[Board] Fundraising Committee

[Paul Ramsey]

Frank,

I think asking for money is inextricably bound to "what do I get for  
my money" and cuts to the heart of what OSGeo is going to try and  
make of itself, so putting this to the Victoria meeting makes a lot  
of sense.  The Fundraising folks were, at core, asked to go out and  
sell OSGeo, and OSGeo has not really made a clear case for what its  
product is yet, so let no aspersions be cast on FunCom.  In the one  
case where a product was actually clearly defined (your project  
sponsorship for GDAL) things worked pretty well.

P.


On 5-Sep-07, at 10:19 AM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:

> I have been contemplating the inactivity of the Fundraising  
> Committee.  As I
> have noted before, I would like to step down as chair and I am  
> increasingly
> wondering if it makes sense for this to exist as a committee.  In  
> particular
> as long as it exists in it's current form I sense that those not  
> involved
> in the committee feel absolved of worrying about fundraising.
>
> Having successfully defined a sponsorship program, I wonder if it  
> might not
> be best to dissolve the fundraising committee as a distinct committee.
>
> If not, then I still think it is critical that we get some new  
> blood, and a
> new chair to get things moving.
>
> I haven't put this on Friday's Agenda, as I think there is enough  
> already.
> Instead I would propose that it be addressed at the board meeting  
> in Victoria.