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

[Michael P. Gerlek]

+1

-mpg

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Howard Butler [mailto:hobu.inc at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 9:33 AM
> To: Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)
> Cc: Michael P. Gerlek; board at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [Board] Re: Work from home, make money fast, etc, etc
> 
> 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
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