[OSGeo-Discuss] Are there proposed ways to raise funds for OSGeo projects?

2011-06-03 Thread Duarte Carreira
Have there been any discussions about ways of raising funds for projects under the OSGeo umbrella? For instance, annual fund raising campaigns like Wikipedia does? Or letters/emails asking for donations to known significant users as associations sometimes do? Or using sites specialized in

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Are there proposed ways to raise funds for OSGeo projects?

2011-06-03 Thread Markus Neteler
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Duarte Carreira dcarre...@edia.pt wrote: Have there been any discussions about ways of raising funds for projects under the OSGeo umbrella? For instance, annual fund raising campaigns like Wikipedia does? Or letters/emails asking for donations to known

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Are there proposed ways to raise funds for OSGeo projects?

2011-06-03 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Il 03/06/2011 13:40, Markus Neteler ha scritto: A relevant group are the institutional sponsors (companies, agencies and so on). To better address the small donations I once started http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Microdonations which is based on ideas from Paolo Cavallini. Recently it has been

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Are there proposed ways to raise funds for OSGeo projects?

2011-06-03 Thread Jody Garnett
There are discussions; but they also feature how to raise funds for the foundation to keep the doors open and the lights on etc... Fundraising ideas are always welcome however. Jody On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 7:55 PM, Duarte Carreira dcarre...@edia.pt wrote: Have there been any discussions about

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Help Collecting 2010 Annual Reports for the OSGeo Journal

2011-06-03 Thread Sunburned Surveyor
Thanks Jody. I will check the main wiki page and will update my tables using the information found there. I look forward to getting the report from the Geotools Team. Landon On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:17 PM, Jody Garnett jody.garn...@gmail.com wrote: Jody wrote: The OSGeo projects each have a

[OSGeo-Discuss] NOTICE: Server Maintenance Today

2011-06-03 Thread Alex Mandel
All, Some OSGeo services will be down briefly (about 30 minutes) today starting at http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20110603T1330p1=217am=30 These include Trac, Svn, Wiki, Foss4g, and OSGeo Live websites. Also logins to other various services will be down during the time

[OSGeo-Discuss] Last call for new projects wishing to be included on OSGeo-Live

2011-06-03 Thread Cameron Shorter
This is a last call for any new projects who would like to be included on this year's OSGeo-Live DVD [1], which will be handed out at FOSS4G 2011. If you wish to see your project included, then we will need to hear from you before the end of next week, Friday 10 June. In particular, send us