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

2011-06-06 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Il 06/06/2011 12:24, Duarte Carreira ha scritto: > I did not know of your past efforts mailing letters. Maybe there are lessons > there > that would allow us to improve the process and be more successful. Or it is > really > a dead-end. I don't know for sure. But if 1 letter gave way to a single

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

2011-06-06 Thread Duarte Carreira
re is something here that could be very positive. Regards, Duarte -Mensagem original- De: Paolo Cavallini [mailto:cavall...@faunalia.it] Enviada: segunda-feira, 6 de Junho de 2011 11:12 Para: discuss@lists.osgeo.org Assunto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Are there proposed ways to raise funds for

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

2011-06-06 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Il 06/06/2011 11:28, Duarte Carreira ha scritto: > I like the page for PostGIS Raster coordinating the roadmap and > funding/dev.time [1]. > > > > Regarding a tool/site, I haven’t seen one that would personally inspire me to > donate, > or help me convince my company to donate. They feel disc

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

2011-06-06 Thread Duarte Carreira
I like the page for PostGIS Raster coordinating the roadmap and funding/dev.time [1]. Regarding a tool/site, I haven't seen one that would personally inspire me to donate, or help me convince my company to donate. They feel disconnected from the project itself, and honestly they give this image

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 wrote: > Have there been any discussions about ways of raising f

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 be

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 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 “significant” users