Yes Torsten, I share your views.
Arnulf Christl´s contribiution to our national mapserver-meeting http://br.groups.yahoo.com/group/mapserver_brasil/message/2126 was importanted for the Brazilian FOSSGIS community. Hopeful he will come back soon. Best regards, Werner Werner Leyh Ministry of Health Fone 0055-51-3315 3434 Fone 0055-51-8162 4940 http://geolivre.saude.rn.gov.br http://geolivre.saude.ce.gov.br http://geolivre.saude.ba.gov.br http://www.geolivre.rs.gov.br --- Torsten Brassat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am pleased to nominate Arnulf Christl as director > and hope you share > my views! > > Name : Arnulf Christl > Siemensstr. 8 , 53121 Bonn , Germany > OSGeo Wiki: > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Arnulf_Christl > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Arnulf Christl is one of the founding members of > OSGeo and took an > active part in developing the foundation. > > In the past two years he was active as director, > chair of the Marketing > Committee and as member of the Incubation Committee > he mentored the > GRASS GIS project through incubation. > > He actively helped to build the brand OSGeo in > Germany and at European > level by promoting the foundation at various events > and conferences > including the OSGeo Park at the annual Intergeo > trade show, the LinuxTag > community event and the AGIT conference in Salzburg, > Austria. > > As "creative leader" of the FOSSGIS (localized > FOSS4G) he significantly > helped building the conference to become the main > German language Free > and Open Source GIS event in the region. > > A couple of years ago he launched the Mapbender > project, which became > the first OSGeo project to graduat. Although he does > not actively > produce code anymore he still develops the > architecture design, future > development and does the legal work. > > As member of the OAB (OGC Architecture Board) and as > WhereGroup > representative in in the OGC Planning Committee with > full voting rights > he helps bridge the cultural gap between both > organisations. > > Through his work in both organisations and his > interest in Free and Open > Source GIS Software Arnulf became a leading > consultant for spatial data > infrastructures and GIS solutions. As founder and > CEO of the WhereGroup > GmbH & Co. KG he has a vital commercial interest in > building sustainable > business models around Free Software licensing and > Open Source > development models. > > Taking all of the above points into account and > knowing him to be a > vocal and avid supporter of OSGeo I am sure that he > will be a valuable > member of the OSGeo Board of Directors for another > term. I am pleased to > nominate Arnulf Christl as director and hope you > share my views! > > Best regards, > > Torsten > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Torsten Brassat > Marketing & Interne Organisation > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > WhereGroup GmbH & Co. KG > Siemensstraße 8 > 53121 Bonn > Germany > > Fon: +49 (0)228 / 90 90 38 - 12 > Fax: +49 (0)228 / 90 90 38 - 11 > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: www.wheregroup.com > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss