On the bags front, the FOSS4G conference bag from Lausanne was the best conference bag I have ever got and I have used mine loads to carry laptop and stuff and it has lead to some impromptu introductions/meetings. Such a great bag! Mine though is surely wearing out... I would be happy to buy a similar bag and one branded OSGeo. I'm sorry not to have made it to a FOSS4G conference in years. Best wishes, Andy ________________________________________ From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Jorge Gaspar Sanz Salinas [js...@osgeo.org] Sent: 16 September 2010 08:14 To: discuss@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G2010: Good, Bad and the Ugly
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 El 15/09/10 22:39, Seven (aka Arnulf) escribió: > On 09/15/2010 08:23 PM, strk wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 06:38:22PM +0900, Venkatesh Raghavan wrote: >> >>> g) Was not particularly amused by keynote speaker putting out >>> his cap and a great guy running to the stage to put coins. >> >> Now _this_ is something I'd have loved to be there to see. >> @guy : how much did you raise ? >> >> --strk; >> >> () Free GIS& Flash consultant/developer >> /\ http://strk.keybit.net/services.html > > € 6.50 which is quite a lot more than the common 2 Ct so I's say it was > a success. > > Sorry if I offended anybody with this "performance". I acted on the spur > of the moment inspired by the performers on Rambla who only move if > somebody puts money in their hat. It was supposed to be a funny way of > showing how money makes the world go round and not intended to humiliate > anyone or depreciate volunteers' work. > > > At the Board of Director meeting we had a more serious dialog about this > topic. We hope to identify "products" that OSGeo might "sell" to > sponsors in order to get funding. Or extend our sponsorship program with > a paid membership for institutions who cannot sponsor. All of this must > not interfere with the business of OSGeo members and their companies and > neither will OSGeo allow paying members to meddle with the mission. This > reduces the potential number of "products" to "sell" considerably. > Constructive ideas are welcome. Or better even, more sponsors. > > Have fun, > Arnulf > Some time ago to get some funds the freenode team "sold" t-shirts with some IRC magic that is applied to your irc nick. I got my t-shirt (several months later) and my nick magic and I'm also happy to contribute with the project that sustain a basic communication channel. In the same way, maybe it could be interesting to accept money from individuals offering (apart from the gratitude) some kind of artifacts like a discount for the OSGeo Store, an OSGeo Live USB, an email alias, etc. Other projects do that kind of things like FSF[1]. My 2cts (Arnulf please don't stop for just that 2cts :P) [1] https://my.fsf.org/associate/support_freedom/join_fsf? - -- Jorge Gaspar Sanz Salinas Ingeniero en Geodesia y Cartografía http://es.osgeo.org http://jorgesanz.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMkcO7AAoJEAOYD75lvHdB7YEH/0ne4B+HVIbq3Wfy/OCFgd9A iTkQcW3ul71xa8PzuKfyCBCEoRbut62LCgA27S+KyxBYPociwoed8+zNVJv1gFPT 8fuLnleRcAq4vfhGh2KAq2ET6gVohgFQB2R4j3BixKKV2gU1v8jBttYjMnc0xWxZ voy3CGUUtJNF6wzdXxNUzG+Fx347KMUuKvRh3EBX9Pb7RhzS6RHnnDqwpjjS09WV ScbNTwycr2rTCG4c4E74Sia3D48SONZjRn8/IGOSc3Lt+ACGzWqUoidEuQ6/acID XrErTemcEhnCoSfkh3OxGRUjXl8j1fQszzMFONKz1h8+zCVGCv8fEc+qgHwCCgM= =VfIz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss