For 2023, some of the funds were used for the Travis subscription for
mapserver which is $828/yr (69/mo). So $172 would be available for
the rest of the year. The PayPal donation would carry over. Project
funds do not.
Mike
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OSGeo Treasurer
treasu...@osgeo.org
*From: *Steve Lime <sdl...@gmail.com>
*Date: *Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 8:31 AM
*To: *Michael Smith <michael.smith.e...@gmail.com>
*Cc: *Even Rouault <even.roua...@spatialys.com>, Seth G
<se...@geographika.co.uk>, MapServer Devs <mapserver-dev@lists.osgeo.org>
*Subject: *Re: [MapServer-dev] 2024 budget planning
Is there any chance of accessing the FY23 $'s? Problem is that we
don't have a project bank account.
There was also a $1,310 donation via PayPal in March 2022 that looks
to have come in via OSGeo via PayPal but was earmarked specifically
for MapServer. Mike, I can send you a copy of that email if you'd like.
--Steve
On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 4:34 PM Michael Smith
<michael.smith.e...@gmail.com> wrote:
Proposed default for FY24 per project is $1000 USD. Yes you can
request more than that but there should be a plan for the
additional amounts voted by PSC.
Funds from donation are 295.45 (looks like it was mostly in 2021
and a bit in 2022).
Mike
-
Michael Smith
OSGeo Treasurer
*From: *Steve Lime <sdl...@gmail.com>
*Date: *Wednesday, December 13, 2023 at 4:56 PM
*To: *Even Rouault <even.roua...@spatialys.com>, Michael Smith
<michael.smith.e...@gmail.com>
*Cc: *Seth G <se...@geographika.co.uk>, MapServer Devs
<mapserver-dev@lists.osgeo.org>
*Subject: *Re: [MapServer-dev] 2024 budget planning
Great ideas, I'd support both of them. The question becomes how
much to allocate in each instance. I guess some basic questions
I'd have (and maybe Mike knows) are:
1. What's that standard per project budget allocation from
OSGeo? I thought it was something like $1,500 but I'm not sure.
2. Is there any chance of getting $'s beyond that? The 2020
budget referenced earlier in the thread was submitted to the
board but it was pretty clear there was no opportunity to
secure funding beyond that base amount.
3. We have some $'s that have been donated via Paypal. I don't
know the amount but there should be at least $1,000 available
and that could be considered as another means of paying for
this work. Again, Mike do you know what the MapServer balance
is via the donate button?
4. We are still in 2023 - can we allocate this years' standard
budget allocation to this work or otherwise roll it over? I'd
like to know what our options are. We've not done a good job
of taking advantage of the OSGeo funds available, even if
they are somewhat limited.
Seth, what level of support do you think you'd need?
--Steve
On Thu, Dec 7, 2023 at 5:48 PM Even Rouault via MapServer-dev
<mapserver-dev@lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
Hi Seth,
thanks for putting that together. The 2 topics (workshop and
CITE tests)
look like excellent topics to be budgeted.
Even
Le 07/12/2023 à 11:02, Seth G via MapServer-dev a écrit :
> Hi all,
>
> I've created a draft page for the budget at
https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/wiki/MapServer-2024-Budget
>
> I've also created two wiki pages for two items I'd like to
work on next year, and to request some funds to help set
aside time to work on them. Both were discussed with other
members of the PSC at the recent OSGeo Community Sprint:
>
> A new MapServer Workshop, see details at
https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/wiki/MapServer-Workshop-2024
> This would target FOSS4G Europe next year. The deadline for
submission is January 14th 2024 so it would be good to sort
out a budget as soon as possible to be able to submit.
Workshops are 4 hours in length.
>
> Automating and refreshing the MapServer OGC CITE tests -
see
https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/wiki/MapServer-OGC-CITE-Tests
>
> Let me know your thoughts on the above,
>
> Seth
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> twitter: @geographika
>
> On Thu, Nov 2, 2023, at 6:58 PM, Seth G wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> A wiki page sounds a good start. Increased test coverage
and OGC Maps
>> support would be two items I'd like to propose.
>> We could also maybe use a GitHub Discussions poll to allow
users to
>> vote on some open issues to look at fixing?
>>
>> I think any unused funds for the year remain with OSGeo
and can't be
>> used for future years. Is it an option to get a 2023
budget approved to
>> avoid losing these funds for this year?
>> There is the OSGeo Codesprint in Vienna next week, and 5
of the PSC
>> members will be there so we could arrange a PSC meeting
and sign things
>> off quite quickly.
>>
>> Seth
>>
>> --
>> web:https://geographika.net & https://mapserverstudio.net
>> twitter: @geographika
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 1, 2023, at 10:44 PM, Lime, Steve D (MNIT) via
MapServer-dev wrote:
>>> This is a good idea and something that we haven't done in
some time.
>>> There was a 2020 budget outline
>>>
(https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/wiki/OSGeo-2020-Budget)
that
>>> was put together as an ask from the board. If I recall
correctly, they
>>> basically only allocated the normal per project amount to
the project.
>>> That's funding we've not taken explicit advantage of most
years
>>> although I don't know what happens to those $'s if they
go unclaimed.
>>> There is also a donation balance that could/should be
tapped to fund
>>> activities.
>>>
>>> --Steve
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: MapServer-dev
<mapserver-dev-boun...@lists.osgeo.org> On Behalf
>>> Of Jeff McKenna via MapServer-dev
>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 1, 2023 1:00 PM
>>> To: 'MapServer Dev Mailing List'
<mapserver-dev@lists.osgeo.org>
>>> Subject: [MapServer-dev] 2024 budget planning
>>>
>>> Hi MapServer community (devs, users, packagers,
promoters, all),
>>>
>>> I see other projects beginning early discussions on
planning for 2024
>>> budget spending. I would like to start a wiki page for
the 2024 budget
>>> for MapServer. I am planning on including those items
>>> never-funded-yet-heavily-relied-upon-by-users such as
releases,
>>> packaging, testing/CI infrastructure maintenance, and
documentation, as
>>> well as source code contributions (in other words,
including the full
>>> dev community of MapServer in the budget).
>>>
>>> I think 2024 is a good time to create a realistic budget
for MapServer,
>>> and then share that publicly with the FOSS4G community.
I think we'd
>>> be happily surprised that organizations are willing to
support the
>>> sustainability of MapServer. Worst-case scenario is that
we have a
>>> publicly available realistic view of the cost of keeping
MapServer
>>> reliable, secure, and fast, that we can expand upon in
future years.
>>>
>>> Happy to read other thoughts here, from everyone
passionate about MapServer.
>>>
>>> thanks!
>>>
>>> -jeff
>>>
>>> --
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>>> GatewayGeo: Developers of MS4W, & offering MapServer
Consulting/Dev
>>> co-founder of FOSS4G
>>>
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