+1 for Astrid for all of the reasons many have mentioned already Scott
Scott Clark > On Oct 3, 2017, at 2:58 AM, Markus Neteler <nete...@osgeo.org> wrote: > > +1 for Astrid! > > She is very active in the FOSSGIS e.V., OSGeo and Mapbender, > dedicating a lot of time to the organization of community events and > (big) conferences by leading much of the needed efforts. Without > Astrid and her balanced view of the community, many things would > simply not happen. > > I fully support her nomination. > > Markus > > > On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 8:34 PM, Jeff McKenna > <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote: >> Forwarding nomination of Astrid Emde by Venkatesh Raghavan & Jeff McKenna. >> The Board Nominations page has been updated: >> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2017 >> >> >> -Jeff & Vasile >> CRO 2017 Elections >> >> >> >> -------- Forwarded Message -------- >> >> It gives us great pleasure to nominate Astrid Emde as a member of the OSGeo >> Board. >> >> Astrid [1] needs no introduction for most in our community; for the few who >> may not yet be fully aware of Astrid’s contributions, she is an (hyper) >> active member of OSGeo for many years. She is a PSC member of the Mapbender >> [2] and OSGeo Live projects [3]. Apart from being a regular contributor at >> global and regional FOSS4G conferences, Astrid is the force behind the >> German language OSGeo Local Chapter FOSSGIS e.V. [4] ever since its >> inception. She is also involved in showcasing OSGeo at mega-events like >> INTERGEO [5] and scientific conferences like AGIT [6]. >> >> Astrid relentlessly promotes OSGeo by organizing community events, code >> sprints, workshops on a variety of OSGeo software, and >> documentation/translation. More recently, her excellent communication skills >> are being put to effective use in our Marketing Committee. >> >> We would like to thank Astrid for kindly agreeing to spare her time for the >> added responsibility of serving the OSGeo Foundation as a member of the >> Board. >> >> Yours, >> >> Venka & Jeff >> >> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Astrid_Emde >> [2] http://www.mapbender.org/ >> [3] https://live.osgeo.org/ >> [4] https://www.fossgis.de/ >> [5] http://www.intergeo.de/intergeo-en/ >> [6] http://www.agit.at/ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > -- > Markus Neteler, PhD > http://www.mundialis.de - free data with free software > http://grass.osgeo.org > http://courses.neteler.org/blog > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss