From gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com Mon Jan 5 00:29:37 2026 From: gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com (Angelos Tzotsos) Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2026 10:29:37 +0200 Subject: [Projects] [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Budget 2026 In-Reply-To: <69face67-754b-44e7-ade7-49e6e33ed31d@gmail.com> References: <69face67-754b-44e7-ade7-49e6e33ed31d@gmail.com> Message-ID: <377bdcc3-5015-49f9-b379-1a7e5bf8925e@gmail.com> Happy New Year! The board is expecting your budget requests by Jan 15th. Please add your request directly to the wiki page: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2026 Best regards, Angelos On 12/12/25 22:12, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: > Dear OSGeo Members, Projects and Committees, > > OSGeo is proud to support our committees, initiatives, and growing > number of projects. We have been pleased to see funding applied to day > to day operations, improvements and a wide range of community building > activities including events, code sprints, developer meetings and user > conferences. > > Our continued ability to offer financial support is due a successful > FOSS4G 2025 and the generosity of our ongoing sponsors. > > OSGeo Committees > > To plan our 2026 budget, we are reaching out to all OSGeo committees > to help plan for the year ahead. > > As our budget forecasting includes communicating with sponsors we ask > you to list any sponsorship opportunities you are aware of for 2026. > We realize that asking for funding can be difficult.? Please be clear > with each sponsorship opportunity, and the visibility benefit you are > able to offer sponsors. > > Examples: > https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/SAC:Budget#2023 > > OSGeo Projects > > Each year we are pleased to welcome new graduated projects to OSGeo. > The Board starts planning by providing a set amount to all graduated > projects who have: > 1.Reported to the Board their activities of the last 12 months (e.g. > during the AGM or directly to a Board meeting); and > 2. Have sent a budget request. > > Funding allows each project committee to plan ahead, and support their > team activities without hesitation. > > Keep in mind that if any unforeseen event occurs during the year we > are here to support you. Project teams have approached the board > during the course of a year to respond to security vulnerabilities, or > request legal advice, that was not anticipated during budget planning. > > Projects with a more specific plan (to pursue a clear goal) are > welcome to send a more detailed budget. Larger goals should be > presented as clear sponsorship opportunities to your community, and > OSGeo will do our best to help out as well. > > Tip: Keep in mind OSGeo goals as an organization. We love to support > community participation, or a cross-project code sprint. > > Examples: > https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoServer_Budget_2023 > https://github.com/geotools/geotools/wiki/GeoTools-2024-Sponsorship-Opportunities > > https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_GIS_Budget_2023 > > > OSGeo Community Projects > > Projects working on incubation are asked to contact > incubator at lists.osgeo.org to be included in the 2026 incubation budget > request. > > > Budget Meeting > > To help navigate the uncertainties ahead in 2026, the Board will have > a budget meeting in January 2026 to review 2025 expenditures, > sponsorship and make financial decisions for the 2026 budget. > > Please add your project info to the budget draft at: > > https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2026 > > Budget requests should be submitted ideally by 15 January 2026 in > advance of our next Board meeting. > > On behalf of the OSGeo Board, > Angelos > -- Angelos Tzotsos, PhD President, Board of Directors Open Source Geospatial Foundation https://www.osgeo.org/member/angelos-tzotsos/ From gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com Wed Jan 28 14:33:25 2026 From: gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com (Angelos Tzotsos) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:33:25 +0200 Subject: [Projects] [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Budget 2026 In-Reply-To: <377bdcc3-5015-49f9-b379-1a7e5bf8925e@gmail.com> References: <69face67-754b-44e7-ade7-49e6e33ed31d@gmail.com> <377bdcc3-5015-49f9-b379-1a7e5bf8925e@gmail.com> Message-ID: <08a34d1f-b642-4e3a-b51f-289f4ec97e57@gmail.com> Motion to approve the 2026 budget is now on Loomio: https://www.loomio.com/p/Lm4qrO2V/motion-to-approve-the-osgeo-budget-for-2026 On 1/5/26 10:29, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: > Happy New Year! > > The board is expecting your budget requests by Jan 15th. > Please add your request directly to the wiki page: > https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2026 > > Best regards, > Angelos > > > On 12/12/25 22:12, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: >> Dear OSGeo Members, Projects and Committees, >> >> OSGeo is proud to support our committees, initiatives, and growing >> number of projects. We have been pleased to see funding applied to >> day to day operations, improvements and a wide range of community >> building activities including events, code sprints, developer >> meetings and user conferences. >> >> Our continued ability to offer financial support is due a successful >> FOSS4G 2025 and the generosity of our ongoing sponsors. >> >> OSGeo Committees >> >> To plan our 2026 budget, we are reaching out to all OSGeo committees >> to help plan for the year ahead. >> >> As our budget forecasting includes communicating with sponsors we ask >> you to list any sponsorship opportunities you are aware of for 2026. >> We realize that asking for funding can be difficult.? Please be clear >> with each sponsorship opportunity, and the visibility benefit you are >> able to offer sponsors. >> >> Examples: >> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/SAC:Budget#2023 >> >> OSGeo Projects >> >> Each year we are pleased to welcome new graduated projects to OSGeo. >> The Board starts planning by providing a set amount to all graduated >> projects who have: >> 1.Reported to the Board their activities of the last 12 months (e.g. >> during the AGM or directly to a Board meeting); and >> 2. Have sent a budget request. >> >> Funding allows each project committee to plan ahead, and support >> their team activities without hesitation. >> >> Keep in mind that if any unforeseen event occurs during the year we >> are here to support you. Project teams have approached the board >> during the course of a year to respond to security vulnerabilities, >> or request legal advice, that was not anticipated during budget >> planning. >> >> Projects with a more specific plan (to pursue a clear goal) are >> welcome to send a more detailed budget. Larger goals should be >> presented as clear sponsorship opportunities to your community, and >> OSGeo will do our best to help out as well. >> >> Tip: Keep in mind OSGeo goals as an organization. We love to support >> community participation, or a cross-project code sprint. >> >> Examples: >> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoServer_Budget_2023 >> https://github.com/geotools/geotools/wiki/GeoTools-2024-Sponsorship-Opportunities >> >> https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_GIS_Budget_2023 >> >> >> OSGeo Community Projects >> >> Projects working on incubation are asked to contact >> incubator at lists.osgeo.org to be included in the 2026 incubation >> budget request. >> >> >> Budget Meeting >> >> To help navigate the uncertainties ahead in 2026, the Board will have >> a budget meeting in January 2026 to review 2025 expenditures, >> sponsorship and make financial decisions for the 2026 budget. >> >> Please add your project info to the budget draft at: >> >> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2026 >> >> Budget requests should be submitted ideally by 15 January 2026 in >> advance of our next Board meeting. >> >> On behalf of the OSGeo Board, >> Angelos >> > -- Angelos Tzotsos, PhD President, Board of Directors Open Source Geospatial Foundation https://www.osgeo.org/member/angelos-tzotsos/