[location-iwg] Friends of LocationTech

[Andrew Ross <andrew.ross@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All,

I'm breaking out the Friends of LocationTech discussion from the events thread here.

The ideas suggested that would be of interest so far were:

• early access to downloads
• early access to conference videos
• discounts on event registration
• discounts with vendors
• access to a compute farm - e.g. OSM tile server, other services
• right to use a logo noting one as a Friend

I tossed out the price of $49/year. My thinking was that one would save more than the subscription price on the first event alone.

The funds raised would be used to augment & complement other funding for services of benefit to the community and early access/special perks for friends. e.g. code sprints, equipment, bandwidth, videos, etc.

Please do share your thoughts here. I'm jazzed about what we can potentially do.

Andrew