Technically, the votes necessary to pass a resolution are from the PSC members, but as part of our <br>committment to openness and transparency, we hold all the vote in public, on the dev list. <br><br>That said, it has always been helpful to us in the past to see the opinions of other active members<br>
of the community, so yes please, anyone can vote and we appreciate hearing everyone's opinion.<br><br>Erik<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 1:10 PM, Eric Lemoine <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eric.c2c@gmail.com">eric.c2c@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">This email being sent to the dev list, I guess anyone reading dev can<br>
vote, right?<br>
<br>
Anyway, I'm +1 on the sponsorship program as it's described in the document.<br>
<br>
Eric<br>
<br>
2008/11/10, Tim Schaub <<a href="mailto:tschaub@opengeo.org">tschaub@opengeo.org</a>>:<br>
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">> Hey-<br>
><br>
> So, motivated by the OSGeo Project Sponsorship program, Chris did a<br>
> great job of putting together a document that describes the potential<br>
> sponsorship opportunities with OpenLayers.<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://svn.openlayers.org/project/sponsorship/sponsoring" target="_blank">http://svn.openlayers.org/project/sponsorship/sponsoring</a><br>
><br>
> This document describes a few things:<br>
> 1) our intent to seek sponsorship via the OSGeo Project Sponsorship program;<br>
> 2) high level goals for use of sponsorship funds; and<br>
> 3) details on uses, benefits, and the process.<br>
><br>
> John has raised questions about having the OSGeo manage our sponsorship<br>
> program versus having some other entity manage the program. I think we<br>
> have agreed to treat this question separately - to entertain suggestions<br>
> on alternative methods of managing the sponsorship program after we<br>
> agree on the core goals.<br>
><br>
> I would like to call a vote specifically on the document linked above.<br>
> The issue we're voting on looks something like this:<br>
><br>
> If we agree to pursue sponsorship for OpenLayers via the OSGeo Project<br>
> Sponsorship program, the PSC believes that the sponsorship document<br>
> referenced [1] adequately describes the goals, intended uses, and<br>
> potential benefits of project sponsorship.<br>
><br>
> Thanks for voting.<br>
><br>
> My vote is +1.<br>
><br>
> Tim<br>
><br>
><br>
> [1] <a href="http://svn.openlayers.org/project/sponsorship/sponsoring" target="_blank">http://svn.openlayers.org/project/sponsorship/sponsoring</a><br>
><br>
> Doc history <a href="http://trac.openlayers.org/log/project/sponsorship/sponsoring" target="_blank">http://trac.openlayers.org/log/project/sponsorship/sponsoring</a><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Tim Schaub<br>
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