[Board] Sponsor NASA WorldWind student competition

[Cameron Shorter]

I'm -0 on this proposal.
While I'm supportive of the concept, and would certainly be keen for 
OSGeo to promote the activity, I don't think we should commit money 
toward it.

Reason:
1. This event is only supporting one Open Source GIS project, NASA 
WorldWind. (We prefer to support events which promote multiple OSGeo 
projects)
2. NASA World Wind is not listed either as an OSGeo project, or as a 
project on OSGeo-Live. If we are supporting a project, then our 
community should hope to find it on OSGeo's web pages somewhere.
3. To a lesser extent: We discussed that OSGeo shouldn't be contributing 
toward the cost of a booth at a conference event, but rather toward the 
cost of materials for us to set up a booth. I think that such 
sponsorship falls into a similar category. (Although I do acknowledge 
that the event is finding co-sponsorship, which is a plus).

On 05/03/13 01:44, Jeff McKenna wrote:
> Hello Board,
>
> I have been approached by the organizers of the NASA WorldWind Europa
> Challenge (http://eurochallenge.como.polimi.it/), who really want to
> have OSGeo sponsor the event.  It is a great way to have students using
> Open Source spatial software.
>
> Essentially it comes down to this:
>
> - a minimum sponsor amount of 500 euros
> - the money goes towards the winning teams
> - then we can place an OSGeo logo on the site
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> I am a strong +1 for this.  In the extended Board meeting we discussed
> being flexible for certain sponsorship opportunities, and I believe this
> exercise follows the core principles of OSGeo.
>
> I would like to make a motion to sponsor the NASA WorldWind Europa
> Challenge, with a small amount of 500 euros.
>
> -jeff
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