[gdal-dev] Renaming Sponsorships tiers to align with NumFOCUS ones

[Howard Butler]

+1

Howard

> On Jun 9, 2021, at 1:31 AM, jratike80 <jukka.rahkonen at maanmittauslaitos.fi> wrote:
> 
> +1
> 
> -Jukka Rahkonen-
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> Even Rouault-2 wrote
>> PSC,
>> 
>> We've had a request from NumFOCUS to align the titles of the GDAL 
>> sponsorship tiers with the ones of NumFOCUS, to limit the risk of 
>> confusion, which was one topic discussed during last meeting.
>> 
>> For reference, the ones of NumFOCUS are at 
>> https://numfocus.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor, so to get consistent, 
>> our new levels would renamed as:
>> 
>> - Gold (previously Platinum): 50k
>> 
>> - Silver (previously Gold): 25k
>> 
>> - Bronze (previously Silver): 10k
>> 
>> This will help especially for actors that already have a relationship 
>> with NumFOCUS and can be confused by the current non-alignment.
>> 
>> NumFOCUS confirmed that companies that offer a sponsorship designated to 
>> GDAL will receive both GDAL's benefits and NumFOCUS ones under that tier 
>> (if they don't already benefit from NumFOCUS sponsorship at a higher 
>> level because already sponsoring other NumFOCUS projects)
>> 
>> I'm +1 for that change. I don't anticipate sponsors to mind about that 
>> change. The different tiers and relative positioning with other actors 
>> is probably what matters to them, more than the absolute title of the 
>> tier. Anyway, we'll communicate that change to the current sponsors, and 
>> adapt our own documentation.
>> 
>> Even
>> 
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