How to become a contributor 

Thank you for your interest in becoming a contributor to the USB 3.0 Specification. Participation as a contributor is open to current members of the USB Implementers Forum only. To become a contributor to the USB 3.0 Specification, please complete the steps listed below.

 

Step 1.      Join the USB Implementers Forum. To determine if your company is already a member of the USB-IF, please refer to the current membership list. To join the USB-IF, complete and send an original copy of the Membership Agreement signed by a duly authorized representative of your company along with a check for payment of the membership fee to:

USB Implementers Forum, Inc.
ATTN: Membership Processing
3855 SW 153rd Drive
Beaverton, OR 97006 

Step 2.       Fax a copy of the completed USB 3.0 Contributors Agreement  executed by a corporate officer to Jeff Ravencraft at 1-503-264-3483 or email an electronic copy to jeff.ravencraft@intel.com.

Step 3.      Send two (2) original, signed copies of the USB 3.0 Contributors Agreement by Fed-Ex Priority One to: 

USB 3.0 Promoter Group
c/o Intel Corporation
ATTN: Jeff Ravencraft
2111 NE 25th Ave.
M/S JF3-212
Hillsboro, OR 97124
Tel: 1-503-696-8080

Step 4.        After the above requirements have been met, you will be able to access the Documents, Events, and Contributor Area of this site using your www.usb.org members' area username and password.  

Once your company is a member of the USB Implementers Forum and the properly executed Contributors Agreements are received by the USB 3.0 Promoter Group, your company will gain access to the draft specification in the Contributor Area and be eligible to participate in industry reviews of the draft specification.