In hunting around I have found a lot of projects make a point of thanking sponsors (usually government grants) for supporting development activities. Is this a significant source of funding for many of the projects here?
If so I can break out a column to thank "sponsors". Jody On 27/08/2010, at 8:12 PM, Jody Garnett wrote: > I am really happy with the presentation thus far (a few trouble cases where > projects do not have a sexy screen snap). > > One thing I traditionally like to provide is a shout out to organisations > that sponsor/support the different projects. I find it important when > evaluating a project for my own use; and such information is often difficult > to tease out of the various websites. > > I understand we did not include this on our project overviews; but if the > information could be obtained I really would like to credit those who pay for > our supper. > > With this in mind could I ask project reps on this email list to reply? > > As an example: > - GeoServer: OpenGeo, Refractions Research, Axios, GeoSolutions, The Where > Group, LISAsoft, Camptocamp, Alkante (from their commercial support page) > - uDig: Axios, CamptoCamp, HydroloGIS, LISAsoft, Refractions Research (from > their user page) > > Jody > > > On 26/08/2010, at 9:58 AM, Jody Garnett wrote: > >> I am putting it together; I am mostly grabbing content from the >> overview docs. I put out some ideas back in Feb for a group >> presentation; as it is LISAsoft has decided to put one in. >> >> Spending time on each project amounts to ... 90 seconds a project :-) >> >> I actually want to tone that down a bit and introduce the live dvd, >> its history and success. Devote the bulk of the presentation to the >> software; and talk a little bit more about the project's goals. >> >> Since this is one of the first presentations I really want to >> introduce categories of software to help people plan the rest of their >> week (indeed that is how the presentation description is written up). >> >> Jody >> >> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 1:41 AM, Trevor Wekel >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> Who is putting together the OSGeo-Live Lightning Presentation for FOSS4G? >>> When do we need final content by? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Trevor >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Live-demo mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo >>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc >>> > _______________________________________________ Live-demo mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc
