[OSGeo-UK] QGIS-UK paypal account

[Mike Saunt]

The other option is for monies to be raised by companies sponsoring, that
does exclude users per se

Astun would and I'm sure others would too. We'd like to go via osgeo UK
then have the money filter down through to qgis

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On 13 Jan 2015 15:38, "Jo Cook" <jocook at astuntechnology.com> wrote:

> Playing devil's advocate to a certain extent- yes of course you can
> sponsor OSGeo globally: http://www.osgeo.org/sponsorship/opportunities.
> However, that doesn't feed back to the local chapters in any consistent way
> and I know for a fact that OSGeo finds it very hard to attract sponsors. I
> also spent a long time trying to attract funds for the UK chapter without
> very much luck. From a volunteer's perspective, ad hoc donations to
> specific projects are considerably easier to deal with than anything else
> and I personally would prefer it if we stayed with that light touch
> approach- picking projects to support as and when we have funds.
>
> Jo
>
> On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 3:12 PM, Yakus <matt.travis1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I like all those ideas Saber.
>>
>> I have recently raised the idea of a subscription for the QGIS user group
>> but perhaps we should try and expand that to osgeo:uk.
>>
>> For a lot of organisations(including mine) they need some kind of invoice
>> to
>> say they've received something in return. A subscription to a user group
>> would be fine. We do the same for the Mapinfo user group already. I think
>> there is a real potential here to raise funds. The money being saved in
>> places is huge so hopefully some would willing to put back in and help
>> sustain os projects.
>>
>> Also, is there some form of certification people would get from osgeo if
>> they did sign. I think Pete said he was looking into this.
>>
>> Jo - glad you like the idea of a Met Office event and it would be great if
>> you could come too. I need to look at dates and speak to Ian first but
>> I'll
>> update you real soon.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Matt
>>
>>
>>
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