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<body><div>Hi Steve,<br></div>
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<div>I see this has come up for discussion on the board list, so would be good to put in a request: <a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2019-January/011971.html">https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2019-January/011971.html</a><br></div>
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<div>CITE compliance sounds good. Are there fees to pay OGC for this, or is it to pay for the work of setting up tests and fixing MapServer code?<br></div>
<div>A maintainer role also sounds good, but could be complicated to sort out responsibilities?<br></div>
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<div>Other possible options:<br></div>
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<div>- Pay for some of the FOSS4G costs in Bucharest to give a MapServer project status talk?<br></div>
<div>- Stickers, T-shirts? Whilst not critical they may help improve MapServer's visibility at local chapter meetings, FOSS4G etc. and attract new users, who may in the future become MapServer commiters. <br></div>
<div>- "seed funding" for a feature. As you mention it wouldn't pay full costs but may make a concrete fund for others to contribute to. I guess this would require a v8.0 roadmap to be put in place. <br></div>
<div>- is all infrastructure for VMs already funded by OSGeo? A few more live hosted demos etc. would be good. I think we have one server already in place. <br></div>
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<div>Regards,<br></div>
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<div>Seth<br></div>
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<div>On Tue, Jan 8, 2019, at 10:12 PM, Lime, Steve D (MNIT) wrote:<br></div>
<blockquote type="cite"><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt">Hi all: See below for an opportunity that could establish a base project budget and build upon it a bit should we have specific needs. This is nice to see OSGeo pursuing – a long time coming IMHO. I can think of several things that would
be high priority in my mind:</span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span><br></p><p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;"><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt"><span class="font" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="">·<span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="size" style="font-size:7pt"> </span></span></span></span>Formal support of a maintainer role(s) for MapServer/MapScript and MapCache</span></span></span><br></p><p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;"><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt"><span class="font" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="">·<span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><span class="size" style="font-size:7pt"> </span></span></span></span>CITE compliance – I think it’s been quite a while since MapServer participated in any OGC testing</span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt">What do folks think? A few thousand $’s won’t go that far but I think OSGeo support paired with other external funding could actually make something good happen. I know there was at least some interest in Bonn from folks wanting to support
the project although we still lack a formal mechanism to do so (Jeff is/was working on an RFC). There may be potential to engage a local non-profit (here in the Twin Cities) to help manage funds.</span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt">Other ideas or recommendations?</span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt">--Steve</span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt">-------- Forwarded Message --------</span></span></span><br></p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-top:0in;padding-right:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in;" valign="top" nowrap=""><p style="text-align: right; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" align="right"><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt"><b>Subject:</b></span></span></span><br></p></td><td style="padding-top:0in;padding-right:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in;"><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt">OSGeo Budget 2019 for projects.</span></span></span><br></p></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top:0in;padding-right:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in;" valign="top" nowrap=""><p style="text-align: right; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" align="right"><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt"><b>Date:</b></span></span></span><br></p></td><td style="padding-top:0in;padding-right:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in;"><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt">Mon, 7 Jan 2019 20:35:54 +0200</span></span></span><br></p></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top:0in;padding-right:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in;" valign="top" nowrap=""><p style="text-align: right; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" align="right"><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt"><b>From:</b></span></span></span><br></p></td><td style="padding-top:0in;padding-right:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in;"><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt">Angelos Tzotsos <a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" href="mailto:gcpp.kalxas@gmail.com"><gcpp.kalxas@gmail.com></a></span></span></span><br></p></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top:0in;padding-right:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in;" valign="top" nowrap=""><p style="text-align: right; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" align="right"><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt"><b>To:</b></span></span></span><br></p></td><td style="padding-top:0in;padding-right:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in;"><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt"><a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" href="mailto:projects@lists.osgeo.org">projects@lists.osgeo.org</a></span></span></span><br></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt"><br>Dear OSGeo project members,<br> <br> Over the previous years, OSGeo has been proud to support a growing number of project events, such as code sprints, developer meetings, and user conferences.<br> <br> OSGeo is reaching out to all committees, including project steering committees, to help plan our budget for 2019.<br> <br> This year, the board is discussing about assigning a starting budget of 2000$ to all graduated projects who have reported to the board the last 12 months (see <a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" href="https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues/11">https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues/11</a>).<br> <br> For projects with more of a plan (to pursue a specific goal) projects are welcome to send a more detailed request for approval (e.g. <a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GvSIG_Budget_2019">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GvSIG_Budget_2019</a>)<br> <br> A good idea is to focus on OSGeo participation, for example attending the AGM or OSGeo code sprint. Also keep in mind OSGeo goals as an organization, (e.g. interoperability goal: CITE compliance or participation developing new standards)<br> <br> We would like to ask you to help us with budget proposals to assist your project. This will help us set aside a realistic amount of funding.<br> <br> Please add your project info to the budget draft at:<br> <br> <a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2019">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2019</a><br> <br> ideally by January 14 ahead of our January board meeting.<br> <br> When making a budget request please keep in mind the vision and goals of our foundation, along with any obligations you wish to meet.<br> <br> Thank you and best wishes,<br> <br> On behalf of OSGeo Board,<br> <br> Angelos</span></span></span></p><pre style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">-- <br></pre><pre style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Angelos Tzotsos, PhD<br></pre><pre style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Charter Member<br></pre><pre style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Open Source Geospatial Foundation<br></pre><pre style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><a style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" href="http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos">http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos</a><br></pre><pre style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <br></pre><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt"><span class="colour" style="color:windowtext"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><br></p></div>
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