On 22 May 2017 at 18:24, John Helly <hel...@ucsd.edu> wrote: > Get out of the fund-raising mode. this is not about money. Scarey bozo.
Hi John, Thanks for that valuable contribution. It's a very interesting way to reflect the values of the University of California on a public forum. With insights like this it's easy to see how you were selected for the position of Laboratory Director at the UCSD Supercomputer Center... Nyall > > > > > On 5/21/17 8:33 PM, Nyall Dawson wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> If you’ve been following North Road's blog posts, you’ll be aware that >> we are currently running a crowd funding campaign to extend the >> capabilities of QGIS’ print composer. You can read full details about >> this over at the campaign page >> >> (https://north-road.com/2017/04/26/qgis-composer-rewrite-and-layout-engine-crowdfund-launched/) >> >> The good news is that we’ve just hit the mid way point of the funds! >> Many generous backers have stepped up with contributions and we’re >> well on the way to reaching the funding goal. However, we still need >> your help make this work a reality. >> >> Right now, what we need most is interested users and community members >> who will reach out to their local QGIS users and seek more backing for >> the campaign. We need to publicise the campaign beyond the regular >> online QGIS community, to the thousands of enterprises and >> organisations which rely on QGIS for their daily mapping operations. >> We need community members who can get in contact with these >> organisations and help convince them that investing back into the open >> source software they utilise is beneficial (and often will even SAVE >> them money in the long run, due to the increased productivity that >> changes like our composer improvements will bring!). >> >> So, while social media reshares have been vital to reaching the >> current stage, we now need more “hands on” helpers who will take this >> on. If you know of any organisations which depend on QGIS for their >> mapping outputs, now’s the time to get in contact with them directly >> and advise them of this campaign! >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Nyall >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-user mailing list >> Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org >> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > > > -- > John Helly, University of California, San Diego / San Diego Supercomputer > Center / Scripps Institution of Oceanography / 760 840 8660 mobile / > http://www.sdsc.edu/~hellyj > ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0002-3779-0603 > _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user