<div><br></div><div><div dir="auto">Edit the following page (<div><a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2020-01-27">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2020-01-27</a>) with your request. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Recommend: Attend the meeting tomorrow on IRC to ask “in person”, and clarify any question you have with the board.</div><div dir="auto">—</div><div dir="auto">Jody</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 2:10 AM Paolo Cavallini <<a href="mailto:cavallini@faunalia.it">cavallini@faunalia.it</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi all,<br>
how could we proceed on this?<br>
Cheers.<br>
<br>
Il 2020-01-16 19:18 Jody Garnett ha scritto:<br>
> I guess "adoption" is the key word we are not in a position to provide<br>
> as an organization .. no other project is "adopted".<br>
> <br>
> That said OSGeo4W is in an interesting position being a<br>
> joint-initiative (is their an MOU to this effect?). An initiative<br>
> gives the board a chance to fund it outside of the "community project"<br>
> program. I think "MetaGIS" and "OSGeo Live" were also in this position<br>
> ... and both made the transition to a full OSGeo project (resulting in<br>
> some autonomy on budgeting and spending).<br>
> <br>
> aside: If an MOU is made it would be good to update<br>
> <a href="https://www.osgeo.org/partners/qgis-org-association/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.osgeo.org/partners/qgis-org-association/</a> to reflect this<br>
> as a joint initiative.<br>
> <br>
> In terms of treating OSGeo as a stable source of funding (for any<br>
> project):<br>
> <br>
> - OSZGeo is into year 4 of providing projects a budget (as a strategic<br>
> shift from running as a low or no cost organization). It has taken<br>
> this long for projects to notice funding is available :)<br>
> - Many projects position to use funds provided (as shown by the<br>
> difference between the amount budgeted and the amount spent in any<br>
> given year)<br>
> - Foundation budget guidance has always been a reflection of income<br>
> (primarily from foss4g events). Rule of thumb is to be able to run 2-3<br>
> foss4g events without profit.<br>
> - TLDR: I would expect the "stability" to be flexible over time -<br>
> OSGeo may not always be in a position to provide funds.<br>
> <br>
> aside: We have had to drop our geroserver installer (due to lack of<br>
> resources), it would be great to see this added back into OSGeo4W.<br>
> <br>
> --<br>
> Jody Garnett<br>
> <br>
> On Thu, 16 Jan 2020 at 08:10, Paolo Cavallini <<a href="mailto:cavallini@faunalia.it" target="_blank">cavallini@faunalia.it</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
> <br>
>> Thanks Jody. Our request was in fact about having a stable budget,<br>
>> as<br>
>> implied by an adoption, as it is IOHO a fundamental piece of<br>
>> infrastructure, that deserve a stable commitment.<br>
>> Cheers.<br>
>> <br>
>> Il 16/01/20 17:06, Jody Garnett ha scritto:<br>
>>> Paolo:<br>
>>> <br>
>>> OSGeo4W is already "adopted" by OSGeo as part of the community<br>
>> project<br>
>>> program. While the project does not have an independent budget<br>
>> (until it<br>
>>> goes through incubation) it does have access to funding through<br>
>>> attending board meetings.<br>
>>> <br>
>>> I think if you look at the draft budget<br>
>>> <<a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2020" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2020</a>> a request has<br>
>> already<br>
>>> been made on behalf of OSGeo4W, indeed it appears to be funded as<br>
>> a<br>
>>> joint initiative with QGIS.org.<br>
>>> --<br>
>>> Jody Garnett<br>
>>> <br>
>>> <br>
>>> On Thu, 16 Jan 2020 at 07:43, Paolo Cavallini<br>
>> <<a href="mailto:cavallini@faunalia.it" target="_blank">cavallini@faunalia.it</a><br>
>>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:cavallini@faunalia.it" target="_blank">cavallini@faunalia.it</a>>> wrote:<br>
>>> <br>
>>> Dear OSGEO Board<br>
>>> <br>
>>> We are writing to petition your help both financially and for<br>
>> general<br>
>>> support with the OSGEO4W project. Over the years, OSGEO4W<br>
>> (started by<br>
>>> Frank Warmerdam and Jürgen Fischer) has become the de-facto<br>
>> delivery<br>
>>> mechanism to Windows users for many of the projects that make<br>
>> up OSGEO -<br>
>>> including GDAL, PROJ, GRASS, QGIS and many more.<br>
>>> <br>
>>> Currently, most of the maintenance and improvements to OSGEO4W<br>
>> are<br>
>>> carried out through activities of the QGIS packaging process<br>
>> (our<br>
>>> windows standalone packages are based on OSGEO4W). This<br>
>> includes using a<br>
>>> portion of the income donated to QGIS.org each year to support<br>
>> the<br>
>>> OSGEO4W project.<br>
>>> <br>
>>> Since OSGEO4W plays such a central role in the OSGEO landscape<br>
>> we would<br>
>>> like to ask you to 'adopt' the OSGEO4W project financially and<br>
>> also help<br>
>>> with marshalling more contributors to the project so that it<br>
>> is not a<br>
>>> 'one man show' - which represents a vulnerability to the long<br>
>> term<br>
>>> prospects of this project. You can see these sentiments<br>
>> reflected in the<br>
>>> budget request for supporting OSGEO4W in the OSGEO budget<br>
>> call. This<br>
>>> budget request represents 50% of the anticipated budget for<br>
>> funded<br>
>>> OSGEO4W work for 2020, with the remainder being funded by<br>
>> QGIS.org for<br>
>>> the interim.<br>
>>> <br>
>>> Regards<br>
>>> <br>
>>> The QGIS team.<br>
>>> --<br>
>>> Paolo Cavallini - <a href="http://www.faunalia.eu" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.faunalia.eu</a> [1] <<a href="http://www.faunalia.eu" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.faunalia.eu</a>><br>
>>> <a href="http://QGIS.ORG" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">QGIS.ORG</a> [2] <<a href="http://QGIS.ORG" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://QGIS.ORG</a>> Chair:<br>
>>> <a href="http://planet.qgis.org/planet/user/28/tag/qgis%20board/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://planet.qgis.org/planet/user/28/tag/qgis%20board/</a><br>
>>> _______________________________________________<br>
>>> Board mailing list<br>
>>> <a href="mailto:Board@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">Board@lists.osgeo.org</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:Board@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">Board@lists.osgeo.org</a>><br>
>>> <a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board</a><br>
>>> <br>
>> <br>
>> --<br>
>> Paolo Cavallini - <a href="http://www.faunalia.eu" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.faunalia.eu</a> [1]<br>
>> <a href="http://QGIS.ORG" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">QGIS.ORG</a> [2] Chair:<br>
>> <a href="http://planet.qgis.org/planet/user/28/tag/qgis%20board/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://planet.qgis.org/planet/user/28/tag/qgis%20board/</a><br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Links:<br>
> ------<br>
> [1] <a href="http://www.faunalia.eu" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.faunalia.eu</a><br>
> [2] <a href="http://QGIS.ORG" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://QGIS.ORG</a><br>
<br>
-- <br>
Paolo Cavallini - <a href="http://www.faunalia.eu" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.faunalia.eu</a><br>
QGIS & PostGIS courses: <a href="http://www.faunalia.eu/training.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.faunalia.eu/training.html</a><br>
</blockquote></div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>--</div><div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div></div></div>