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 While similar, they are different.  Special Interest Groups are a collaborative governance structure that allows Members of a working group to collaborate on specific, focused aspects of the broader working group’s scope. As such, Members of a SIG must also be participants of the Working Group which has formed the SIG.
 
 ## 15. How do I find out more about Interest Groups and Working Groups?
-Please contact us via [collaborations@eclipse-foundation.org](mailto:collaborations@eclipse-foundation.org
-).
+Please contact us via [collaborations@eclipse-foundation.org](mailto:collaborations@eclipse-foundation.org).

content/collaborations/working-groups/brief/index.md

+---
+title: Brief
+date: 2022-10-04T15:22:11-04:00
+description: Reasons to collaborate on open source software at Eclipse Foundation
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+# 5 Reasons to Collaborate on Open Source Software at Eclipse Foundation { .padding-bottom-20 }
+
+## Why a Working Group at Eclipse Foundation is a Great Alternative to an Association { .padding-bottom-20 }
+
+Today, organizations of all types and sizes across Europe recognize that open collaboration is a strategic imperative for business success. 
+
+For many European organizations, the natural first step towards open collaboration is to create a new association or foundation that’s dedicated to their particular technology or industry focus area. Unfortunately, these siloed associations almost inevitably experience challenges that severely restrict, slow, and complicate open innovation among members.  
+
+The good news is there’s an alternative approach that offers considerable advantages: Creating a collaborative, open ecosystem — called a working group — at the Eclipse Foundation.
+
+### Eclipse Foundation Members Have Easy Access to a “Foundation in a Box" { .h4 }
+
+The Eclipse Foundation AISBL is the largest open source foundation in Europe in terms of projects, developers, and members. During its nearly 20 years of operation, the Eclipse Foundation has successfully created and nurtured hundreds of open source and open specification projects and communities. It has also provided a home for dozens of vendor neutral, open working group ecosystems for more than a decade.
+
+Working groups at the Eclipse Foundation receive [services and benefits](/membership/) that allow them to openly collaborate and innovate in a much faster, easier, and more cost-effective way than they can in a standalone association or foundation. As a result, they have a much greater chance of success.
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+## Jumpstart Open Source Innovation at the Eclipse Foundation { .h4 .margin-bottom-30 }
+
+When you create a new association, your open source ecosystem is starting from nothing. However, when you create a new working group at the Eclipse Foundation, your open source ecosystem begins with a strong foundation of governance, processes, and infrastructure it can immediately leverage. 
+
+
+Since 2019, the number of working groups hosted at the Eclipse Foundation has nearly tripled. More than 190 Eclipse Foundation members are also members of working group ecosystems, and a growing number participate in multiple working groups.
+
+
+### Affordable Fees Open the Door to All { .h5 }
+The fees for Eclipse Foundation membership, and for working group membership, are based on annual corporate revenues, so it’s affordable for organizations of all sizes to join working groups. And each working group has the flexibility to tailor its charter to define the right set of membership levels, fees, and committees to support its goals.
+
+
+### Learn More { .h5 }
+To learn more about the benefits of setting up a working group at the Eclipse Foundation, [visit our website](https://www.eclipse.org/org/workinggroups/about.php) or [contact us today](mailto:collaborations@eclipse-foundation.org).
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content/collaborations/working-groups/brief/sections/accelerates-time-to-market.md

+---
+title: Faster, Easier Setup Accelerates Time to Market 
+section_id: accelerate-time-to-market
+weight: 2
+---
+
+It can easily take several years to reinvent all of the governance and processes the Eclipse Foundation has already developed. One of the major European associations that came to the Eclipse Foundation for assistance had been working on its IP policy and bylaws for 18 months with very few tangible results. 
+
+In contrast, the Eclipse Software Defined Vehicle Working Group was able to take advantage of the existing Eclipse Foundation framework and processes. As a result, ecosystem members began openly collaborating just three months after initially joining forces. This is an amazing achievement, given the potential complexity that can arise among such a broad range of large, world-class organizations. Founding members include:
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content/collaborations/working-groups/brief/sections/collaboration-has-no-boundaries.md

