Needless to say that such an important nomination can only be supported. The huge experience of Maria in Osgeo/Foss4g matters will be gold for the ecosystem.
Best regards, Andrea Antonello On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 12:08 PM, Jorge Sanz <js...@osgeo.org> wrote: > Forwarding Maria Brovelli nomination to the board of directors by > Helena Mitasova > > Best, > Jorge > CRO 2016 > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Helena Mitasova <hmit...@ncsu.edu> > Date: 9 September 2016 at 05:07 > Subject: nomination of Maria Brovelli > To: c...@osgeo.org > Cc: Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brove...@polimi.it> > > > Maria Brovelli > maria.brove...@polimi.it > Italy > > I would like to nominate Professor Maria Brovelli for the board of directors. > She is very well know in the community for her passion for open source > software and open data, > leader of numerous initiatives, including the latest outreach to United > Nations, > hosting FOSS4G Europe in 2015 and organizing several open source and > open data sessions > at the ISPRS congres in Prague in 2016. > Her leadership and contributions to OSGeo were recognized by Sol Katz > award in 2015 > and she is on the advisory board and one of the regional directors of > GeoForAll initiative. > She advised many students who made significant contributions to > several OSGeo projects > including GRASS GIS and understands both the community building and > the software development issues. > I feel strongly that she will be able to take on the challenging tasks > and often complex > decision making that comes with the the board of directors membership > given her experience as > Vice Rector for the Como Campus of Politecnico di Milano. See her page > for more information > https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maria > > Helena > _______________________________________________ > 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
