On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 04:45:51PM -0700, Tim Schaub wrote: > Erik Uzureau wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 5:18 PM, Tim Schaub <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > Plus, as discussed previously, I think the topic of "spending > > sponsorship money" is one that we should task ourselves with (as a PSC) > > when we actually get some money. > > > > > > So actually this is exactly the issue. In our discussion with MetaCarta, > > the clear sentiment was "we're not going to give you money if we don't > > know how it will be spent". Which was the first blow to the sponsorship > > steam... and I think that whatever was left has just sort of petered out. > > > > Wait. Are we asking MetaCarta for money here? I thought we were > deciding whether or not we should position ourselves as part of the > OSGeo sponsorship program.
Correct. That decision needs to be made by the PSC. > As I understood, this involves putting together some paperwork - the > paperwork that Chris started and some of us made minor revisions to. > > Are we waiting until one potential sponsor (read MetaCarta) says "yes, > we'll give you money now"? No. > Can't we continue to work on the language - and continue to try to woo > sponsors (MetaCarta for example) - *after* we agree that we want to be > listed on http://www.osgeo.org/sponsorship/opportunities ? We would need to agree to that, and in conversations off list, there is not agreement that we want to be listed there. Regards, -- Christopher Schmidt MetaCarta _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list [email protected] http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
