[gdal-dev] Motion: Negotiate Maintainer Contract with Chaitanya Kumar CH

[Howard Butler]

On Mar 17, 2009, at 4:31 PM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:

> Motion: The GDAL PSC authorizes Frank Warmerdam to negotiate a  
> contract
> for GDAL maintenance services for 500 hours over 5 months at $12USD/ 
> hr for
> a maximum of $6000USD with Chaitanya Kumar CH.  The work will be done
> pursuant to the terms described in RFC 9: GDAL Paid Maintainer  
> Guidelines
> with Frank Warmerdam acting as supervisor for the maintainer.
>
> --
>
> Chaitanya has been doing GDAL maintenance work for me privately for  
> the
> last two months or so, and I have been satisfied with his work.  He  
> has
> demonstrated reasonable understanding of GDAL, and ability to work  
> within
> the maintainer role.
>
> Particular focus points in the coming months will be to ensure that  
> the
> Python test suite is properly maintained as fixes are made, and to
> provide additional support for users on the mailing list.
>
> +1 FrankW

+1 Howard