<html><body> <p><font size="2">I have talked with Stu some about this and I tend to agree with his assessment. I think we shouldn't list the actual spec'd out ballpark estimate on the geonode.org website. As it is the community website for the opensource project, it is of my opinion that it should be separate from any actual business deals or funded development on the project. i.e. A contract between OpenGeo and the World Bank on the project is a deal between those two entities even if it is funding OpenGeo's contributions to the project. I think it is perfectly fine for OpenGeo to list roadmap items on OpenGeo.org that are of interest for development and the costing estimates, but I think they should be seperate from the geonode.org website itself. We can list on the GeoNode.org website the different institutions that are contributing to the development of the project, and that could link to OpenGeo's GeoNode development page. It could discourage individuals/groups contribution to the pr oject via non-external funded mechanisms if the project at its core is the assumption that all development is funded or funded through a certain mechanism. </font><br> <br> <font size="2">----<br> Galen B. Evans<br> Disaster Risk Management<br> Latin America & The Caribbean<br> Sustainable Development Network (SDN)<br> World Bank<br> 1818 H St. NW 20433<br> Washington, DC 20433</font></body></html>
