This is a last call for any new projects who would like to be included
on this year's OSGeo-Live DVD [1], which will be handed out at FOSS4G 2011.
If you wish to see your project included, then we will need to hear from
you before the end of next week, Friday 10 June. In particular, send us
an
All,
Some OSGeo services will be down briefly (about 30 minutes) today
starting at
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20110603T1330&p1=217&am=30
These include Trac, Svn, Wiki, Foss4g, and OSGeo Live websites. Also
logins to other various services will be down during the time
Thanks Jody.
I will check the main wiki page and will update my tables using the
information found there. I look forward to getting the report from the
Geotools Team.
Landon
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:17 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:
>> Jody wrote: "The OSGeo projects each have a project officer; this
Well this is a coincidence!
I also feel that some form of active pursue of funding has to happen. Voluntary
initiative to donate funds are a noble approach but one that spurs little
participation.
It seems clear there is a dividing line where we start to give a negative
impression and that sho
Duarte,
I agree with you and have similar ideas. I just recently sent an email
similar (cites National Public Radio and Wikipedia examples) to these ideas to
the Board. http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2011-June/003816.html The
premise of my idea is that there are numerous agencie
There are discussions; but they also feature how to raise funds for the
foundation to keep the doors open and the lights on etc...
Fundraising ideas are always welcome however.
Jody
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 7:55 PM, Duarte Carreira wrote:
> Have there been any discussions about ways of raising f
Il 03/06/2011 13:40, Markus Neteler ha scritto:
> A relevant group are the institutional sponsors (companies, agencies and
> so on). To better address the small donations I once started
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Microdonations
> which is based on ideas from Paolo Cavallini. Recently it has be
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Duarte Carreira wrote:
> Have there been any discussions about ways of raising funds for projects
> under the OSGeo umbrella?
>
> For instance, annual fund raising campaigns like Wikipedia does? Or
> letters/emails asking for donations to known “significant” users
Have there been any discussions about ways of raising funds for projects under
the OSGeo umbrella?
For instance, annual fund raising campaigns like Wikipedia does? Or
letters/emails asking for donations to known "significant" users as
associations sometimes do? Or using sites specialized in lin