+---
+title: Collaboration Has No Boundaries
+section_id: collaboration-has-no-boundaries
+weight: 5
+quote: |
+    We're able to partner with Thales on projects for the long term. We're also able to build on our experiences
+    and involvement in the Eclipse Foundation to act as a middleman who can help and advise Thales 
+    about opportunities to enhance their solutions.
+quote_author: |
+    Cédric Brun,
+
+    CEO, Obeo
+---
+
+In a standalone open source association, collaboration opportunities are typically limited to the members of the association.
+
+At the Eclipse Foundation, there are endless opportunities for ecosystem members and entire ecosystems to openly collaborate on
+shared goals across technologies and industry focus areas. There’s no need to negotiate individual agreements or manage multiple
+highly diverse sets of requirements and rules.
+
+At the ecosystem level, a number of working groups are collaborating to strengthen their individual efforts, including:
+
+- [Jakarta EE](https://jakarta.ee/) and [MicroProfile](https://microprofile.io/) Working Groups
+- [Eclipse IoT](https://iot.eclipse.org/) and [Eclipse Edge Native](https://edgenative.eclipse.org/) Working Groups
+
+Within these very diverse ecosystems, members ranging from major multinational players to small, entrepreneurial organizations have
+discovered the potential to combine their respective technologies. For example, Obeo, a Strategic Member of the Eclipse Foundation
+with a few dozen employees, is partnering with Thales, a multinational corporation with tens of thousands of employees. Both companies
+contribute to numerous Eclipse Foundation projects.

content/collaborations/working-groups/brief/sections/established-brand-and-infrastructure.md

+---
+title: An Established Brand and Infrastructure Increase Ecosystem Health, Visibility
+section_id: established-brand-and-infrastructure
+weight: 4
+---
+
+The growing number of siloed, special-purpose, and single-topic open source associations and foundations fractures and weakens the global open source ecosystem.
+
+With so much noise in the open source universe, it’s difficult for associations, particularly smaller ones, to create the visibility needed for sustainable
+operations. Staffing and financial shortfalls, and lack of experience nurturing open source communities, compound the challenges. And every association is
+chasing a finite member pool.
+
+The Eclipse Foundation brand is globally recognized and proven to boost credibility for ecosystems and their members. With consistent governance, licensing, and life
+cycle models across all communities and projects, it’s easy and cost-effective for organizations to participate in all initiatives that interest them.
+
+To support and nurture the working groups it hosts, the Eclipse Foundation provides the services many ecosystems are unable to deliver on their own, including:
+
+- IP and trademark management and licensing
+- Ecosystem development and marketing
+- Collaborative management
+- Specification development
+- Branding and compatibility
+- Marketing and promotion
+- IT infrastructure
+
+With no need to worry about staffing and delivering these critical services, ecosystems are free to focus on technology and innovation objectives while continuing to
+grow and diversify.

content/collaborations/working-groups/brief/sections/reduce-risks.md

+---
+title: A Proven Governance and Legal Framework Reduces Risks
+section_id: reduce-risks
+weight: 1
+quote: |
+    We have been working hard with Linaro, Seco, Array, NOITechPark, and Synesthesia to prepare Oniro’s initial code contribution and public cloud CI/CD infrastructure, and it is so exciting to see everything moving under the expert governance of the Eclipse Foundation.
+quote_author: |
+    Davide Ricci,
+
+    Director of Consumer Business Group European Open Source Technology Center, Huawei
+---
+
+Associations that attempt to develop their own governance and legal framework for open collaboration likely don’t have the intellectual property (IP) and patent licensing expertise needed to get it right. 
+
+Unfortunately, many associations adopt old-style IP and licensing models that break the open source collaboration model because developers can’t simply take a piece of source code and freely experiment with it. This restriction limits widescale adoption of the open source software, slows technology advancement, and makes the results of the association’s efforts far less relevant. 
+
+Multiple European associations that leverage open source software have approached the Eclipse Foundation for assistance with their governance model. They know the Eclipse Foundation already has an established governance and legal framework for open source collaboration, community building, and innovation. Plus, they see the value in adopting a framework that was built with community support and feedback, and that has been accepted and successfully implemented for years.
+
+Because all Eclipse Foundation members have already agreed to follow the Foundation’s governance framework, there’s no need to work through the many different, and potentially conflicting, interests that can arise when a new association is created.
+
+New open source ecosystems that recognize these benefits, and want to keep governance and legal risks as low as possible, are also choosing to host their efforts at the Eclipse Foundation, including:
+
+- [The Oniro Working Group](https://oniroproject.org/)
+- [The Eclipse Software Defined Vehicle Working Group](https://sdv.eclipse.org/)
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