+1, I was fortunate to work a little with Marc and found that he had excellent ideas, a mountain if of pragmatism, a history of positive collaborations, and was a pleasure to speak & work with. He communicates very effectively also. Excellent choice!
Andrea On September 18, 2016 12:22:36 PM EDT, Jeffrey Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >+1 on this nomination. I've only had the pleasure of interacting with >Marc recently in Bonn, but I believe he is the exact kind of person we >need to take OSGeo to the next level with a clear, focused and well >executed marketing strategy. > >On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 8:40 AM, Jeff McKenna ><[email protected]> wrote: >> Forwarding Marc Vloemans nomination for the Board of Directors by >Gert-Jan >> van der Weijden. >> >> - on behalf of >> CRO 2016 >> >> >> -------- Forwarded Message -------- >> >> I would like to nominate Marc Vloemans for the Board of Directors of >the >> OSGeo.org foundation. >> >> I know Marc now for approximately 10 years. The first years simply as >> fellow-Dutchmen working in spatial IT in The Netherlands. But since >Marc >> joined the Board of Directors of the Dutch Local Chapter "OSgeo.nl" >in 2015, >> and since we both were members of the Local Organizing Committee of >FOSS4G >> in Bonn this year, I have worked with Marc more closely than ever >before. >> >> I guess a lot of you (the participants of FOSS4G) can't have missed >Marc >> since he was the central person in manning the OSGeo.org booth at >FOSS4G. >> >> He has a broad management experience in "spreading the open source >word" in >> both commercial and public organizations, not just in Europe but also >in >> other continents. But his organizational experience is not tied to >just our >> well-known FOSS4G ecosystem. >> >> Therefore I think Marc can build bridges to other organisations and >> ecosystems, and thus bring OSgeo.org a step further in its maturity. >> >> And besides that, I know Marc as someone you can have a good >beer/talk & >> laugh with! >> >> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Marc_Vloemans >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Gert-Jan >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >_______________________________________________ >Discuss mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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