[Board] Sponsor NASA WorldWind student competition

[Jachym Cepicky]

I would say, having OSGeo logo next to NASA, would be looking good.

On the other hand: according to [1]

* OSGeo should focus support on OSGeo communities and initiatives which
support themselves.

and

* Marketing OSGeo, which is currently focused around OSGeo-Live.

NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge does not seem to fit into first point.
And since OSGeo should be "low capital, volunteer focused organisation",
making marketing in this way does not fit into this concept as well.

I think, if we decide to support (financially) event with focus on one
*OSGeo* project (e.g. QGIS), which works as kind of showcase for the
foundation, than it is perfectly ok.

-0 for me

Jachym

[1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2013-02-26#Board_Priorities

Dne 5.3.2013 01:44, Michael P. Gerlek napsal(a):
>> Hmm, I don't recall discussion of preference for multi-project efforts in the call last week, though I do recall that being something written into the "support for code sprints" document a couple years ago and that we pretty much ignored when supporting the QGIS and GRASS sprints since then.
> 
> The F2F discussion as I recall went basically
> 
> (1) "we like LiveDVD because it covers multiple projects"
> (2) "oh yeah, and like the NorthAmer codesprint does"
> (3) "well, but what about the QGIS sprint, which we did support"
> (4) "umm, oh, yeah, well, that too, of course"
> 
> So, yes, Frank, I should be clearer that the multiprojectedness idea was more of a general sentiment than a hard rule.
> 
> -mpg
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