The NTP Forum recognizes both individual and institutional members.
- An individual may join as either a Supporter or as a Friend.
- Institutions may join at the Basic or Premium levels.
Use of the NTP Forum Sponsor Logo
Show you are a sponsor - you may link back to a page listing our Sponsors to show others you are supporting the NTP Forum.
IRC Cloak Name
Members may request an NTP Project Cloak IRC name on the
Freenode IRC Network.
Vote
Voting members have effective input into any decisions put to the membership - we value your opinions and contributions!
Forum Web
Members at the qualiying levels have access to the private collaboration area in the Forum Web.
Forum Mailing Lists
Members at the qualifying levels may subscribe to the NTP Forum Mailing Lists.
T-Shirt
Once we have at least one winning entry in our t-shirt design contest, qualifying NTP Forum members can elect to receive an NTP Forum t-shirt. This and other merchandise is available for purchase at
ISC's Company Store.
Polo Shirt
Once we have at least one winning entry in our polo shirt design contest, qualifying NTP Forum members can elect to receive an NTP Forum polo shirt. This and other merchandise is available for purchase at
ISC's Company Store.
NTP Forum Conference Invitation
Get an invitation to an annual NTP Forum Conference.
There will (probably) be a members-only portion of the conference and a portion that is open to the general public
Compliance Logo Program
There will be a general compliance testing program.
Discounts for this program are offered to Premium Members.
(S)NTP implementations can be tested for:
- interoperability
- Standards compliance
- performance
Reference clocks can be tested for:
- degree of support by different versions of NTP
Successful completion of this program allows participants to use
both
a web-logo
and
a logo/emblem
on their products.
Feature Priority Planning
Premium Members are invited to participate in the discussion of the priority of new NTP features.
Priority Bug Fixes
Premium Members are entitled to priority consideration of their bug reports in the absence of security bugs or other bugs of critical nature (as determined by the NTP Release Engineer).
Seat on the Executive Advisory Board
Premium Members are entitled to a seat on the Executive Advisory Board.
Discounted Development
Premium Members are entitled to discounted custom (bespoke) development services.
Bugreport Code Release Status Reports
Get links to summary reports of the bugs that have been resolved in each release.
Advance Security Notifications
Get advanced notification of any security vulnerability notifications.
Early access to security patches is provided to Premium Members.
Discounted Technical Support
Get a discount on either a general technical support contract or on a per-incident support contract.
Phone support is available on either a 9-5 Mon-Fri basis (US Eastern Time, excluding holidays), or on a 7x24 basis.
Get support for older releases
This is an extra-cost option.
If there are patches that are important to you
that have been applied to
-dev that have not been applied to the version of
-stable you require,
we will apply and support them for you.