Desirable characteristics of potential contributors include:

• Be a market leader.
• Agreement with the principle of open standards.
• Have technical expertise in specific areas of MIPI specifications.
• Willing to provide technical resources to develop the MIPI specifications.

The procedure to apply for contributor level membership of the MIPI Alliance is:

1. Join the MIPI Alliance as an Adopter.
2. Submit a presentation which describes how the MIPI Alliance would benefit from Contributor level membership of the applying company. The proposal must be 5 slides or fewer and should address the characteristics noted above, with particular focus on your company's technical expertise, available resources, and working groups in which your company plans to contribute. Send your company presentation to admin@mipi.org in PDF format (preferred) or PPT.
3. With a 75% approval of the Board, the company becomes a Contributor.