[OSGeo-UK] QGIS-UK paypal account

[Jo Cook]

OK, we have been here before, and sponsorship didn't work so well in the
past, but maybe it's worth another go. I'm going to create a short
surveymonkey survey to try and gain wider opinions on this, like I said in
my previous email it's a big administrative burden on volunteers to make it
happen, but on the other hand if there's a strong interest then it's
probably worth doing.

Jo

On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 4:01 PM, Mike Saunt <mikesaunt at astuntechnology.com>
wrote:

> 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
>
> Sent from my phone which isn't an iPhone
> 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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