I would like to second the nomination for Daniel. After having had the pleasure of working with him on the current board, I frankly can't imagine how we would function without him. He is always a voice of reason and he has taken ownership of managing all of the financial tracking and planning that has made us successful.
Mark On Jul 26, 2012, at 12:00 PM, Daniel Morissette <dmorisse...@mapgears.com> wrote: > Thank you very much Arnulf for such a nice nomination. It would be hard for > me to not accept after reading it. :) > > I'd be happy to serve on the board for another term, presumably to continue > the job started as treasurer in the last year (or to help transition it to > someone else if there is a taker), and also and most importantly to continue > to help bridge the gap between the local chapters communities and "OSGeo > Global". The growing number of local chapters and local events shows how > important they are to help spread the OSGeo vision to local and non-English > speaking communities. > > I am very happy to see a few nominees from outside North America already... > please keep them coming as I think this is a great sign and can only help > make OSGeo even more international. Some continents/regions are not > represented yet in the list of nominees. It would be awesome of we had at > least one candidate from each continent/region. > > Daniel > > On 12-07-25 1:18 PM, Seven (aka Arnulf) wrote: >> Dear OSGeo Community, Charter Members, >> I want to nominate Daniel Morissette for the OSGeo board of directors. >> >> I have been working with Daniel for many years and he is one of the most >> trustworthy and consistently productive people I know. He has always >> proven to be highly sensitive to community related aspects and has an >> international outlook, combined with very good English skills. This >> makes him a good mediator between different regions and cultures, a >> regularly upcoming issue in our community. This would already make him >> an invaluable member of the board of directors. But this is not enough, >> on top of this he also tends to the irksome job of treasurer and has >> toiled through many down-to-earth tasks that an organization of our size >> requires to get done. He is also an integral part of the Franco-Canadian >> local community and a relentless contributor to the MapServer project. >> >> It would be silly to not squeeze some more out of him if he so friendly >> asks for it. >> >> Thank you, >> Arnulf >> > > > -- > Daniel Morissette > http://www.mapgears.com/ > Provider of Professional MapServer Support since 2000 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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