Board to Bcc and Adding [email protected] to move this discussion there.
Hi Martin It sounds like we have a clear requirement from the board to move forward so let's try and get OGC to do so. The good news is that we have the targeted sponsorship program so we have some clear methodoloty we can use for them to donate things and recognize the donation. I've been working with George Percival and Simon Chester. I just sent a note to George so let's not but Scott yet as a lot of people are on vacay this week for Easter so let's give it a few days. -- Kevin A. McGrail Asst. Treasurer & VP Fundraising, Apache Software Foundation Chair Emeritus Apache SpamAssassin Project https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrail - 703.798.0171 On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 5:54 PM, Martin Desruisseaux < [email protected]> wrote: > Le 05/04/2018 à 17:48, Kevin A. McGrail a écrit : > > I didn't know that list existed. I've just subscribed, thanks. And thanks > for the backstory. > > Re: Membership. I had been talking to them and Chris Mattman so this is > great info. I'll ping them about the free membership for Apache and see if > we can get this resolved so it's then a simpple matter of resolutions to > create the position and identify representative(s) where I agree, two would > be great. > > Thanks. The OGC executive director I spoke too in 2015 is Scott Simmons > (but I'm not sure he remember). I'm still in touch with him sometime for > other topics; let me know if you want me to introduce you. > > However the situation seems to have changed since 2015. Looking at the > http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/members page, there is now an *"NGO / > Not For Profit Institute"* category. I do not remember to have seen this > category in 2015. This category still have a fee varying from 240 to 1200 > USD, depending on the country where the institute is based (e.g. 240 for > Haiti, 396 for Vietnam, 1200 for USA, France or Japan). This may seem > surprising for a "Not For Profit Institute" category, but other members in > that category are e.g. World Meteorological Organization (WMO), The > Aerospace Corporation, *etc.* > > However I wonder if Apache charity status can come into play; it may still > be worth to contact Scott directly. > > Martin > > >
