[Qgis-developer] Awards for 0.8 release

[Gary Sherman]

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All,
As you know, we have funds donated towards development work. We had  
planned on hiring a developer but due to schedule conflicts and  
timing, he was unable to devote much time to the release.

  I therefore propose to use a portion of the funds to award all  
developers who contributed to the release of 0.8.0. QGIS is developed  
on an entirely volunteer basis and developers have spent countless  
hours of their own time on the project. I therefore think it is  
appropriate to recognize this devotion of time (over many years for  
some folks) with a modest award.

Though imperfect, the amounts are based on the number of commits.  
While this isn't a good indicator of total time spent, it does  
represent the amount of effort an individual has put into the release.

The proposed awards are listed below (using commit name or IRC nick),  
along with the commit information:
commits |   username   | amount
- ---------+--------------+--------
      452 | timlinux     |    500
      430 | g_j_m        |    450
      307 | rblazek      |    350
      220 | mhugent      |    250
       51 | morb_au      |    100
       66 | telwertowski |    100
       76 | wonder       |    100
       16 | homann       |     50
        2 | larsl        |     50
        8 | mcoletti     |     50
        4 | perrygeo     |     50
        5 | shalasz      |     50
      187 | gsherman     |      0

The award amount is the number of commits, rounded to the nearest  
$50. All amounts are $ US.

For those committing to the documentation of QGIS, I propose $100  
each to sholl, odassau, and morb_au.

The total amount of awards is $2,400, leaving approximately $1,900  
for work towards the 0.9 release. This is a one-time award. The PSC  
must meet and decide how to use the remaining and future funds.

If you have any comments or suggestions, please submit them to the  
qgis-psc mailing list rather than qgis-dev -- or you can email me  
directly. You can find information about joining qgis-psc mailing  
list at http://qgis.org/content/view/115/96.

I plan to make the awards March 3, 2007.

- -gary


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