On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 12:50:50PM -0600, Erik Uzureau wrote: > On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 11:15 PM, Schuyler Erle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sat, 2008-11-15 at 20:09 -0500, Dave McIlhagga wrote: > > > ... think of this as a small > > > way in which OpenLayers can help sustain the broader foundation we > > > collectively benefit from. > > > > I agree with Dave on this. I think that OSGeo membership is a net win > > for OpenLayers, and I think that the foundation's share in our > > sponsorship will be well spent to our benefit and the benefit of the > > entire Open Source GIS community. > > > > I would like to move that we request that the OSGeo Foundation serve as > > our funding vehicle, in the same fashion that it already serves the GDAL > > project. As and when we get willing donors, I recommend that we invite > > them to donate to us through OSGeo. If the tax receipt is an issue for a > > would-be donor, we should invite them to wait until OSGeo's non-profit > > status is finalized before donating. We've made it this far without > > explicit sponsorship funding; I think we can wait another few months to > > receive funds if necessary. > > > > Do we need a PSC vote on this? If so I am +1. > > > > > +1 a l'attaque
With +1 from SDE, Euz, tschaub, Cameron, Paul, and myself, and +0 from John, I'll declare this motion passed, and inform Tyler that we are interested in participating in the OSGeo Project sponsorshhip program. Thanks to all, -- Christopher Schmidt MetaCarta _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list Dev@openlayers.org http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
