A very big +1. I assumed Stephen was already a charter member ---- Michael Smith
US Army Corps Remote Sensing GIS/Center [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Discuss <[email protected]> on behalf of Jeff McKenna <[email protected]> Date: Friday, September 8, 2017 at 11:57 AM To: osgeo <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Charter Member Nomination: Stephen Mather Resent-From: Michael Smith <[email protected]> >Forwarding Stephen Mather nomination by Kristin Bott. The 2017 member >nominations list was updated [1]. > >Best regards, >Vasile & Jeff >2017 OSGeo Elections CROs > >[1] >BlockedBlockedhttps://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2017Block >ed > > >-------- Forwarded Message -------- > > >Nominee: Stephen Mather - USA > >Stephen has likely been most recently visible within the OSGeo community >as the founder and an ongoing contributor to OpenDroneMap -- for which >he received supportive grant funding in 2016; on which he has given >numerous workshops, presentations, and trainings since its development; >and through which he has partnered with a number of people and agencies >to use geospatial technologies for humanitarian efforts and other >applications in education, governmental work, and more. > >Through mentoring within and beyond his professional role, Stephen >encourages the development of geospatial skills in a variety of folk, >and has recently served as a both mentor and a teacher in cooperative >programs in Musanze, Rwanda in addition to partnering with students at >the State University Zanzibar and the University of Rwanda on geospatial >projects. > >Stephen is very active in outreach efforts; the last three years have >included workshops and presentations all over the globe on open source >geospatial software and systems (with a notable concentration on drone >systems/remote sensing applications) -- events include FOSS4G >(2017,2015,2014), State of the Map Africa (2017), FOSS4G Africa (2017), >State of the Map US (2016). > >Technically, Stephen brings a wide range of expertise in across GIS >packages/protocols/libraries, remote sensing, and variety of programming >languages/libraries and is one of the co-authors of the PostGIS Cookbook. > >I believe that with a combination of strong technical skills and a >dedication to outreach/education in diverse communities, Stephen has >brought a great deal to the OSGeo community for years, and will continue >to do so. > >-Kristin Bott > > > >_______________________________________________ >Discuss mailing list >[email protected] >BlockedBlockedhttps://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discussBlocked _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
