[Draft - not ready for review][OSPO Associate] Request - OLS

[malvikasharan]

TODO OSPO Associate Request

This is an issue created to request to become an OSPO Associate. If your organization is interested to apply, please make sure you have (1) read the OSPO Associate Program documentation
and (2) fulfil the requirements from the Pre-submission checklist.

Pre-submission checklist:

• The entity is a community or OSPO provider aims to collaborate to improve OSPO adoption and education.
• The entity compromises to co-create content with TODO Group
• The entity allows to be promoted as TODO OSPO Associate and use their logo at TODO website and SM channels
• The entity has an active commitment to the OSPO movement and TODO Group resources and initiatives

Contact Information

OLS (Registered not-for-profit: Open Life Science)

• Malvika Sharan (co-director) and @malvikasharan
• team@we-are-ols.org

REQUIRED: Benefits for the OSPO Ecosystem

This is a very important section to understand how your organization or community could help growing the OSPO Ecosystem and impoving OSPO best practices across industries.

• Share OSPO resources via our community (1000+ members from academia)
• Introduce OSPO through Open Seeds training and mentoring programme (16 week cohort-based training and mentoring programme)
• Include OSPO network in OSS research conducted by OLS
• Contribute to OSPO resources with examples and best practices from our diverse community

What do you expect from TODO Group as an OSPO Associate?

Where and how could TODO Group help your organization and community?

• Promotion at TODO website and main communication channels (TODO mailing lists, newsletter, and social media channels)
• Brand value in demonstrating an active commitment to the OSPO movement
• TODO support in delivering our training (supporting community involvement as speakers and trainee from network)
• Find collaborators on shared goals
• Other general benefits listed on the website