Hi all, Back in January a request was sent to the OSGeo board for a MapServer budget of $5000. In the end $2000 was approved - see https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2025#OSGeo_Projects
I have updated the completed items and new budget at https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/wiki/MapServer-2025-Budget. Completed: - Contribution to Release manager role support - MapServer 8.6 - Contribution to MapServer Workshop - materials preparation and costs towards presenting at FOSS4G Europe 2025 In regard to Contribution to Emergency operations looking at security issues, there were no issues closed/raised in 2025 (but I may have missed something) - https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer-private/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aclosed Steve/Mike - I presume there were no sponsorship payments to the MapServer project this year that make up the $500 shortfall? Unfortunately, various grant requests to European sponsorship programs were unsuccessful this year. We could proportionally reduce the funds for the two completed items, but as I am involved, I'd rather the other PSC members decide. We should also start thinking about the budget for 2026, Seth -- web:https://geographika.net & https://mapserverstudio.net mastodon: @[email protected] On Wed, Jan 15, 2025, at 5:24 PM, Seth G via MapServer-dev wrote: > Hi all, > > The OSGeo Board will be meeting on the 28th of January to discuss the > 2025 budget. I propose we submit a request for $5000 to help support > the MapServer project. > Last year an upper-limit of $2,500 was set for projects, but this has > typically been $5,000 in previous years. > The development items are to help kick-start implementing OGC Maps API > and try to get MapServer 8 OGC certified. Additional funding sources > will be sought to try and get these items completed. > > In terms of trying to raise additional funding: > > - A proposal for a grant application was sent to NLnet Foundation > (https://nlnet.nl). We should know if this has been successful or not > in early February. > - Even also put in application last February to > https://nlnet.nl/bluehatsprize/2024/ (unfortunately without a > successful response). > - I emailed the user's mailing list with a link to the sponsorship > page. It looks like there was a problem with the mailing list archives, > as December 2024 is missing from > https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/. The email was sent > on December 8th with the title "MapServer Budget and Sponsorship" - so > I'm not sure if anyone received it. > > I have added the funding request and fund-raising efforts to the 2025 > budget page at > https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/wiki/MapServer-2025-Budget > and propose to submit the budget to a vote, starting with my +1. > > If we want to discuss further, we could maybe have a PSC meeting next > Thursday (23rd of January), prior to the OSGeo Board meeting the > following Tuesday. > > Seth > > > -- > web:https://geographika.net & https://mapserverstudio.net > mastodon: @[email protected] > _______________________________________________ > MapServer-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-dev _______________________________________________ MapServer-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-dev
