Just fwiw, anyone who would theoretically sponsort OL via OSGEO *is* also sponsoring OGSEO, via the 25%. It's a bit different, but still it is helping the organization.
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 6:20 AM, Christopher Schmidt < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 03:59:35AM +0100, Eric Lemoine wrote: > > I'd be +1 for OSGeo. If I were a sponsor I'd prefer to donate money > > through an organization like the OSGeo. > > > > Also, I think it'd make sense that the OSGeo list its project sponsors > > on its web page. Is it already the case? Sponsors will then be visible > > on the project website, as well as the OSGeo web site. > > Since project sponsorship is managed by projects -- and not by OSGeo > directly -- I think it's fair to say that it's the responsibility of the > projects to ensure that sponsors are adequately recognized. (As one of > the primary pushers of the sponsorship program, I'm considering that my > personal responsibility.) > > I do not, at this pint, have a plan to request that OSGeo also recognize > OL sponsors on their website; It would mean twice as much work for me :) > and more importantly, I'm not sure that it fits in well -- if sponsors > want to be recognized on the OSGeo website, I think it makes sense to > spnsor OSGeo directly (as camptocamp, and many other organizes, does/do). > > Regards, > -- > Christopher Schmidt > MetaCarta > _______________________________________________ > Dev mailing list > Dev@openlayers.org > http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev >
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