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

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On 1/21/25 12:05, Seth G via MapServer-dev wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> Would you be able to officially submit the budget at 
> https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/wiki/MapServer-2025-Budget to 
> board at lists.osgeo.org ?
> This motion has been open a week, with +1 from Steve, Even and me.
>
> Seth
>
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> On Wed, Jan 15, 2025, at 7:02 PM, Steve Lime wrote:
>> +1 from me to submit for the larger amount. Can’t hurt to ask! —Steve
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 10:24 AM Seth G via MapServer-dev 
>> <mapserver-dev at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>>
>>     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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