[GRASS-PSC] [GRASS-user] Support GRASS GIS financially !

[Moritz Lennert]

Thanks for the info, Venka. We're looking into other options. Markus found this, which looks promising: 

https://opencollective.com/

Moritz

Am 6. Februar 2021 04:16:27 MEZ schrieb VENKATESH RAGHAVAN <raghavan at osaka-cu.ac.jp>:
>Hi Moritz,
>
>I do not know why the PayPal lists only
>countries of residence in the EU and Americas.
>
>Perhaps since the PayPal account is linked
>to the Belgian Bank.
>
>Bank transfer rates are high, so bank is
>not a good option, I think.
>
>You could consider accepting Gift Vouchers (Amazon etc.)
>maybe.
>
>Best
>
>Venka
>
>On 2/5/2021 10:48 PM, Moritz Lennert wrote:
>> Hi Venka,
>> 
>> [Putting the PSC in CC as this is an important question.]
>> 
>> We have a bank account (in €) in a Belgian bank. So bank transfer is another option, but I'm not sure how feasible this is from Asia.
>> 
>> This might be something to raise with OSGeo: creating a worldwide system for collecting sponsorship money that sponsors can dedicate to specific projects. Not sure that the relatively small amounts we collect for GRASS GIS warrant the establishment of such a system only for us.
>> 
>> Best wishes,
>> Moritz
>> 
>> Am 5. Februar 2021 14:11:04 MEZ schrieb Venkatesh Raghavan <raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp>:
>>> Hi Moritz Lennert,
>>>
>>> Thanks for all the great work by the GRASS Team!!
>>>
>>> Is there any other way to sponsor apart from using
>>> PayPal?
>>>
>>> Choosing "Pay as Guest" and "Pay by debit card"
>>> does not list any country in Asia (or any country
>>> in the southern hemisphere) under "Country or region of residence".
>>>
>>> Best
>>>
>>> Venka
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2/5/2021 9:38 PM, Moritz Lennert wrote:
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> We just received our very first sponsorship contribution of 2021 (thank
>>>> you !) and we want to take this occasion to thank all those who sponsored us last year and remind you that the GRASS
>>>> GIS project needs financial support in order to:
>>>>
>>>> - organize very valuable face-to-face meetings and sprints gathering
>>>> developers and the wider community for a few days to concentrate on
>>>> improving GRASS GIS
>>>>
>>>> - fund specific fixes or enhancements (this year the use of
>>>> micro-budgets for such fixes is planned)
>>>>
>>>> - maintain our website
>>>>
>>>> - produce marketing material to spread the word
>>>>
>>>> You can see the list of past individual and corporate sponsors here:
>>>>
>>>> https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Sponsors
>>>>
>>>> As you can see, no amount is too small: if all GRASS GIS users give just
>>>> a small amount regularly, we will already have a sizeable budget to work
>>>> with ! And I challenge you to find software that does all that GRASS GIS
>>>> does for 5€/$ or 10 €/$ a year ;-)
>>>>
>>>> So, just go to https://grass.osgeo.org/contribute/sponsoring/ and help
>>>> us make GRASS GIS better.
>>>>
>>>> If you want to see more details about how we use the money, note that
>>>> the project budgets are public. For 2021 see
>>>> https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_GIS_Budget_2021.
>>>>
>>>> The GRASS GIS Project Steering Committee
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>>>>
>>>
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