[OSGeo Finance] QGIS

[Dave McIlhagga]

Hi folks,

I can't speak to the details / history that Tyler has laid out -- so  
I'm assuming this reflects the understanding of Gary / QGIS project  
when the funds were first transferred to OSGeo.

Beyond this, in terms of process, I believe everything Tyler has  
outlined everything correctly.

Dave


Dave McIlhagga
http://www.dmsolutions.ca


On 1-Apr-08, at 11:31 AM, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:
>
> On 1-Apr-08, at 2:08 AM, Paolo Cavallini wrote:
>>
>> Hi all.
>> As you may know, I have recently been appointed Financial/Marketing
>> Advisor for the Steering Committee of QuantumGIS.
>> I would appreciate knowing the current state of the finances, and the
>> procedures that have been laid out.
>> All the best.
>
> Hi Paolo,
>
> I'm just working on our first annual year end financial report,  
> which is taking longer than expected.  Reporting will become more  
> regular this year, but in the meantime here is a summary:
>
> 06/28/2007
> Transfer from Micro Resources (Gary Sherman) to OSGeo: $2,669.59 USD
> PayPal fee: 	-77.72 USD (3%)
> Sponsorship Program: -647.97 USD (25%)
> Balance: $1943.90 USD
>
> The report will also outline the general financial processes we  
> have in place.  But for your purposes it is quite simple.  On  
> behalf of the PSC you can request purchases or transfer funds for  
> you - via US dollar check, PayPal, VISA or wire transfer.  You can  
> forward me the request in email, cc'ing the PSC or including their  
> approval, with a clear explanation of the purpose of the funds.   
> It's that easy, unless you need something more complicated.
>
> OSGeo itself doesn't make any further decisions for how to QGIS  
> project funds, since they belong to the project itself and are  
> available for the QGIS project committee to deal with accordingly.
>
> As you know, the current funds were transferred from Gary's bank  
> account to OSGeo's account for holding.  The funds were to be used  
> in accordance with the Project Sponsorship programme.  Can you  
> clarify the current state of QGIS Project Sponsorship - what is the  
> plan?  As Frank noted earlier, if the project plans to continue to  
> use the OSGeo Project Sponsorship programme, then I believe it will  
> need to do so a bit more officially - for example from:
>
> http://www.osgeo.org/sponsorship/opportunities
>
> "
> Each OSGeo Project has the opportunity to receive funds through  
> project-specific donations at several predefined funding levels.  
> Funds are allocated by the projects for tasks such as end-user  
> support, fixing outstanding issues, and adding new functionality.  
> Donors receive public acknowledgement through the project's  
> sponorship web page. Currently only the GDAL/OGR project is  
> accepting Project Sponsorships.
>
> Read more about GDAL/OGR's sponsorship opportunities (http:// 
> www.gdal.org/sponsorship.html)
> "
>
> If the interest is there, I would like to add QGIS to the above  
> statement and to get a request, from QGIS to the Board, to allow  
> OSGeo to officially accept donations on their behalf.  I can then  
> provide invoices to your sponsors on your behalf and collect/manage  
> the funding in our bank accounts.  Note that the programme is not  
> set up to handle numerous, small, personal donations at this time.   
> If this is of interest, please let this list know.
>
> Frank, Dave, feel free to jump in and further clarify where needed.
>
> Hope that helps,
> Tyler
>
>
>
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