[MapServer-dev] Motion: Submit OSGeo Budget Request for 2025

[Seth G]

Thanks Even - yes this is really only some initial funding to try and get the tasks started. I've updated the wiki page accordingly. Hopefully the NLnet Foundation grant will be successful, or we find some other grants/sponsorships to help get things completed. 
Interesting to see that the GeoServer crowd campaign is up to 440,000 EUR - https://geoserver.org/sponsor/gs3-crowdfunding, although as I understand it, the funds are only gathered when it gets to 550,000 EUR. 

Seth

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On Wed, Jan 15, 2025, at 8:24 PM, Even Rouault wrote:
> I'm +1, but I think most, if not all, listed activities should be 
> prefixed with "Contribution to ".  OGC API map support (even a RFC an a 
> "prototype") isn't going to happen with just 750 USD.
>
> Even
>
> Le 15/01/2025 à 17:24, Seth G via MapServer-dev a écrit :
>> Hi all,
>>
>> The OSGeo Board will be meeting on the 28th of January to discuss the 2025 budget. I propose we submit a request for $5000 to help support the MapServer project.
>> Last year an upper-limit of $2,500 was set for projects, but this has typically been $5,000 in previous years.
>> The development items are to help kick-start implementing OGC Maps API and try to get MapServer 8 OGC certified. Additional funding sources will be sought to try and get these items completed.
>>
>> In terms of trying to raise additional funding:
>>
>> - A proposal for a grant application was sent to NLnet Foundation (https://nlnet.nl). We should know if this has been successful or not in early February.
>> - Even also put in application last February to https://nlnet.nl/bluehatsprize/2024/ (unfortunately without a successful response).
>> - I emailed the user's mailing list with a link to the sponsorship page. It looks like there was a problem with the mailing list archives, as December 2024 is missing from https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/. The email was sent on December 8th with the title "MapServer Budget and Sponsorship" - so I'm not sure if anyone received it.
>>
>> I have added the funding request and fund-raising efforts to the 2025 budget page at https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/wiki/MapServer-2025-Budget
>> and propose to submit the budget to a vote, starting with my +1.
>>
>> If we want to discuss further, we could maybe have a PSC meeting next Thursday (23rd of January), prior to the OSGeo Board meeting the following Tuesday.
>>
>> Seth
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