# Part of the organization

**URL:** <https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/part-of-the-organization/2709>\
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**Created:** [September 23, 2021, 9:38am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/part-of-the-organization/2709 "2021-09-23T09:38:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![alenabraham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@alenabraham](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/alenabraham)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 9:38am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/part-of-the-organization/2709/1 "2021-09-23T09:38:14Z")

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How can I be a member of the organization. Is there any steps or guidelines to catch up?

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**Author:** ![Erioldoesdesign](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/erioldoesdesign/32/2895_2.png) [@Erioldoesdesign](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/Erioldoesdesign)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 11:43am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/part-of-the-organization/2709/2 "2021-09-30T11:43:40Z")

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Hi there Alen,

I recommend your first steps be joining the [monthly community call](https://opensourcedesign.net/events/monthly-online-meeting/) it’s an open and welcoming space for all to discuss OSS + Design.

If you want to become part of the ‘core maintainer’ team at Open Source Design you can find out more info about what that means here: [Open Source Design core team](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/open-source-design-core-team/888)

Typically we follow this guide for invitations to core team:

> Being in the core team is based on:
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> - Amount of time being active in the collective. At least a year of activity in whichever way: event organization, code, forum activity, advocacy, etc.
> - Steady activity and engagement in the community.
> - History of good decisions and commitment to openness.
> - Other people of the core group having met them in person or having had a call with them and vouching for them.

If you have great ideas on how to improve open source design you don’t need to be part of the core team 😃 we encourage folks to start conversations, projects, improvements, write articles, record videos, create resource and take on any useful work you might notice - you can always add pull requests to the github or suggest here on the forum 😄