Another great nomination for the Board. +1
Jachym 2014-08-16 3:54 GMT+02:00 Helena Mitasova <hmit...@ncsu.edu>: > I too would like to express my support for nomination of Michael Smith. > He brings enormous expertise in both the OSGeo software development > infrastructure and its deployment in government organizations that is > important for the board and our organization to move forward. Daniel has > captured his contribution and qualifications really well, > > Helena > > Helena Mitasova > Associate Professor > Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences > 2800 Faucette Drive, Rm. 1125 Jordan Hall > North Carolina State University > Raleigh, NC 27695-8208 > hmit...@ncsu.edu > > "All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which are > sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public Records Law > and may be disclosed to third parties." > > On Aug 15, 2014, at 1:27 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote: > >> I second the nomination of Mike Smith for the Board of Directors, so nicely >> written by DanielM. >> >> Mike is one of those who could join the Board and make an impact right away >> (because is so familiar already with how the Board runs, and knows the OSGeo >> community so well). He was also nominated for last year's Board election, >> but true to his nature, it never phased his commitment to the community when >> others were selected. I feel the time is perfect for Mike's input, and his >> vision, for the foundation. >> >> As an example of his dedication to OSGeo, all those WMS Benchmarking >> exercises at past FOSS4G events were hosted on infrastructure that he set >> up, he provided, he opened up fully to the development teams...his kind >> dedication has touched the whole community of OSGeo. >> >> Please strongly consider Mike Smith for the Board of Directors. >> >> -jeff >> >> >> >> On 2014-08-13 5:07 PM, Jorge Sanz wrote: >>> Forwarding Michael Smith nomination by Daniel Morissette >>> >>> Best >>> Jorge >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: Daniel Morissette >>> Date: 2014-08-13 20:51 GMT+02:00 >>> Subject: Board nomination for Michael Smith >>> To: OSGeo CRO <c...@osgeo.org> >>> >>> >>> I'd like to nominate Michael Smith for the board election. >>> >>> Mike works for the US Army Corps of Engineers Remote Sensing GIS >>> Center and has been a long time power user, supporter and contributor >>> of MapServer, GDAL/OGR and other OSGeo projects. He is a member of the >>> MapServer PSC and is also one of the instigators behind the PDAL >>> project, the GDAL of Point Clouds. In addition to his experience with >>> the OSGeo projects and community, he would bring to the board the >>> perspective of government organizations, which is a very important >>> group of users and contributors of OSGeo software that needs to be >>> represented on the board in my opinion. >>> >>> He is a FOSS4G regular (he has not missed one since the 2003 MapServer >>> Users Meeting), and was an active participant and supporter of the >>> FOSS4G WMS Benchmarking exercise for several years. >>> >>> Finally, Mike has been following the activities of the board for the >>> last few years (at least), often present as a quiet observer in IRC >>> board meetings and even in one of the face to face meetings, so I >>> believe he is well aware of the way OSGeo operates and prepared for >>> the challenges of serving on the board. >>> >>> See also http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Msmitherdc >>> >>> Daniel >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Jachym Cepicky e-mail: jachym.cepicky gmail com URL: http://les-ejk.cz GPG: http://les-ejk.cz/pgp/JachymCepicky.pgp Give your code freedom with PyWPS - http://pywps.wald.intevation.org _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
