[Qgis-psc] Financial warning

[Andreas Neumann]

Dear PSC,

In the light of the current discussion around AGM and fast release pace, 
here is some additional information and concern I have as the financial 
manager of the project:

Most of our financial resources go into bug fixing (> 50%) and I have 
the impression that this share is increasing every year. Currently I 
have to send out a warning that our financial resources are dwindling 
rapidly - our bank account is down below 30k €. For every release we 
spend about 10-20k more on bug fixing than allocated in the budget. As a 
consequence, we will have to either cancel the QGIS grants this year or 
skip bug fixing of release 3.8 or cut down drastically if we can't find 
additional financial supporters. I am very grateful that many core qgis 
devs can find the time to participate in the paid bug fixing (and they 
do a very good job!) - but unfortunately bugs are coming in quicker ...

I don't want to sound overly pessimistic - but it is my duty to let you 
know about this development that we currently spend more than we get in. 
Something will have to change in this respect during the 3.8 release or 
we'll have to skip the QGIS grants program this year.

Andreas