A huge +1 👍 for María. She is what OSGeo needs to move forward into diversity and expand our network to new communities. We all want a more inclusive OSGeo family! Don't we?
On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 6:20 PM Jeff McKenna <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding nomination of María Arias de Reyna by Jeff McKenna. The Board > Nominations page has been updated: > https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2017 > > (note that this was originally submitted 2017-09-27 but I waited, to try > to avoid being both the CRO sending to Discuss list, and the one who > submitted the nomination. So I'm happy to finally share my nomination ha!) > > -Jeff & Vasile > CRO 2017 Elections > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > > Name: María Arias de Reyna > Country of Residence: Spain > > It is my pleasure and honour to nominate María Arias de Reyna[1] for the > Board of Directors of OSGeo. You may remember that I nominated María > last year for the Board, but since then she has gone on to give several > great keynote talks at various events around the world, bringing > much-needed discussions of diversity and sharing to the forefront of > events. > > María is well known in the OSGeo community for her relentless efforts as > a core contributor for the GeoNetwork project, and for her longtime > contributions to the SIG Libre conference (the Spanish FOSS4G). Locally > she is very active through the OSGeo microchapter network Geoinquietos, > and more recently also through the Spanish national geomatics > association, AESIG. She works for GeoCat providing SDI solutions all > over the world. > > So you can see, María is a leader locally, nationally, and > internationally. You can often find her live-tweeting[2] at every FOSS4G > event, and sharing her passion for all things OSGeo. I see in her a very > strong voice, full of youthful energy and passion, and a true leader > that is absolutely ready for the global spotlight. > > Please show your support for María, and help to bring her passion to the > Board of the OSGeo foundation. > > [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Delawen > [2] https://twitter.com/delawen/ > > -jeff > > -- > Jeff McKenna > President Emeritus, OSGeo Foundation > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jeff_McKenna > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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