MongoDB has opened nominations for its Masters program, which recognizes leaders in the community who actively engage with MongoDB. The criteria for membership are not set and are determined by the community's diversity, as well as the individual's expertise demonstrated through activities such as operating MongoDB in production, contributing to open source projects, supporting users, teaching MongoDB, or other relevant experiences. Masters display their expertise by engaging in these activities and are re-evaluated each January to ensure active community contributors remain part of the program. The benefits of membership include quarterly Q&A with engineering and product management teams, invitations to the annual summit, early access to products and services, profiles on MongoDB.org, networking opportunities, discounted certification enrollment, access to training courses, and a designation in online forums.