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.
Call for sponsors
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.
Sponsors
2009 - 2021
2010-2021
Past sponsors
2013 - 2015
2010-2012
2010-2012
2009-2010
