Articles of Organizationof TRON Forum

Article 1 (Name)
The name of this forum shall be "TRON Forum" (hereinafter referred to as the"Forum").

Article 2 (Purpose)
The purpose of the Forum is to accomplish the followings:(1) carry out research and development, standardization, promotional andeducational activities, and communication and coordination with relatedorganizations, for the TRON Project, such as real-time embedded systems andUbiquitous ID technologies proposed by Dr. Ken SAKAMURA, who is thefounder of the TRON project;(2) establish ubiquitous computing environment using technologies related to theTRON Project; and(3) carry out Ubiquitous ID Center activities.

Article 3 (Business Activities)
The Forum shall carry out the following business activities in order to achieve thepurpose set forth in Article 2:(1) Development of specifications for, standardization of, and facilitation for
wide-spread use of the results of the TRON Project, such as real time embedded
systems and Ubiquitous ID technologies; and(2) Other activities necessary to achieve the said purpose.

Article 4 (Membership)
The Forum consists of legal entities that have agreed to the purpose of the Forumand submitted the application form to join the Forum. The membership of theForum shall be classified into the following membership types: ExecutiveCommittee members, A-members, B-members, e-members, i-members, andO-members as defined below:(1) Executive Committee members: A-members that pay 3,000,000 yen or more andcan participate in Executive Committee meetings.
(2) A-members: Members who design and/or develop specifications of real-timeembedded systems, or members who design and/or develop specifications ofthe results of the TRON Project, such as Ubiquitous ID technologies.
(3) B-members: User members who develop products using real-time embeddedsystems.
(4) e-members: Members who carry out activities related to the utilization of theresults of the TRON Project such as Ubiquitous ID technologies.
(5) i-members: Members who observe the design and development of thespecifications and applications related to the Internet of Things (IoT).
(6) O-members: Members who observe the design and development of thespecifications and applications related to open data.

Article 5 (Associate members)
5.1 The Forum associate membership consists of legal entities and individuals who
have agreed to the purpose of the Forum and submitted the application form tojoin the Forum. The associate membership of the Forum shall be classified into
the following membership types: supporting members, liaison members,
academic members, individual members and student members as defined below:(1) Supporting members: Associate members who support TRON Forum
activities financially.
(2) Liaison members: Associate members are supposed to be parties or groups
who conduct activities in related fields and able to liaise with
TRON Forum activities.
(3) Academic members: Associate members who conduct academic activities
related to embedded real-time systems and/or the results of
TRON Project activities such as ubiquitous ID technologies.
(4) Individual members: Individuals who have agree to the purpose of theForum.
(5) Student members: Individual associate members who are students.

5.2 Associate members shall be exempted from the IPR Policy specified by theForum.

Article 6 (Admission to the Forum)
A legal entity that wishes to join the Forum shall submit the membership
application form designated by the Forum and receive the approval by the
Executive Committee.

Article 7 (Membership Dues)
7.1 The members and associate members of the Forum shall pay the membershipdues specified by Executive Committee every fiscal year according to theirmembership types. However, Executive Committee members, A-members andi-members may also be B-members and e-members without paying additional
membership dues. Moreover, Executive Committee members and A-members may
also be O-members without paying additional membership dues.
7.2 Membership dues which have already been paid by any member are
non-refundable.
7.3 O-members, individual members and student members who are designated by
Executive Committee may be exempted from the membership dues or may pay thereduced amount of dues.
7.4 The associate members who are not accounted for in this section are exemptedfrom the membership dues.
7.5 The revision of the membership dues shall be specified separately by the chair
after the resolution of Executive Committee.

Article 8 (Withdrawal from Membership)
8.1 Any member who wishes to withdraw from the Forum shall notify the Forumin writing of such intention.
8.2 Any members and associate members who has acted against the purpose of theForum may be ordered to withdraw from the Forum in accordance with thedecision by the Executive Committee.

Article 9 (Officers)
9.1 The Forum shall have the following officers:(1) one Chairman; and(2) two Auditors.
9.2 The Chairman shall be elected by the Executive Committee.
9.3 The Auditors shall be appointed by the Chairman.

Article 10 (Executive Members)
10.1 Executive Committee members shall become executive members, and theexecutive members form the Executive Committee.
10.2 The term of office of executive members shall be for a period of one fiscal year;
provided, however, that executive members shall not be precluded from becoming
executive members again in the following year.

Article 11 (Activities)
11.1 The main activities of the Forum shall be as set forth below:(1) General Meeting
The General Meetings hall be held to report the status of Forum activities to its
members.
(2) Executive Committee
The Executive Committee shall make preparations for holding General Meetingsand Working Groups meetings, and provide approvals for the operational policiesof the Forum, and provide approvals for admissions of members to the Forum andwithdrawals of members from the Forum.
(3) Working Groups
As a matter of principle, Working Groups shall be made up of Executive

Committee members and A-members, and the Working Groups carry out activities
in accordance with their activities themes.
11.2 The Forum shall change, abolish, or newly create Working Groups, etc., as
may be necessary to promote its business activities.

Article 12 (Secretariat)
12.1 The Forum shall have the Secretariat.
12.2 The Secretariat of the Forum shall be appointed by the Chairman.

Article 13 (Fiscal Year)The fiscal year of the Forum shall commence on April 1 of each year and end on
March 31 of the following year.

Article 14 (Business Plans and Revenue and Expenditure Budgets)
Business plans and revenue and expenditure budgets for the Forum shall be
prepared by the Chairman and reported to the Executive Committee.

Article 15 (Business Reports and Financial Statements)
The Chairman shall prepare business reports and financial statements of the Forumafter the end of each fiscal year without delay and shall report them to theExecutive Committee after the Auditors have audited them.

Article 16 (Detailed Implementation Rules)
Any matters necessary for implementation of these Articles of Organization shallbe separately prepared by the Chairman and reported to the Executive Committee.

Article 17 (Amendments to Articles of Organization)
Any amendments to these Articles of Organization shall be subject to the approvalby the Executive Committee.

Supplementary Provisions (June 24, 2002: However, the "Forum" in these
supplementary provisions means the predecessor organization, T-Engine Forum.)1. These Articles of Organization shall take effect on the date (June 24, 2002) on
which the Forum is established.
2. The initial fiscal year of the Forum shall commence on the date of establishmentof the Forum (June 24, 2002) and end on March 31, 2003, notwithstanding Article 12of these Articles of Organization.

Supplementary Provisions (May 26, 2003)
1. Revisions to Articles 6, 8, 10, 13, 14, 15 and 16, and supplementary provisions ofthese Articles of Organization shall take effect on May 26, 2003.

Supplementary Provisions (April 1, 2015)
1. Revisions to each Articles and supplementary provisions of these Articles ofOrganization shall take effect on April 1, 2015.

Supplementary Provisions (September 15, 2015)
1. Revisions to Articles 4 and 6, and supplementary provisions of these Articles ofOrganization shall take effect on September 15, 2015.

Supplementary Provisions (April 1, 2017)
1.

Revisions to each Articles and supplementary provisions of these Articles ofOrganization shall take effect on April 1, 2017.