[Board] GitHub sponsors

[Jody Garnett]

Michel:

Based on today's meeting it appears geotools can be a trial of this.

The second question (after email address) is if GeoTools has a bank
account, or is using a 'fiscal host" like the Open Source Collective.

In the case can we check what it would take for OSGeo to be considered a
'fiscal host' ?

There is some more information here:
https://docs.opencollective.com/help/collectives/github-sponsored-organizations
It is kind of interesting seeing this infrastructure setup to handle just
the financial aspects of open source sustainability (while GitHub and
others focus on the 'forge" side).
--
Jody Garnett


On Sun, 24 May 2020 at 15:28, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:

> We noticed that several of our projects qualify for
> https://github.com/sponsors
>
> As GeoTools project lead, how would the board feel if we signed up for
> this (as a zero-fees replacement for current PayPal donation button)?
>
> Note our project does not run a separate bank account so some
> coordination with the osgeo treasurer is required here.
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
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