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About Me:

For those of you that don't know me, I'm Michael Smith, a physical scientist at 
the US Army Corps of Engineers. I've been involved with the MapServer community 
since 2001 and OSGeo since its inception. For the last 4 years, I've been 
honored to be a OSGeo Board member and the OSGeo treasurer. It’s been quite a 
learning experience and I greatly thank Daniel Morissette, the previous OSGeo 
treasurer for so much support in handling the transition.

 

My Vision:

In my time on the board and as treasurer, my focus has been on encouraging 
governments (in general) and the US in particular, especially the Department of 
Defense which, personally I know makes extensive use of OSGeo projects, to more 
actively participate is OSGeo and the projects beyond just use and occasional 
commits.

 

What your interests are in terms of the board:

If reelected, I plan to continue as OSGeo Treasurer. Its been a bit of a 
learning experience handling the funds from OSGeo, learning how to do the non 
profit tax filings for the US Government (where OSGeo is incorporated) and 
handling distributions of funds to Code Sprints and Events. Its also been a lot 
of fun to work directly with groups and individuals all over the world with 
OSGeo. Its been a very rewarding experience.

 

It’s really wonderful to see a great group of new candidates to the board. Its 
wonderful to see the diversity and multiple regions of the world represented in 
the candidates.

 

Thank you for the nomination, OSGeo Community!

 

Mike

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Michael Smith

OSGeo Foundation Treasurer

treasu...@osgeo.org

 

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