+1. Victoria will be able to make valuable contributions to OSGeo! Sent from my iPhone
> On 17 Nov 2018, at 19:30, <b.j.kob...@utwente.nl> <b.j.kob...@utwente.nl> > wrote: > > I’m happy to second Victoria’s nomination! > > > -- > Barend Köbben > > > On 17/11/2018, 00:07, "Discuss on behalf of Vasile Craciunescu" > <discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org on behalf of vas...@geo-spatial.org> wrote: > > Forwarding nomination of Victoria Rautenbach by Astrid Emde and Jeff > McKenna. The Board Nominations page has been updated: > https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2018 > > > Vasile, Vicky & Jorge > CRO 2018 Elections > > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: OSGeo Board nomination: Victoria Rautenbach > Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 23:49:53 +0100 > From: Astrid Emde (OSGeo) <astrid_e...@osgeo.org> > Reply-To: astrid_e...@osgeo.org > To: Cro <c...@osgeo.org> > CC: victoria.rautenb...@gmail.com, Jeff McKenna > <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> > > Victoria Rautenbach > Pretoria, South Africa > victoria dot rautenbach at gmail dot com > > It is our honour to nominate Victoria Rautenbach for the OSGeo Board of > Directors. > > Many will know of Victoria’s effort and passion through several OSGeo > educational activities, where she helps young students and young > professionals become introduced to the OSGeo community of projects. She > is both an administrator and mentor for this year’s Google Code-in > contest (working with pre-university OSGeo students aged 13-17), and she > has also been a mentor for the Google Summer of Code the past years > (working with university OSGeo students). She also helped with the UN > OpenGIS initiative as well. > > For her day job Victoria Rautenbach is a senior lecturer in the > Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology at the > University of Pretoria, South Africa. > > She is a member of the ICA-OSGeo lab at the University of Pretoria since > its inception in 2012. She is very passionate about the use of open > source in education and also the increased use of open source in > developing countries. She teaches at the University of Pretoria and > makes use of open source GIS products in all the Geoinformatics modules > that she teaches. > > She has organized a number of OpenStreetMap mapathons and arranged > student team participation in open data quests in South Africa. > > Victoria would be a great asset to have on the Board. Please welcome her > onto the OSGeo Board of Directors. > > https://www.osgeo.org/member/rautenbach/ > > Astrid Emde & Jeff McKenna > > -- > Astrid Emde > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Astrid Emde > OSGeo Board Member and OSGeo Secretary > Open Source Geospatial Foundation > https://www.osgeo.org/member/astrid-emde/ > astrid_e...@osgeo.org > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
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