On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 5:26 PM, Paul Ramsey wrote:
> I've done collaborative funding projects by hand a couple times (and
> am doing one now: if you are interested in faster PostGIS indexes and
> have $5000+ to contribute, contact me) but have been repeatedly
> surprised at the lack of infrastruct
met with a significant
>>> success rate. It's not a shakedown, it's a plea for help.
>>>
>>> This or any other variant for that matter. The key is doing active pursue
>>> of funding. But this is not resonating as much as I thought it would...
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>> -Mensagem original-----
>> De: Eli Adam [mailto:ea...@co.lincoln.or.us]
>> Enviada: sexta-feira, 3 de Junho de 2011 17:41
>> Para: OSGeo Discussions
>> Cc: Duarte Carreira
>> Assunto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Are there proposed ways to raise funds for
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> Duarte
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> -Mensagem original-
> De: Eli Adam [mailto:ea...@co.lincoln.or.us]
> Enviada: sexta-feira, 3 de Junho de 2011 17:41
> Para: OSGeo Discussions
> Cc: Duarte Carreira
> Assunto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Are there proposed ways to raise funds for
> OSG
Hi, I totally share the vision of Robert and I think there are some
web pages making this[1] a bit easier. I have no experience with them
but I think the main idea is that they don't charge the user unless
the critical amount is reached and, therefore, the project started. I
think it may encourage
I've been discussing variations on an idea for a while with various people:
Form pools of users around specific application functionality that the users
share
a need for. They team up with developers to collaboratively specify and
develop
software. The users in the pool contribute a fraction
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Are there proposed ways to raise funds for
OSGeoprojects?
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
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
