[OpenLayers-Dev] OSGeo Project Sponsorship

[Paul Spencer]

+1 for OSGeo

Paul

On 16-Nov-08, at 2:12 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:

> +1 from me for using OSGeo as funding vehicle, and waiting till their
> tax exempt status is sorted.
>
> Tim Schaub wrote:
>> Hey-
>>
>> Christopher Schmidt wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 12:15:35AM -0500, Schuyler Erle wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 2008-11-15 at 20:09 -0500, Dave McIlhagga wrote:
>>>> I would like to move that we request that the OSGeo Foundation  
>>>> serve as
>>>> our funding vehicle, in the same fashion that it already serves  
>>>> the GDAL
>>>> project. As and when we get willing donors, I recommend that we  
>>>> invite
>>>> them to donate to us through OSGeo. If the tax receipt is an  
>>>> issue for a
>>>> would-be donor, we should invite them to wait until OSGeo's non- 
>>>> profit
>>>> status is finalized before donating. We've made it this far without
>>>> explicit sponsorship funding; I think we can wait another few  
>>>> months to
>>>> receive funds if necessary.
>>>>
>>>> Do we need a PSC vote on this? If so I am +1.
>>>>
>>> I am +1 as well.
>>>
>>
>> Yeah, me too +1.
>>
>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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