Jasig has begun a new fund-raising program aimed at corporate sponsors and individual donors. First of all, we are now set up to receive individual tax-deductible donations through PayPal, by credit card, or by check. Secondly, we have started a corporate sponsorship program that will make it possible for commercial entities to support the work we do.
How do we intend to make use of these funds? Here is a list of non-code-related areas in which we currently invest on behalf of our projects: - Community building – Jasig’s mission is to encourage and nurture collaboration on all our projects. Doing that entails continuous outreach and organizational development - A governance model - We provide oversight and infrastructure to ensure that projects are governed by a representation of developers, stakeholders, and board - Conferences – We produce an annual conference that is inclusive of Jasig projects as well as the work of other innovative, higher education, open source communities; we also produce an annual “unconference,” a spontaneous event where participants construct an agenda on site based on their interests and expertise; and, finally, we co-sponsor several open source events during the year in partnership with such groups as Internet2, InCommon, Kuali, and others - Training – Seminars run by community leaders and industry experts provide training in new technologies and open source projects - Our code repository – Available to official projects, the Jasig Incubator, and individual contributions, where appropriate - Our wiki – Open to all - Our issues tracker – Open to all for management of bugs, new features, product releases, etc. - Open source software license management - Legal protection - Relationships with other open source projects – We seek partnerships, integration opportunities, and joint promotions in the interest of our community - Community outreach – Our website, newsletters, announcements, and social media sites promote Jasig and its projects around the world - Mailing lists – Our mailing lists offer forums for questions and support from the community of users and developers - Third party services – Jasig develops relationships with companies offering commercial support for its applications - We constantly promote and refine an ecosystem and methodology for sustainable projects We plan to use the additional funds to strengthen these services and to provide new ones that our projects and user communities believe are worthwhile. Individual donations can be made on the Jasig website: http://www.jasig.org/jasig/contribute/donations. You will see Donation buttons on our website and wiki linking you to more information. More information about the Sponsorship Program can be found at http://www.jasig.org/jasig/contribute/sponsorship. Higher education institutions and application service providers will continue to support Jasig through our Membership program: http://www.jasig.org/jasig-membership. We thank you for your support! On behalf of the Jasig board of directors, Jonathan -- Jonathan Markow Executive Director | Jasig * "Open for Higher Education"* New York, NY 646-867-3137 www.jasig.org -- You are currently subscribed to cas-dev@lists.jasig.org as: arch...@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JSG/cas-dev
