New project sponsorship - was Re: [Board] Project Sponsors for Incubating Projects

[Markus Neteler]

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 5:37 PM, Frank Warmerdam <[hidden email]> wrote:
...
>  I have taken the liberty of adding this to the Project Sponsorship program
>  page:
>
>  ''As an unofficial addendum, it is required that projects either have
> completed incubation or receive a special exemption from the OSGeo board
> before entering the sponsorship program.''

This is a good, reasonable change.

While we are at it: do we have guidelines how to set up a new
sponsorship program? I want to launch one for GRASS now given
that we no longer use the IRST server as primary infrastructure.

I see
 http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Project_Sponsorship
but that doesn't address our needs. We want to collect small
money donations first which aren't under level regulations.
Think "donate button".

?

Markus
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[Frank Warmerdam]

Markus Neteler wrote:
> While we are at it: do we have guidelines how to set up a new
> sponsorship program? I want to launch one for GRASS now given
> that we no longer use the IRST server as primary infrastructure.
>
> I see
>  http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Project_Sponsorship
> but that doesn't address our needs. We want to collect small
> money donations first which aren't under level regulations.
> Think "donate button".

Markus,

We have no program for this, and the sponsorship program was explicitly
established to handle larger amounts because of a concern that small
amounts would prove to be a hassle to manage properly.

Perhaps the finance committee could consider mechanisms for handling
project directed small donations efficiently.

Best regards,
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[Markus Neteler]

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Frank Warmerdam <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Markus Neteler wrote:
>
> > While we are at it: do we have guidelines how to set up a new
> > sponsorship program? I want to launch one for GRASS now given
> > that we no longer use the IRST server as primary infrastructure.
> >
> > I see
> >  http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Project_Sponsorship
> > but that doesn't address our needs. We want to collect small
> > money donations first which aren't under level regulations.
> > Think "donate button".
> >
>
>  Markus,
>
>  We have no program for this, and the sponsorship program was explicitly
>  established to handle larger amounts because of a concern that small
>  amounts would prove to be a hassle to manage properly.
>
>  Perhaps the finance committee could consider mechanisms for handling
>  project directed small donations efficiently.

At this point we could set up our own mechanism (for now).
E.g. the German GRASS Association (a legal entity) could
handle the money on a trust basis in a managed account - they
do it already for the FOSSGIS.de series of conferences.

Of course we need consulations in the PSC and 8if so) with
the German GRASS Association first.

I just wanted to explore the current situation.

thanks,
Markus
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[Markus Neteler]

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Frank Warmerdam <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Markus Neteler wrote:
>
> > While we are at it: do we have guidelines how to set up a new
> > sponsorship program? I want to launch one for GRASS now given
> > that we no longer use the IRST server as primary infrastructure.
> >
> > I see
> >  http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Project_Sponsorship
> > but that doesn't address our needs. We want to collect small
> > money donations first which aren't under level regulations.
> > Think "donate button".
> >
>
>  Markus,
>
>  We have no program for this, and the sponsorship program was explicitly
>  established to handle larger amounts because of a concern that small
>  amounts would prove to be a hassle to manage properly.
>
>  Perhaps the finance committee could consider mechanisms for handling
>  project directed small donations efficiently.

I have started a Wiki page for this:

 http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Microdonations

Markus
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[Paolo Cavallini]

Markus Neteler ha scritto:

>>  Perhaps the finance committee could consider mechanisms for handling
>>  project directed small donations efficiently.
>
>
> I have started a Wiki page for this:
>
>  http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Microdonations

>
Added a few things.
Any ideas on how to implement this?
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