[gdal-dev] Motion: Paid Maintainer Contract with Chaitanya

[Even Rouault]

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Best regards,

Even

Frank Warmerdam a écrit :
> Motion: Frank Warmerdam is authorized to negotiate a paid maintainer
> contract with Chaitanya Kumar CH for up to $9360 USD at $13USD/hr over
> six months, and would be acting as supervisor, operating under the terms
> of RFC 9 (GDAL Paid Maintainer Guidelines).
>
> ---
>
> Folks,
>
> Chaitanya's current paid maintainer contract ended and the end of 
> December
> and he has invoiced for the hours worked.  Both he and I are 
> interested in
> his continuing in the role, which has been helpful in resolving a number
> of issues and moving the project forward.
>
> I have not done a detailed analysis of our financial position as a 
> project,
> but I am confident we can cover the above amount for the first half of 
> this
> year.  It may be that Chaitanya will not be able to work the full 
> number of
> hours proposed (1560) as he has activities with OSGeo India that he is 
> also
> pursuing, so the above really establishes an upper bound.
>
> In the coming weeks I hope to review our income from sponsorship 
> renewals,
> and our expenses to see what our financial position is.  Depending on how
> that goes we might consider looking for another paid maintainer in
> addition to Chaitanya, but I'll leave that till after the financial 
> review.
>
> Best regards,