[Board] QGIS Hackfest funding

[Cameron Shorter]

I like the idea of putting out a press release, but I've commented out 
the call for others parties to request sponsorship from the board.

Before putting out such a comment, I believe that OSGeo needs to agree 
on our priorities for funding based upon our current revenue, and then 
publish guidelines on what does and does not qualify for funding requests.

I suspect that our priority is to provide financial guarantees to FOSS4G 
related conferences, which requires we have a kitty available to back 
these conferences. At the moment, my assessment is that only have kitty 
enough to guarantee FOSS4G-Nottingham and FOSS4G-NA, at the exclusion of 
others.

On 12/09/12 00:45, Tim Sutton wrote:
> 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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