[Board] Re: Work from home, make money fast, etc, etc

[Howard Butler]

I would like to see the GeoConnexion, Google Summer of Code, and  
other in-kind donors like this be given credit on the donors webpage  
(or some special moderately insignificant webpage) somehow .

Howard

On Nov 2, 2007, at 11:26 AM, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:

> That works out nicely - thanks for taking the initiative and giving  
> us an update.
>
> On 2-Nov-07, at 8:56 AM, Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
>
>> Tyler (and board, just fyi):
>>
>> I just recently found out that the authors of our monthly column in
>> GeoConnexions magazine are entitled to a EU$150 "honorarium", and  
>> their
>> new editor has agreed to make this retroactive for all the columns  
>> we've
>> done so far.  And, furthermore, all but one of the authors has  
>> agreed to
>> just donate the money to OSGeo (I have not yet heard back from one of
>> them).
>>
>> I've given your email address to Roger Longhorn, GeoConnexions  
>> editor,
>> so he can arrange for payment.
>>
>>
>> If my math is right, this means the foundation should be getting at
>> least 6 * 150 = 900 euros (US$1300).  Not too bad at all.  Almost up
>> "associate sponsor level", at a rate of 12 columns/year and assuming
>> everyone in future also agrees to donate their payments.  Might  
>> even be
>> worth a press release, although maybe competing media outlets would
>> decline to run it :-)
>>
>> -mpg
>
> Tyler Mitchell
> Executive Director
> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
> tmitchell at osgeo.org
> P: +1-250-277-1621
> M: +1-250-303-1831
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Board mailing list
> Board at lists.osgeo.org
> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board