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<p>Hi Michael,</p>
<p>Yes, I interpret it is the nr of employees using (Q)GIS on a
regular basis within an organization. And it is based on
self-declaration and there is no control about the numbers
whatsoever.</p>
<p>We have quite a nr of municipalities that support us on the
"small" level as sustaining member.<br>
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<p>All is based on a voluntary contribution anyway and you are not
required to be a member in order to use QGIS.</p>
<p>Greetings,</p>
<p>Andreas<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 16.04.20 um 02:45 schrieb Michael
Dufty:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sustaining membership works out a bit
steep for us if you follow the guideline – about 10 times what
we currently pay for commercial software (Manifold).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Is it reasonable to interpret number of
employees as GIS users rather than total employees?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I see my local council is on there as
small, and I’m sure they have more than 10 employees.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Obviously no limits apply if we go with
donations without membership.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Michael
Dufty</span></b><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU" lang="EN-US"> Anita
Graser <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:anitagraser@gmx.at"><anitagraser@gmx.at></a>
<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 15 April 2020 1:47 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Iain@jcis.net.au">Iain@jcis.net.au</a>; <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS in the commercial
world<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p>Dear Iain,<span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>Yes, QGIS has an entity: QGIS.ORG is the worldwide
association of QGIS users and developers. QGIS.ORG is
constituted as a Swiss ‘association’ (<a
href="https://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/charter.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/charter.html</a>)
but it is not a registered charity.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To help support QGIS, organizations are invited to become
sustaining members of QGIS.ORG. The details of our sustaining
membership program are described in:
<a
href="https://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/sustaining_members/sustaining_members.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">
https://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/sustaining_members/sustaining_members.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>You can also see who's already supporting QGIS: <a
href="https://qgis.org/en/site/about/sustaining_members.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">
https://qgis.org/en/site/about/sustaining_members.html</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Anita<o:p></o:p></p>
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