New Associate Member Application: Ruby Central, Inc.

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What is your name? Adarsh Pandit

What is your email? adarsh@rubycentral.org

What is your member company? Ruby Central, Inc.

Identify which category their organization falls under: Non-profit

Link to your website: rubycentral.org

What is your organizational mission statement: Ruby Central is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the worldwide Ruby community. We organize the annual RubyConf and RailsConf software conferences, support community growth, and provide vital infrastructure for the Ruby programming language.

What are your organization’s aspirations for contributing to the OpenSSF, and how do you anticipate that your membership will bolster the OpenSSF's growth and support? Working together on the DARPA AI initiative and others, working together on fundraising.

Could you summarize your organization’s contributions to OpenSSF? Attendance in DARPA AI initiative meetings (1 so far).

Please include any contributions made to OpenSSF or other OpenSSF projects and open-source projects developed using any OpenSSF dependencies. Unknown

How many developers do you expect to have contribute to OpenSSF projects in the next 6-12 months? Are there other roles such as researchers, analysts or any other positions that you plan on contributing? two others from the leadership team

How do you currently leverage any OpenSSF resources in your organization? Using the Principles for Package Repository Security

Do you have signing authority for your entire institution? If no, who does? Yes

Do you agree to follow the OpenSSF Code of Conduct Yes

1. Organizational Information/Alignment:

Organizational Mission Alignment:

• Does the organization's mission statement align with the goals of OpenSSF, such as promoting open source security, enhancing software supply chain integrity, or contributing to cybersecurity education?
  • [X] Yes

Non-Profit, Government, or Academic Status:

• Is the organization a recognized non-profit, government agency, or academic institution?
  • [X] Yes

Brand Alignment and Reputation:

• Is the organization in good standing within its community and the broader open source ecosystem, with a reputation that aligns with OpenSSF's values and brand?
  • [X] Yes

2. Commitment to Open Source Security and Contribution:

Commitment to Contribution:

• Has the organization demonstrated a clear interest in actively contributing to the OpenSSF community through development, research, or other relevant activities?

  • [X] Yes

• Can the organization commit to contributing a specified minimum number of developers, researchers, analysts, or other professionals to OpenSSF projects within the next 6-12 months?

  • [X] Yes

Commitment to Open Source Security:

• Has the organization previously contributed to OpenSSF or other open-source projects?

  • [X] Yes

• Does the organization maintain or contribute to open-source projects that use OpenSSF dependencies or tools?

  • [X] Yes

Commitment to Open Source Security:

• Does the organization have a history or a nascent plan to promote, improve, or contribute to open source security beyond its participation in OpenSSF?
  • [X] Yes

Utilization of OpenSSF Resources:

• Does the organization currently leverage OpenSSF resources, tools, or frameworks within its operations or projects?
  • Unknown

Educational and Community Engagement:

• Does the organization engage in educational activities, community outreach, or other efforts to spread awareness about open source security?
  • [X] Yes

3. Compliance and Ethics:

Open Source Licensing and Compliance:

• Does the organization adhere to open source licensing standards and demonstrate compliance with open source security best practices?
  • [X] Yes

No Conflict of Interest:

• Can the organization certify that its membership and contributions to OpenSSF will not pose a conflict of interest with the foundation's objectives and policies?
  • [X] Yes

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They were approved by the GC in a Vote on June 27