<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Declaring this motion passed with +1s from Sean, Jukka, Daniel, Javier, Kurt, and Howard. We technically needed the contract active to pay Even's previous invoice so I am fast-tracking the vote as it appears non-controversial ;)</span><div><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"></span></font><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Sep 11, 2024, at 10:50 PM, Scott via gdal-dev <gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;">Only a year? Someone chain him to his desk already. You can't be too cautious. ;)</span></div></blockquote></div><br><div>A key feature that led to the creation of the GDAL Sponsorship Program is to have resources specifically for the situation for when/if Even decides it is time to step back from his current role. He shouldn't have to feel chained to any desk or the project – that leads to burn out. Even though Even is our hero, we don't want him to feel trapped here.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>