Sponsorship

Sponsoring ZOO-Project

Development and maintenance of ZOO-Project is supported by a core team of developers who maintain a high quality code base driven by the needs of their users. The contributions of the ZOO-Tribe has fostered the development of a high quality platform which has become a reference WPS implementation.

Goals

The ZOO-Project Steering Committee (PSC) is seeking sponsors to provide financial support for the maintenance, improvement, and promotion of ZOO-Project. Main goals of sponsoring are:

Make it easier for both experts and new comers to adopt and use ZOO-Project.
Make ZOO-Project a robust and versatile WPS engine.
Make the ZOO-Tribe a lively community and expand the number of ZOO-Project contributors.
Make ZOO-Project an even more useful and reliable WPS platform.

Uses

The sponsorship funds will be disbursed at the discretion of the ZOO-Project PSC. Examples of common expenditures include:

Funding ZOO-Project development and maintenance operations.
Funding participation in organized project activities, such as code sprints or hackathons.
Funding ZOO-Project participation in conferences that help expand the ZOO-Tribe.
Provisioning ZOO-Project resources such as web hosting, electricity and good coffee.

Benefits

Sponsoring ZOO-Project provides the following benefits for one year :

Sponsorship will help ensure the sustainability and activity of ZOO-Project.
Sponsors will be listed in the ZOO-Project's website sponsorship section, ordered by contribution class, with a link back to their website.
Sponsors will be permitted to notify their sponsorship on any promotional materials.
Sponsors will receive a detailed annual report on the use of sponsorship funds.

Sponsorship plans

Sponsors can help ZOO-Project according to the following class:

Bronze

1000 €

Silver

2000 €

Gold

4000 €

Platinium

8000 €

Organizations or individuals interested in sponsoring ZOO-Project should email zoo-psc [at] lists.osgeo.org to make arrangements. You may also choose to provide sponsorship through the OSGeo foundation by following this link.

Sponsorships last one year, after which they may be continued with a new payment or allowed to lapse.