DrupalCon Amsterdam 2014: Funding Drupal Core

Speakers: YesCTalexpott
A review of funding strategies used in the past

Direct funding between individual contributors and individual companies
Companies hiring core contributors on staff
Consistent but crowdsourced funding (Gittip)
Project funding gateway (drupalfund.us)
% time given by companies to their employees
We will talk about the pros and cons about each.

And brainstorm about the future, with an eye toward:

Sustainability
Funding done by funding professionals
How funding will effect volunteer contributions
Repercussions on individuals, groups, and Core itself
A central bucket and contact for larger donors

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