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--></style></head><body lang=KO link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Hello Ravi, </span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Here are my answers to your questions. </span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:2.0pt;mso-para-margin-left:0gd;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US>To run international FOSS4G we need much money as described by many</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:2.0pt;mso-para-margin-left:0gd;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US>We have only 2 revenue sources from international FOSS4G to meet the running cost, one is from registration, the other is from sponsors. </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:2.0pt;mso-para-margin-left:0gd;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US>Now we want to have more affordable registration fee. And then we need to increase sponsorships. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:2.0pt;mso-para-margin-left:0gd;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US>Many sponsors are commercial companies, sometimes from government bodies. </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:2.0pt;mso-para-margin-left:0gd;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US>To increase sponsorships from companies, I believe we need to make </span><span lang=EN-US>international FOSS4G more business friendly to ensure our sponsors that they are getting benefits from their sponsoring/investments. </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I can share interesting story here in Korea. Korean R user group will have their annual conference( <a href="https://onoffmix.com/event/115611">https://onoffmix.com/event/115611</a> ) 10 days later. Actually there was some registration fee for the conference. However it’s now free for online pre-registration because of large sponsorship from Microsoft Korea. Yes, from MS!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Kind regards, </span></p><p class=MsoNormal>신상희<span lang=EN-US><br>---<br>Shin, Sanghee<br>Gaia3D, Inc. - The GeoSpatial Company<br>www.gaia3d.com </span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"굴림",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0cm'><b>보낸 사람<span lang=EN-US>: </span></b><span lang=EN-US><a href="mailto:manarajahmundry2015@gmail.com">Ravi Kumar</a><br></span><b>보낸 날짜<span lang=EN-US>: </span></b><span lang=EN-US>2017</span>년<span lang=EN-US> 10</span>월<span lang=EN-US> 18</span>일 수요일 오후<span lang=EN-US> 2:57<br></span><b>받는 사람<span lang=EN-US>: </span></b><span lang=EN-US><a href="mailto:discuss@lists.osgeo.org">discuss</a><br></span><b>제목<span lang=EN-US>: </span></b><span lang=EN-US>Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Costly FOSS4Gs</span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"굴림",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=left style='text-align:left;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;word-break:keep-all'><span lang=EN-US>GFOSS.. Commercial Support.. +1 for this.</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>But.. now that this has come to a boil..</span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>WHY NOT THE BOARD AND WOULD BE BOARD COME OUT CLEAR ON THIS..</span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>SURE THIS WILL HELP THE CHARTER.. WHOM TO VOTE..</span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>'Free and Open Source'.. has brought to where we are.. This is a community effort.</span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>Is there a solution to OSGeo FOSS4G events, that are affordable to Users/Developers/Students..</span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Ravi Kumar</span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 3:45 PM, Tom Chadwin <<a href="mailto:tom.chadwin@nnpa.org.uk" target="_blank">tom.chadwin@nnpa.org.uk</a>> wrote:</span></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Hello all<br><br>A significant group who have possibly not yet chimed in on this issue are the commercial organizations who sell GFOSS support and development. I presume that FOSS4G is one of their best opportunities to get new business.<br><br>I know there have been recent discussions/disagreements on this list about how far OSGeo should promote commercial organizations. However, these companies are the crucial element in GFOSS adoption in many larger public- and private-sector bodies. Many simply will not entertain GFOSS without commercial support, many believe the old myth that open source means no support, and many simply will not accept the risk of GFOSS without that support.<br><br>My point is that GFOSS would not have anything like the market penetration it now does without commercial companies offering open-source support and development. As I say, I stand to be corrected, but FOSS4G surely enables them to persuade others to migrate to GFOSS, which is to the whole community's benefit.<br><br>Thanks<br><br>Tom<br><br>PS Please forgive enormous corporate sigfile...<br><br><br>Tom Chadwin, ICT Manager<br>Telephone: 01434 611530 Mob:<br>Web: <a href="http://www.northumberlandnationalpark.org.uk" target="_blank">www.northumberlandnationalpark.org.uk</a><<a href="http://www.northumberlandnationalpark.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.northumberlandnationalpark.org.uk/</a>><br><br>IMPORTANT NOTICE - Disclaimer - This communication is from Northumberland National Park Authority (NNPA).The Authority’s head office and principal place of business is Eastburn, South Park, Hexham, Northumberland, NE46 1BS, United Kingdom. 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