| 1 | '''Sponsoring ZOO-Project''' |
| 2 | |
| 3 | Development and maintenance of ZOO-Project is supported by volunteer |
| 4 | time and also organizations contracting developers, organizations |
| 5 | contributing improvements, users contributing improvements, and volunteers. |
| 6 | |
| 7 | Many tasks such processing bug reports, writing documentation, testing, |
| 8 | translations, web site updates and user support often require more than |
| 9 | purely volunteer effort and time. Some new features of broad interest |
| 10 | are not implemented because of they may not be the immediate priority of |
| 11 | core-developers. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | In order to provide funding to support the maintenance, improvement, and |
| 14 | promotion of ZOO-Project, the Project Steering Committee (PSC) is |
| 15 | seeking sponsors to provide financial support via the ZOO-Project |
| 16 | Sponsorship program. Funds will be held by the PSC and disbursed at the |
| 17 | discretion of the ZOO-Project PSC. |
| 18 | |
| 19 | Sponsorship should not be seen as a way to control the development of |
| 20 | the project directly, but rather a way of ensuring the longevity and |
| 21 | overall health of the project, by funding work that is regarded as vital |
| 22 | but otherwise undersupported by the contributions of core-developers. |
| 23 | |
| 24 | '''Sponsorship Uses''' |
| 25 | |
| 26 | The primary intended use of the sponsorship funds is to hire a |
| 27 | maintainer on a contract basis. The responsibilities would include: |
| 28 | |
| 29 | * Addressing bug reports - reproducing then fixing or passing on to another developer. |
| 30 | * Extending programming language support, and running the compliance |
| 31 | tests for international standards. |
| 32 | * Improving and translation documentation. |
| 33 | * Other improvements to the ZOO software as well also related |
| 34 | libraries and software. |
| 35 | * General user support on the mailing list. |
| 36 | |
| 37 | Sponsorship funds may also be used to contract for specific improvements |
| 38 | to ZOO-Project, provision of resources such as web hosting, funding code |
| 39 | sprints, or funding project promotion. |
| 40 | |
| 41 | '''Sponsorship Benefits''' |
| 42 | Sponsoring ZOO-Project provides the following benefits: |
| 43 | |
| 44 | * Ensures the sustainability and health of the ZOO project. |
| 45 | * All sponsors will be listed on the project Credits page, ordered by contribution class (Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze) with a link back to the sponsor. |
| 46 | * Sponsors will be permitted to indicate they are project sponsors in web and other promotional materials, and use the ZOO-Project logo. |
| 47 | * Sponsor input on project focus and direction will be solicited via a survey. |
| 48 | * Sponsors will received a degree of priority in processing of bug reports by any maintainer hired with sponsorship funds. |
| 49 | * Sponsors will receive a detailed report annually on the use of sponsorship funds. |
| 50 | |
| 51 | '''Sponsorship Process''' |
| 52 | Sponsors can sponsor ZOO for any amount of money of at least 500 Euro. At or above the following levels a sponsor will be designated as being |
| 53 | one of the following class: |
| 54 | |
| 55 | * 1000+ Euro: Platinum Sponsor |
| 56 | * 2000+ Euro: Gold Sponsor |
| 57 | * 1000+ Euro: Silver Sponsor |
| 58 | * 500 + Euro: Bronze Sponsor |
| 59 | |
| 60 | Sponsorships last one year, after which they may be continuing with a |
| 61 | new payment, or allowed to lapse. |
| 62 | |
| 63 | Organizations or individuals interested in sponsoring the ZOO project |
| 64 | should contact PSC Chair (gerald.fenoy at geolabs.fr, +33 670-082539) |
| 65 | with questions, or to make arrangements. |