[OSGeo-UK] Donations to projects

[Jo Cook]

Hi Ian,

If you can find a way of allowing us to sponsor GeoServer and/or GeoTools
then I'm sure we'd be happy to donate to them too- is that something you
could look at for us?

Jo

On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 5:55 PM, Ian Turton <ijturton at gmail.com> wrote:

> I love the idea of sponsoring software, I'd suggest GeoTools and GeoServer
> too (though obviously I'm biased :-)) - I also expect they fall into the
> hard to give money group. One other option might be to provide support for
> UK developers travelling to OSGeo code sprints.
>
> Ian
>
> On 22 November 2016 at 17:39, Jo Cook <jocook at astuntechnology.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> A quick update and canvas of opinions on OSGeo:UK donations to software
>> projects. We made a healthy surplus after FOSS4G UK, so prompted by
>> http://blog.qgis.org/2016/11/19/lets-make-a-big-funding-pus
>> h-for-qgis-3-0/, we'd like to sponsor QGIS, potentially as a silver
>> sponsor (see link for details). We're also looking at ways in which we
>> could make a similar contribution to PostGIS although that's not as
>> straightforward.
>>
>> We have further plans to offer bursaries for FOSS4G 2017, but more on
>> that when we've firmed up our ideas there. We're also open to the
>> suggestion of sponsoring events, and again are firming up our criteria for
>> that.
>>
>> So basically chaps, what do you think about donations to QGIS and
>> PostGIS? Are there any other projects that you'd like to see us contribute
>> to? Ideas on and off list welcome. We'll take no response to mean
>> everyone's happy with our plans.
>>
>> Furthermore, I'm happy to announce that we have committed to sponsor
>> Rasters Revealed on the 21st February 2017- which looks like a super event.
>> See https://rastersrevealed.net/ for more details!
>>
>> All the best
>>
>> Jo
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