (under development)
- Receive minutes and draft documents via members-only e-mail lists
- Ability to participate in VoiceXML Forum sponsored events and meetings
Supporters:
Supporter level membership costs a nominal
fee of US$500 per year. Becoming a supporter gives an early
access to review the specification and other documentation. There
will also be VoiceXML Forum conferences arranged where supporters
are encouraged to participate. Supporter members are not entitled
to any voting or attendance privileges in the VoiceXML Forum working
groups, committees, subcommittees, etc. However, at the discretion
of a Working Group chair, Supporter members may attend and contribute
to such working group meetings and participate in works in progress.
Each Supporter Member shall also be entitled to:
- Public listing of membership on Forum's web site and printed membership
materials
- Subscription to a VoiceXML members-only / Supporters e-mail list where
Supporters receive early access to information (e.g., draft specifications,
public meeting announcements).
- Supporter Members have the opportunity to provide comments and
feedback without voting rights.
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