Perry's hand is raised. On Thursday 22 December 2005 19:25, Gary Lang wrote: > Question: Are the signers of the open letter thought to be good > representatives of the MapServer community? If so, I'd like to suggest > that we reconstitute that meeting, and open it up to more people. I > propose that we meet on February 3. > > > > The names we had before are below. I'd like to see some folks from > Refractions, Intergraph, and other like-minded people there. > > > > All those willing to be in Phoenix on Feb. 3 raise your hands. > > > > > > Gary (raises hand) > > > > > > The signers of the open letter: > > Steve Lime, Chair, MapServer Technical Steering Committee (MTSC) > Yewondwossen Assefa, MTSC Member > Howard Butler, MTSC Member > Daniel Morissette, MTSC Member > Perry Nacionales, MTSC Member > Frank Warmerdam, MTSC Member > Tom Burk, University of Minnesota > David McIlhagga, DM Solutions Group > Tyler Mitchell > Claude Philipona, Camptocamp SA and FOSS4G 2006 organizing committee > Gary Lang, Autodesk > > > > _____ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike > Davis > Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 1:47 PM > To: Frank Warmerdam (External) > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [MSF-Discuss] Foundation naming > > I would like to enable smaller contributions, despite the fact that the > majority will probably come from larger coorperate sponsership. For > instance I have a very small side business and would be very interested > in contributing an anual donation (roughly equivilant to the > maintainance fee of a certain Internet Mapping Software). Developing a > way to recognize the contributions (financial or technical) of smaller > doners can really help keep interest up (just ask PBS) > > > I really think we need to empower some people to get in a room > and come up with a coherent plan that they find reasonable, and > then bring that back to the community for comment. > > > > Excellent idea, if only we all lived in the same town... :-)
-- Pericles S. Nacionales Conservation Biology Program University of Minnesota e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
