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

[Chris Buckmaster]

That 'scarey bozo' is developing software for you. To use. For free.

And you can't spell scary.


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From: Qgis-user [mailto:qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of John Helly
Sent: 22 May 2017 09:25
To: Nyall Dawson; qgis-developer; qgis-user
Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS Composer Rewrite and Layout Engine crowdfund – half way there!

Get out of the fund-raising mode.  this is not about money. Scarey bozo.



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-en
> gine-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