Core members are organisations that contribute to the Alliance in significant ways. An organisation can become a core member through two pathways:

1. General members of the Alliance can apply to become a steering committee member, and therefore enter the Alliance core membership. Once a member finishes its term on the steering committee, they remain a core member, except if they actively opt-out of core membership, or if they have been dismissed from the SC for failure to fulfil their duties, or other reasons as determined by the SC.
2. General members who have been co-leading one of the technical groups within the Alliance (WG/TF/Initiative) for at least a year.