I'm +1. I think the community gets amazing value out of the code sprints/bunkers and if there are sufficient donations to support a code sprint, I think that would be very well received by the community.
Cheers Paul On 2011-05-12, at 7:34 PM, Tim Schaub wrote: > On 5/12/11 3:00 PM, Schuyler Erle wrote: >> >> On May 12, 2011, at 1:37 PM, Tim Schaub wrote: >> >>> I've asked Tyler @OSGeo to set up a PayPal account for OpenLayers - >>> as a way for us to accept "micro-donations" to the project and >>> OSGeo. We have a larger sponsorship program for people wishing to >>> make more substantial contributions >>> (http://openlayers.org/sponsorship/). I like the idea of being >>> able to accept smaller financial contributions from those who are >>> able to make them. >> >> I am pretty much +0, but I have a question: For what purpose are we >> planning to use the donations? I am all for encouraging the community >> to support the project, but I am wondering what kind of support we >> need. > > This question is also relevant for our Sponsorship program > (http://openlayers.org/sponsorship/). At the time we decided to go ahead > with that, we created this list of ideas: > > http://trac.osgeo.org/openlayers/wiki/Sponsorship/Uses > > Also see > http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/openlayers-dev/2008-October/003586.html > >> >> SDE > > > -- > Tim Schaub > OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org > Expert service straight from the developers. > _______________________________________________ > Dev mailing list > d...@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/openlayers-dev __________________________________________ Paul Spencer Chief Technology Officer DM Solutions Group Inc http://research.dmsolutions.ca/
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