<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>+1 for OSGeo:UK supporting via that patreon account.<br><br>I was curious. Here's a list of the postgis contributors <a href="https://postgis.net/docs/postgis_introduction.html#credits_core_present">https://postgis.net/docs/postgis_introduction.html#credits_core_present</a><br></div><br></div>@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.<br><br></div><div>Cheers<br></div>S<br><div><div><div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">---<br><div><font face="courier new, monospace">Sam Franklin</font></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 4 April 2018 at 09:18, OSGeo:UK <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:osgeouk@gmail.com" target="_blank">osgeouk@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">I am, of course, supportive of OSGeo:UK committing some funding to PostGIS via Regina Obe<div><br></div><div>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 <a href="https://knowwhereconsulting.co.uk/blog/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch/" target="_blank">There is no such thing as a free lunch</a> and also presented at FOSS4G 2016 <a href="https://knowwhereconsulting.co.uk/blog/theres-no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch-the-movie/" target="_blank">There’s no such thing as a free lunch – the movie</a> - some of the content could be repurposed.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers<br><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="h5"><div>On 4 Apr 2018, at 08:11, McDonaldR <<a href="mailto:McDonaldR@angus.gov.uk" target="_blank">McDonaldR@angus.gov.uk</a>> wrote:</div><br class="m_-2861783744637480375Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div><div><div><div class="h5"><div class="m_-2861783744637480375WordSection1" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">I think that’s an excellent idea, Jo.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">I will ask our budget holders again about opportunities to contribute to the projects and applications we use.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Ross<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif" lang="EN-US"><span class="m_-2861783744637480375Apple-converted-space"> </span>UK [<a href="mailto:uk-bounces@lists.osgeo.org" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">mailto:uk-bounces@lists.<wbr>osgeo.org</a>]<span class="m_-2861783744637480375Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="m_-2861783744637480375Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Jo Cook<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="m_-2861783744637480375Apple-converted-space"> </span>03 April 2018 12:08<br><b>To:</b><span class="m_-2861783744637480375Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:uk@lists.osgeo.org" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">uk@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="m_-2861783744637480375Apple-converted-space"> </span>[OSGeo-UK] Contributing to PostGIS development<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Hi UK folk,<u></u><u></u></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">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 <a href="https://www.patreon.com/reginaobe" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/<wbr>reginaobe</a><u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">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.<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">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.<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">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.<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">All the best<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Jo<br clear="all"><u></u><u></u></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">--<span class="m_-2861783744637480375Apple-converted-space"> </span><u></u><u></u></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Jo Cook</b><br>t:+44 7930 524 155/twitter:@archaeogeek<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please note that currently I do not work on Friday afternoons. For urgent responses at that time, please visit <a href="http://support.astuntechnology.com/" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">support.astuntechnology.<wbr>com</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> or phone our office on 01372 744009</span><u></u><u></u></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;line-height:15pt;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">--<u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-color:white"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Astun Technology Ltd, The Coach House, 17 West Street, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 7RL, UK </span><span style="font-size:15.5pt"><br></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">t:+44 1372 744 009 w: </span><span style="font-size:15.5pt"><a href="http://astuntechnology.com/" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(126,87,194)">astuntechnology.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> <wbr>twitter:</span><span style="font-size:15.5pt"><a href="https://twitter.com/astuntech" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(126,87,194)">@astuntech</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-color:white"><span style="font-size:15.5pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></div></div><div><div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;line-height:15pt;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><a href="https://astuntechnology.com/ishare/" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(126,87,194)">iShare - enterprise geographic intelligence platform</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;line-height:15pt;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><a href="https://astuntechnology.com/services/#training" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(126,87,194)">GeoServer, PostGIS and QGIS training</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;line-height:15pt;background-color:white"><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><a href="http://support.astuntechnology.com/support/login" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span 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