[OSGeo-UK] Contributing to PostGIS development

[Sam Franklin]

+1 for OSGeo:UK supporting via that patreon account.

I was curious. Here's a list of the postgis contributors
https://postgis.net/docs/postgis_introduction.html#credits_core_present

@Jo, agreed. If there are, at some future point, a number of of individual
developer patreon/other accounts, we might need some management on where
funds go.

Cheers
S

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Sam Franklin

On 4 April 2018 at 09:18, OSGeo:UK <osgeouk at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am, of course, supportive of OSGeo:UK committing some funding to PostGIS
> via Regina Obe
>
> Picking up on Jo’s suggestion re encouraging others organisations to
> contribute to PostGIS and Ross’ response. Perhaps we could create a page on
> the OSGeo:UK web site that could act as a focal point for those trying to
> encourage their organisation or customers to contribute to the OSGeo
> projects? I wrote a blog post around this topic There is no such thing as
> a free lunch
> <https://knowwhereconsulting.co.uk/blog/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch/> and
> also presented at FOSS4G 2016 There’s no such thing as a free lunch – the
> movie
> <https://knowwhereconsulting.co.uk/blog/theres-no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch-the-movie/> -
> some of the content could be repurposed.
>
> Cheers
>
> __________________
> Steven Feldman
> Treasurer OSGeo:UK
>
> On 4 Apr 2018, at 08:11, McDonaldR <McDonaldR at angus.gov.uk> wrote:
>
> I think that’s an excellent idea, Jo.
>
> I will ask our budget holders again about opportunities to contribute to
> the projects and applications we use.
>
> Ross
>
> *From:* UK [mailto:uk-bounces at lists.osgeo.org <uk-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>
> ] *On Behalf Of *Jo Cook
> *Sent:* 03 April 2018 12:08
> *To:* uk at lists.osgeo.org
> *Subject:* [OSGeo-UK] Contributing to PostGIS development
>
> Hi UK folk,
>
> Regine Obe, one of the core PostGIS developers, has recently created a
> Patreon account to assist with funding the aspects of her PostGIS work that
> are not covered by client funding. See https://www.patreon.com/reginaobe
>
> Firstly, I'd like to propose that we as the UK chapter commit to funding
> $50 a month for 12 months, with the option to renew at the end of that
> time. We have the funds to do that at present. If there are objections,
> please contact me, either on or off list.
>
> Secondly, I'd like to urge other organisations out there that benefit from
> PostGIS in any way to consider contributing to Regina's Patreon too. If you
> have trouble convincing those that hold the purse strings to contribute to
> an individual's Patreon account, then talk to us, as I'm sure we can come
> to some arrangement where you donate to OSGeo:UK and we donate to Regina on
> your behalf. She is trying to raise $800 a month, and it would be great if
> the UK Open Source community could help her meet that target.
>
> Finally, we're going to start thinking about some guidelines for how we
> might decide to fund other individual developers, should the opportunity
> arise. I'll send out a link to a google document that we can use for
> editing purposes within the next few days.
>
> All the best
>
> Jo
>
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