Reading this thread has cost the project more than $500 in lost labor. (I am in support of sponsorship, but agree that we should not take time chasing or managing $500 donations.)
Erik Uzureau wrote: > At this point, it all still feels pretty nebulous. Whereas the idea of > raising serious sponsorship money for the project is really exciting, > the more I think about it the heavier it weighs on me. The best > suggestion we've had so far would be to put that money towards funding a > "maintainer" for the project -- someone willing to do mailing list > surveillance and bug tracker wizardry. Beyond that, one could imagine > trying to find someone to help out with documentation/tutorial writing, > or even... dare I say it... marketing? > > Anyways, all that seems pretty far away at this point. > > In my mind, a couple of $500 sponsorships could easily fund OpenLayers > tshirts or ski hats (my preference). > Five to Ten of those and we could fund or at least subsidize lodging for > a bunker week. > > Also, in the past some people have tossed around the idea of doing an > OpenLayers "conference", which would be some sort of a one or two day > meeting filled with tutorials, workshops and presentations... something > more users focussed. That's a story for another thread, but still, it > could be another candidate for funding. > > E > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Cameron Shorter > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > I echo Frank's comments re sponsorship levels. > What do you aim to fund via sponsorship? How much will that cost? > > Basically, $500 sponsorship is too low to get much value. I expect > we should be chasing 10 to 100 times that before we will be able to > provide meaningful support to Openlayers infrastructure support. > > > Frank Warmerdam wrote: > > Erik Uzureau wrote: > > > * Paying Sponsors: Top of page, in order of sponsorship, > $500 and up get logo and text. $500 and down get just text > > > > Erik, > > I would note that the OSGeo Project Sponsorship program does not > claim to > support sponsorships of less than $500 - primarily because of > our concern > that the processing overhead becomes significant in proportion > to the money > at this point. > > As mentioned earlier, my opinion is that sponsorships of less > than Silver > are low yield in terms of return on effort and I do not actively > solicit > them. Sometimes folks talk about having a mechanism for > individuals to > contribute, but I think it is generally more effective for > invidividuals > to contribute "in kind" in various ways, rather than in cash. > > Best regards, > > > > > -- > Cameron Shorter > Geospatial Systems Architect > Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 > Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 > > Think Globally, Fix Locally > Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source > http://www.lisasoft.com <http://www.lisasoft.com/> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev -- Tim Schaub OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org Expert service straight from the developers. _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list [email protected] http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
