Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] [MSF-Discuss] Foundation naming

[Gary Lang]

Question: Are the signers of the open letter thought to be good representatives of the MapServer community? If so, I’d like to suggest that we reconstitute that meeting, and open it up to more people. I propose that we meet on February 3.   The names we had before are below. I’d like to see some folks from Refractions, Intergraph, and other like-minded people there.   All those willing to be in Phoenix on Feb. 3 raise your hands.     Gary (raises hand)     The signers of the open letter: Steve Lime, Chair, MapServer Technical Steering Committee (MTSC) Yewondwossen Assefa, MTSC Member Howard Butler, MTSC Member Daniel Morissette, MTSC Member Perry Nacionales, MTSC Member Frank Warmerdam, MTSC Member Tom Burk, University of Minnesota David McIlhagga, DM Solutions Group Tyler Mitchell Claude Philipona, Camptocamp SA and FOSS4G 2006 organizing committee Gary Lang, Autodesk   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Davis Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 1:47 PM To: Frank Warmerdam (External) Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MSF-Discuss] Foundation naming I would like to enable smaller contributions, despite the fact that the majority will probably come from larger coorperate sponsership.  For instance I have a very small side business and would be very interested in contributing an anual donation (roughly equivilant to the maintainance fee of a certain Internet Mapping Software).  Developing a way to recognize the contributions (financial or technical) of smaller doners can really help keep interest up (just ask PBS) I really think we need to empower some people to get in a room and come up with a coherent plan that they find reasonable, and then bring that back to the community for comment.   Excellent idea, if only we all lived in the same town... :-)