[Board] SAC Funding and Volunteer work

Regina Obe lr at pcorp.us
Sun Jan 25 13:09:30 PST 2026


In thinking about OSGeo's inability to fund SAC work, what disappointed me
most is not the lack of funding, but that volunteer time is valued at 0
monetary value.
That said, here is a thought that would both ease the SAC funding issue and
provide me some feeling of appreciation and a marketing benefit for my
consulting.

I will donate 80 hrs of my time  which would be a value of 80*$128 = $10240
in exchange for my company being listed as a Gold sponsor on OSGeo site.

https://www.osgeo.org/about/how-to-become-a-sponsor/

This time would be spent on the following

 1. General support
 2. General upgrades and major upgrades
 3. Training osgeo volunteers on Sac work 

I can invoice for this work as I have done in the past, but put in a credit
of $10240 so the invoice balance would be 0.

Note I've already been doing a lot of this this year - e.g. email issues,
DNS stuff, discourse setup, general upgrades to servers.

Does  the Board have issue with this deal?

Thanks,
Regina









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