[OpenLayers-Dev] PSC Vote on Sponsorship Doc

[Tim Schaub]

Hey-

Why don't we call this first vote (and this thread) closed. (Not really 
meant to be a question.)

The proposal went out over 2 days ago [1], and we've had no -1 votes.

That means (to me) that the PSC agrees that:

"If we agree to pursue sponsorship for OpenLayers via the OSGeo Project
Sponsorship program, the PSC believes that the sponsorship document
referenced [2] adequately describes the goals, intended uses, and
potential benefits of project sponsorship."

Obviously the meat of this discussion involves convincing anyone who 
objects that the OSGeo Project Sponsorship program is a good way forward.

Let's begin a new thread for that discussion.

Tim

[1] Two days and one hour.

[2] http://svn.openlayers.org/project/sponsorship/sponsoring

Schuyler Erle wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-11-12 at 14:14 -0500, Christopher Schmidt wrote:
>>> John has raised questions about having the OSGeo manage our
>> sponsorship 
>>> program versus having some other entity manage the program.  I think
>> we 
>>> have agreed to treat this question separately - to entertain
>> suggestions 
>>> on alternative methods of managing the sponsorship program after we 
>>> agree on the core goals.
>> If we're seriously considering pursuing funding thrugh something other
>> than OSGeo, I don't see a reason that we need to agree n the document as
>> written, or a way in which the 'core goals' we're talking about can
>> remain relevant in the face of the various possibilities that we might
>> pursue for funding sources.  
> 
> I'm kind of surprised that there's a question here. Could someone please
> reiterate for me what the arguments *against* using OSGeo as the funding
> vehicle are? Also, could someone describe what the "something other than
> OSGeo" might be? I'm afraid I don't see the point.
> 
> SDE
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