[Qgis-psc] Draft: funding for bugfixing

[Andreas Neumann]

Hi Paolo,

Thanks for your text. It reads well.

One could think about adding a link to the financial report. See
https://www.qgis.org/en/_downloads/PublicQGISfinancialreport2017.pdf - some
text along - see how we use the available funds at URL xxx

The suggestion from Saber is something to discuss. The possible deadlines
are the feature freezes of QGIS 3.2 and 3.4. Not so sure about recommended
amounts?

Thanks,
Andreas

On 26 April 2018 at 11:37, Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it> wrote:

> 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/
> sponsorship/sponsorship.html#qgis-sponsorship-program
> [2]https://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/
> sponsorship/sponsorship.html#qgis-sponsorship-program
> [3]https://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/donations.html
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