[Board] QGIS Hackfest funding

[Tim Sutton]

hi All

On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Jeff McKenna
<jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
> Initial press release draft:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Press_Release_Supporting_QGIS_Hackfest_2012
>  Please edit directly :)
>

Thanks Jeff - I updated the wording a little to refelect that we hold
our events twice a year.

Thanks all for the sponsorship - it means a lot to us!

Regards

Tim


> -jeff
>
>
>
> On 12-09-11 9:56 AM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
>> Thanks for this update Daniel.  I believe there should be an OSGeo
>> news_item/press release as well - "OSGeo Supports Grassroots Development
>> By Contributing Funds to the Essen 2012 QGIS Hackfest..."
>>
>> Maybe the end of the press release should state "Other groups interested
>> in funding should contact the OSGeo Board."
>>
>> (we might even consider providing funds to a part-time communications
>> specialist to handle these releases)
>>
>> -jeff
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12-09-11 9:44 AM, Daniel Morissette wrote:
>>> Board,
>>>
>>> FYI, the payment of 1000 Euro has been sent to the Essen 2012 QGIS
>>> Hackfest [1] organizers, and OSGeo's contribution is also recognized
>>> here [2].
>>>
>>> [1]
>>> http://hub.qgis.org/wiki/quantum-gis/8_QGIS_Developer_Meeting_in_Essen_2012
>>> [2] http://qgis.org/en/sponsorship/sponsors.html
>>
>
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