[OpenLayers-Dev] PSC Vote on Sponsorship Doc

[Cameron Shorter]

I'm +1.

I agree that we should be giving sponsors priority regarding logo 
placement. The sponsors need to be able to justify their sponsorship by 
saying "I will get more customers, or reduce my costs, by sponsoring 
Openlayers".

The one minor suggestion I would add to "Goals of Sponsorship" (which is 
not essential) is to reference "Quality"...

4) Make OpenLayers a more useful web mapping toolkit available by
   enhancing the library...
and improving quality.


Sorry for delayed response, I've adjusted my email filters so that 
personal emails should go to my inbox (instead of my openlayers folder 
which I check less frequently).

Tim Schaub wrote:
> Thanks John.
>
> Now, hearing from Chris and Cameron would be nice.
>
> Tim
>
> John R. Frank wrote:
>> First, unless someone objects, I'll commit this patch to the 
>> document. These two erroneous words ("three" and "available") should 
>> have been deleted earlier.
>>
>> Index: sponsoring
>> ===================================================================
>> --- sponsoring    (revision 8317)
>> +++ sponsoring    (working copy)
>> @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
>>   Goals of Sponsorship
>>   --------------------
>>
>> -The OpenLayers community has established three high-level goals for
>> +The OpenLayers community has established high-level goals for
>>   the use of funds from sponsors.  The PSC votes periodically to
>>   allocate funds according to these priorities.  The PSC also
>>   periodically votes to revise these priorities.
>> @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
>>   3) Expand the number of people contributing functionality and
>>      improvements to the OpenLayers code base.
>>
>> -4) Make OpenLayers a more useful web mapping toolkit available by
>> +4) Make OpenLayers a more useful web mapping toolkit by
>>      enhancing the library.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Second, to Eric's point:
>>
>>> Platinum sponsors may also have their logo placed directly on the 
>>> OpenLayers home page.
>>
>>
>> When we get platinum level sponsors, putting logos on the homepage 
>> seems quite appropriate to me.  A sponsor at that level could 
>> reasonably ask for lots of other recognition, and we'd probably hunt 
>> for ways to say thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>> Third, I'm +1 on this document and would like to see hear some facts 
>> and spirited debate about pros and cons of different banking 
>> options.  Then, we can get to the real work of seeking sponsors.
>>
>>
>>
>> John
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