[OpenLayers-Dev] OSGeo Project Sponsorship

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 12:50:50PM -0600, Erik Uzureau wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 11:15 PM, Schuyler Erle <schuyler at nocat.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 2008-11-15 at 20:09 -0500, Dave McIlhagga wrote:
> > > ... think of this as a small
> > > way in which OpenLayers can help sustain the broader foundation we
> > > collectively benefit from.
> >
> > I agree with Dave on this. I think that OSGeo membership is a net win
> > for OpenLayers, and I think that the foundation's share in our
> > sponsorship will be well spent to  our benefit and the benefit of the
> > entire Open Source GIS community.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> 
> 
> +1 a l'attaque

With +1 from SDE, Euz, tschaub, Cameron, Paul, and myself, and +0 from
John, I'll declare this motion passed, and inform Tyler that we are
interested in participating in the OSGeo Project sponsorshhip program.  

Thanks to all,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
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