On Jo's last point re funding travel expenses, this would be a huge
benefit for getting deserving delegates who don't have the means to Cape
Town next year and other conferences in future. Perhaps a merit- and
means- based application process could be applied.
Gavin
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I think that it's a mistake to be thinking about how to spend
OSGeo's funds until we have a business model that ensures
sufficient income to cover our expenses.
We're still bootstrapping, but we're almost two years in and
are still heavily reliant on Autodesk's continued involvement.
I
It depends a great deal on whether OSGeo wants to be self-sustaining
at the $1000 level or the $10 level. At the $1000 level we shut
everything down and put a paypal button on the front page, mission
accomplished. At the $10 level, job one is to direct the money
at places where
Thanks for the insight;
Right now the pitch is: We are taking part in OSGeo in order to meet
with the rest of the community
I am not looking for much return out of OSGeo until the projects I am
involved in finish incubation (am I alone in this?). So far I feel bad
that we are taking up
I am involved in another organization that illustrates why I participate
in the OSGeo. I thought sharing that might add something to the return
on equity conversation.
On a regular basis I meet with 20 to 30 other surveyors that are members
of the local California Land Surveyors Association
Landon Blake wrote:
Promotion and support of open source software is an important part of
what we do at the OSGeo. But if you really want to make OSGeo an
organization that matters to the general public you have to see it as an
organization that promotes the use of open source GIS to solve the
Frank wrote: I'm not worried so much about OSGeo as an organization
that matters to the general public. I'd be pleased to see it matter to
developers and users of open source geospatial software (and helping to
grow that pool).
Perhaps it is best to start with modest goals and the goal you
