Definitely +1, Anna
On Sat, Sep 9, 2017 at 8:08 AM, Michael Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
