[Qgis-psc] Draft: funding for bugfixing

[Saber Razmjooei]

Hi Paolo,

In our experiences, we have a better chance of raising funds, if a deadline
and an amount are clearly specified. This is similar to how Wikimedia
usually raises funds.

Without those details, there is always this feeling among users and
organisations that the project will magically find the money/resources to
tackle the bugs.

Cheers
Saber


On 26 April 2018 at 11:21, Régis Haubourg <regis.haubourg at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Paolo,
>
> Looks good to me!
> Régis
>
> 2018-04-26 11:37 GMT+02:00 Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it>:
>
>> Hi all,
>> following the discussion in our latest PSC, I prepared a draft letter to
>> users and potential donors. I'd greatly appreciate your comments, then
>> we can spam it around.
>> All the best.
>> ===
>> Dear QGIS user,
>> as you know, QGIS 3 has been recently published. This version implied
>> big changes in the code structure that, in addition to the new
>> functionalities already exposed, makes our code base more modern and
>> easier to further expand and improve.
>> As expected, these changes triggered a series of new issues, that you
>> the users are helping to discover and document. Our objective is to
>> eliminate at least the most important of them in time for what will be
>> our next LTR (3.4, due in October[0]). The resources directly available
>> from QGIS.ORG funds are limited, and we already invested in QGIS 3.0 far
>> more than we have done for any earlier version.
>> This would therefore be the right timing for users, and particularly for
>> power users, larger institutions and enterprises, to invest in QGIS
>> bugfixing, and we encourage to do it now. You have a number of different
>> options: donating your developers' time or hiring a developer directly
>> for the bugs that annoy you most, sponsoring our foundation[2], or
>> donating[3].
>> Feel free to contact us for further details if necessary.
>>
>> [0]https://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/development/roadmap.
>> html#release-schedule
>> [1]https://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/sponsorsh
>> ip/sponsorship.html#qgis-sponsorship-program
>> [2]https://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/sponsorsh
>> ip/sponsorship.html#qgis-sponsorship-program
>> [3]https://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/donations.html
>> --
>> Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu
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