Hi On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Frank Warmerdam <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12-04-05 12:33 AM, Tim Sutton wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 1:22 AM, Alex Mandel<[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> 8<-------- snip ---------------------- >> >>> >>> Right now, I think you would need to bring the question or request >>> directly to the OSGeo board. In the future the responsibility of at >>> least initial review of requests will likely be the marketing committee. >>> >> >> I have already done this (but my message was greeted with silence). >> >> http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2012-March/009504.html > > > Tim, > > The board has prepared guidelines on how to decide on sponsorships for > sprints and hackathons. I think the latest version is at: > > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Code_Sprint_Guidelines > > The guidelines, as I recall them, tend to lean towards multi-project > sprints. > > If you wish to request funding, I'd suggestion you prepare a fairly > specific request for the board. Try to get it on the board agenda - you > might want to contact Arnulf who normally chairs or perhaps Michael as > secretary or just add it yourself if you see when the agenda becomes > available in the wiki. Getting at least one advocate on the board > would be helpful. Attending the board meeting at which it is discussed > (in irc) would be prudent. > > Board meetings are roughly monthly and the board isn't always good at > jumping on informal one time requests. >
Thanks for this Frank (and for the background info). We have probably missed the boat on this one given that the HF is next week, but we can try our luck for the next QGIS meeting. Regards Tim > Best regards, > -- > ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- > I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, > [email protected] > light and sound - activate the windows | http://home.gdal.org/warmerda > and watch the world go round - Rush | Geospatial Software Developer > > _______________________________________________ > Board mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board -- Tim Sutton - QGIS Project Steering Committee Member (Release Manager) ============================================== Visit http://linfiniti.com to find out about: * QGIS programming services * Mapserver and PostGIS based hosting plans * FOSS Consulting Services Skype: timlinux Irc: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net ============================================== _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
