[Qgis-psc] Draft: funding for bugfixing

[Saber Razmjooei]

Hi Andreas,

Figures from previous years can give some indications about the amount to
set.

Regards
Saber

On Thu, 26 Apr 2018, 12:41 Andreas Neumann, <andreas at qgis.org> wrote:

> 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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