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Frank, Markus,
this sounds reasonable and I support it.
But I did feel uncomfortable when I first read that we were going to
drop the project sponsorship program because of a weird US tax org
snag. With Frank's explanation and Markus comments it goes down a lot
better. What we should learn from this is that we must communicate
this kind of information more actively.
Maybe this is a new task for our reborn Outreach committee? I'd be
happy to pick up these things and post them through regular community
channels.
What do you think?
Cheers,
7
On 11/30/2012 07:04 PM, Markus Neteler wrote:
Frank,
On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 7:13 PM, Frank Warmerdam
<warmerdam@pobox.com> wrote:
Markus,
I would suggest a few alternatives:
1) Route money through other organizations - such as local
chapters or individuals. Already done by some groups.
yes, to some extend we do that through the GFOSS.it in Italy, but
they can then only use the money within Italy.
2) Direct sponsorship of events.
Good point.
3) Paid work through consultants.
Yes, we do that a lot.
4) Encourage folks to become direct OSGeo sponsors, and then we
can direct funds for some sorts of efforts to project activities
(like hackfests).
Ok, that sounds very good.
While Daniel has expressed this as dropping the project
sponsorship program, I still like to think of it as suspending
the program with the possibility of re-instating it with terms
more acceptable to the IRS. Perhaps this would mean more
restricted things money can be spent on or stronger limits on
sponsors influencing how the money is spent.
OK, fine.
Best regards,
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On 01/12/12 07:22, Seven (aka Arnulf) wrote:
<snip>.. What we should learn from this is that we must communicate
this kind of information more actively.
Maybe this is a new task for our reborn Outreach committee? I'd be
happy to pick up these things and post them through regular community
channels.
What do you think?
With regards to general OSGeo communication, I propose that we consider doing something similar to the OSGeo-Live project. The OSGeo Live process is:
1. Someone drafts up a press release into a press release wiki page
2. Others are given a day or two to review
3. Press release is copied into an email to relevant lists (usually osgeo-discuss) and sometimes also copied into blog post(s).
OSGeo-Live press releases are here:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc#Press_Releases
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On 12/01/2012 02:40 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
On 01/12/12 07:22, Seven (aka Arnulf) wrote:
<snip>.. What we should learn from this is that we must
communicate this kind of information more actively.
Maybe this is a new task for our reborn Outreach committee? I'd
be happy to pick up these things and post them through regular
community channels.
What do you think?
With regards to general OSGeo communication, I propose that we
consider doing something similar to the OSGeo-Live project. The
OSGeo Live process is:
1. Someone drafts up a press release into a press release wiki
page 2. Others are given a day or two to review 3. Press release is
copied into an email to relevant lists (usually osgeo-discuss) and
sometimes also copied into blog post(s).
OSGeo-Live press releases are here:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc#Press_Releases
Cameron,
I was thinking more regular comms from the board. No need for a press
release or review time before publishing. It is just a quick note
pointing to the logs and maybe highlighting one or two things that
stick out. Just one or two sentences and a link it enough. I would
like to make this a regular thing, comes each month, nothing special,
just keeps the flow of information.
Cheers
Arnulf
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