[Qgis-user] [QGIS-Developer] QGIS Composer Rewrite and Layout Engine crowdfund – half way there!

[Bo Victor Thomsen]

John just invented a nickname for himself: *John "Scarey Bozo" Helly*.

The "evil clown" image reflects his troll-post 100%

Regards
Bo Victor Thomsen

Den 22-05-2017 kl. 10:36 skrev Nyall Dawson:
> On 22 May 2017 at 18:24, John Helly <hellyj at ucsd.edu> wrote:
>> Get out of the fund-raising mode.  this is not about money. Scarey bozo.
> Hi John,
>
> Thanks for that valuable contribution. It's a very interesting way to
> reflect the values of the University of California on a public forum.
> With insights like this it's easy to see how you were selected for the
> position of Laboratory Director at the UCSD Supercomputer Center...
>
> Nyall
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 5/21/17 8:33 PM, Nyall Dawson wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> If you’ve been following North Road's blog posts, you’ll be aware that
>>> we are currently running a crowd funding campaign to extend the
>>> capabilities of QGIS’ print composer. You can read full details about
>>> this over at the campaign page
>>>
>>> (https://north-road.com/2017/04/26/qgis-composer-rewrite-and-layout-engine-crowdfund-launched/)
>>>
>>> The good news is that we’ve just hit the mid way point of the funds!
>>> Many generous backers have stepped up with contributions and we’re
>>> well on the way to reaching the funding goal. However, we still need
>>> your help make this work a reality.
>>>
>>> Right now, what we need most is interested users and community members
>>> who will reach out to their local QGIS users and seek more backing for
>>> the campaign. We need to publicise the campaign beyond the regular
>>> online QGIS community, to the thousands of enterprises and
>>> organisations which rely on QGIS for their daily mapping operations.
>>> We need community members who can get in contact with these
>>> organisations and help convince them that investing back into the open
>>> source software they utilise is beneficial (and often will even SAVE
>>> them money in the long run, due to the increased productivity that
>>> changes like our composer improvements will bring!).
>>>
>>> So, while social media reshares have been vital to reaching the
>>> current stage, we now need more “hands on” helpers who will take this
>>> on. If you know of any organisations which depend on QGIS for their
>>> mapping outputs, now’s the time to get in contact with them directly
>>> and advise them of this campaign!
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> Nyall
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>> --
>> John Helly, University of California, San Diego / San Diego Supercomputer
>> Center / Scripps Institution of Oceanography / 760 840 8660 mobile /
>> http://www.sdsc.edu/~hellyj
>> ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0002-3779-0603
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