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

[Helena Mitasova]

Hi Venka,

it is really nice to hear from you. I just checked the OSGeo github sponsor options and it includes also a credit card:

https://github.com/sponsors/OSGeo

Perhaps we can do the Sponsor option for GRASS the same way - I can ask Astrid how she set it up is it is not clear.
OSGeo board subgroup just had a meeting about expanding sponsroship opportunities and sponsorship recognition,
so there may be more options coming.

Helena


> On Feb 6, 2021, at 6:09 AM, Moritz Lennert <mlennert at club.worldonline.be> wrote:
> 
> 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
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> grass-user mailing list
>>>>> grass-user at lists.osgeo.org
>>>>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>> 
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Helena Mitasova
Professor at the Department of Marine, 
Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences
Associate director and faculty fellow at the Center for Geospatial Analytics
North Carolina State University
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