I strongly second this nomination. Venka is one of the most prominent personality of OSGeo: highly competent, long term member, experienced and wise.
Maxi 2015-09-08 10:40 GMT+02:00 Suchith Anand <suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk>: > I would like to second this excellent nomination. Venka's years of > experience and contributions to OSGeo and Geo4All will be great asset to > the OSGeo Board and our global community. As the chair of Geo4All Asia , he > has been working tirelessly to expand geoeducation opportunities to > students across Asia. > > Thanks to Venka for accepting this nomination to stand for OSGeo Board > election. > > Suchith > > > ________________________________________ > From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] > on behalf of Vasile Craciunescu [vas...@geo-spatial.org] > Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2015 9:04 AM > To: OSGeo Discussions > Cc: OSGeo Chief Returning Officer > Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2015] Board Nomination for Venkatesh > Raghavan > > Forwarding Venkatesh Raghavan nomination to the board of directors by > Sanghee Shin, Markus Neteler and Jeff McKenna. > > Best, > Vasile > CRO 2015 > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan > Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2015 17:53:34 -0300 > From: Jeff McKenna <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> > To: c...@osgeo.org <c...@osgeo.org> > CC: Markus Neteler <nete...@osgeo.org>, Sanghee Shin > <shs...@gaia3d.com>, Venkatesh Raghavan <ragha...@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp> > > It is our pleasure to nominate Venka Raghavan > (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Venkatesh_Raghavan), from Japan, for the > OSGeo Board. It is hard to put into (few) words, Venka's influence on > FOSS and geo. The 2012 winner of the Sol Katz Award, he created the > term “FOSS4G” back in 2004, using it as the name of an international > event in Thailand, and since then he has promoted FOSS4G all over the > globe. He was also one of the organizers of the recent FOSS4G-Asia > event this past December. > > Venka has also been directly involved in OSGeo since its inception, in > fact he was on the first OSGeo Board of Directors from 2006 to 2007. He > is also a long-time board member of the OSGeo Japan chapter. > > A professor at Osaka City University in Japan, Venka constantly > encourages his students to leverage FOSS4G in all of their research. > His influence in Asia wide reaching, being easily the most influential > FOSS4G leader there. Venka also helps organize the GIS-IDEAS Symposium > every 2 years in Vietnam, which is always FOSS4G-based. > > Venka is enthused to be a part of the OSGeo Board again, helping a > foundation that he helped form at the beginning. We could not be more > please and honoured to nominate Venka for the Board of Directors. > > > Sanghee Shin, Markus Neteler, & Jeff McKenna > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee > and may contain confidential information. If you have received this > message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. > > Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this > message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the > author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the > University of Nottingham. > > This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an > attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your > computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email > communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as > permitted by UK legislation. > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- *Massimiliano Cannata* Professore SUPSI in ingegneria Geomatica Responsabile settore Geomatica Istituto scienze della Terra Dipartimento ambiente costruzione e design Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana Campus Trevano, CH - 6952 Canobbio Tel. +41 (0)58 666 62 14 Fax +41 (0)58 666 62 09 massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch *www.supsi.ch/ist <http://www.supsi.ch/ist>*
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