Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board election nomination: Bart van den Eijnden
Thanks Daniel for nominating me. My interests @OSGeo are mostly in the areas of the FOSS4G conference, developer sprints and promoting us more through social media (outreach). Another thing I'm interested in is to see how providing infrastructure for community projects (one of OSGeo's goals) is still as relevant as it used to be with the rise of github. And ofcourse, I am also very interested in the synergies between OSGeo and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). I've attended many FOSS4G conferences, but I did miss one of the more important ones (Victoria BC). Best regards, Bart -- Bart van den Eijnden OSGIS - http://osgis.nl On Aug 14, 2013, at 5:15 AM, Daniel Morissette dmorisse...@mapgears.com wrote: I'd like to nominate Bart van den Eijnden for the OSGeo board election. Bart's involvement in the OSGeo community and its projects is well known and predates the creation of OSGeo itself. He is a regular at FOSS4G, is very familiar with OSGeo and its mission and often contributes to discussions related to OSGeo activities, so I think he could bring valuable inputs and contributions to the board. He started his own consultancy in The Netherlands back in 2005 (OSGIS.nl) and now works with OpenGeo. Daniel -- Daniel Morissette http://www.mapgears.com/ Provider of Professional MapServer Support since 2000 ___ 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
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board nomination: Jorge Sanz
On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Javier Diaz javidiaz1...@gmail.com wrote: I second Jorge Sanz nomination too. Agree. Jorge is a fundamental part of the Spanish Osgeo community. Javiarch Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 15:19:57 -0300 From: Jeff McKenna jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com To: osgeo discuss@lists.osgeo.org Cc: c...@osgeo.org c...@osgeo.org Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board nomination: Jorge Sanz Message-ID: 520bca4d.6050...@gatewaygeomatics.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I would like to nominate Jorge Sanz[1] for the 2013 OSGeo Board elections. Jorge is a very active community member from Spain, with his hands into many different parts of OSGeo. Not only at the project level, but he is an active representative and speaker of the Spanish Language Local Chapter (OSGeo-ES), as well as through his local area of Valencia. I've had the pleasure of listening to some of his presentations, and I see Jorge as an excellent global representative of OSGeo. I have no doubt that through his experience, his confidence, and his leadership, that he will be able to give important input into the shape of the OSGeo foundation. I strongly recommend that Jorge become a member of the OSGeo Board. [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jorge_Sanz PS. thank you to Jorge for accepting this nomination during his vacation. A sign of his dedication. ___ 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
[OSGeo-Discuss] Nominating Ian Edwards to the Board
Hi CRO and Discuss, I'd like to nominate Ian Edwards for the OSGeo board. Ian is a newly elected Charter Member, is the current Chair of the UK local chapter [0], and is a crucial member of the local organising committee for FOSS4G 2013 [1]. He also has lots of extremely useful Drupal skills that he is using on the WebCom committee [2] and is involved with the OSGeo Live Project [3]. [0] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/United_Kingdom [1] http://2013.foss4g.org/ [2] http://www.osgeo.org/webcommittee/index.html [3] http://live.osgeo.org/ Thanks Jo -- ***Jo Cook* Astun Technology Ltd, The Coach House, 17 West Street, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 7RL, UK t:+44 7930 524 155 iShare - Data integration and publishing platformhttp://www.isharemaps.com/ * Company registration no. 5410695. Registered in England and Wales. Registered office: 120 Manor Green Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8LN VAT no. 864201149. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] FW: Nominating Ian Edwards to the Board
Thank you Jo, Jeff, Suchith! OSGeo has been a major part of my life for many years - I'm very pleased to be considered for the board and to receive such enthusiastic support. Over the past eight months I've made significant changes to my work and home life to accommodate working on the FOSS4G 2013 organising committee. I'm honoured to be a part of an excellent conference team and looking forward to welcoming many of you who are reading this to the UK next month. After FOSS4G I would like to make use of the substantial space that has been created during the conference preparation to continue to serve OSGeo as a member of the board. We all acknowledge the fundamental importance of FOSS4G. In addition to this, on a day-to-day basis, I feel that WebCom is the foundation's front-line, expected to deliver both robust services whilst also being looked to for innovation on how we present ourselves to the world. I believe that this is the place where progress is most likely to be realised following the successful conclusion of the long and hard work that has been needed to confirm our tax status. I'm therefore committed to continue providing technical expertise and leadership to support the team as much as possible. I share Bart's belief that we may have the opportunity to move some areas of our infrastructure to social coding services, like github, that offer excellent service levels for open source projects. This would reduce our administrative overheads, whilst allowing us to focus on important issues including sponsorship and promotion. I agree completely with OSGeo's aim to maximise the availability of funding for direct use by projects. However, I'm also aware that this needs to be carefully balanced with ensuring that we promote ourselves effectively and gain further robust streams of income. Working closely with both OSGeo and OGC, I see one of our greatest strengths as being that an individual without vast financial means can contribute at any level, whether on a project, as a charter member, the board, or as our President. We are not always able to adequately recognise the massive commitment of time and personal finance that this takes. I am very fortunate to have the support of a large organisation that understands the immense value of OSGeo's work, and therefore I have little need to rely on OSGeo or my our funding. But for others, who are recognised as having a significant contribution to offer, I believe that finding a way to offer a basic lifeline, when appropriate to help us achieve our objectives, is essential. Ian http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Ian FOSS4G is coming to the UK in September! http://2013.foss4g.orghttp://2013.foss4g.org/ -- Forwarded message -- From: Jeff McKenna jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.commailto:jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com Date: Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 6:05 PM Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nominating Ian Edwards to the Board To: discuss@lists.osgeo.orgmailto:discuss@lists.osgeo.org Seconded. I am very impressed with Ian's dedication to the Nottingham event. His energy at the Board level would be welcomed. -jeff On 2013-08-15 2:01 PM, Jo Cook wrote: Hi CRO and Discuss, I'd like to nominate Ian Edwards for the OSGeo board. Ian is a newly elected Charter Member, is the current Chair of the UK local chapter [0], and is a crucial member of the local organising committee for FOSS4G 2013 [1]. He also has lots of extremely useful Drupal skills that he is using on the WebCom committee [2] and is involved with the OSGeo Live Project [3]. [0] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/United_Kingdom [1] http://2013.foss4g.org/ [2] http://www.osgeo.org/webcommittee/index.html [3] http://live.osgeo.org/ Thanks Jo -- ***Jo Cook* Astun Technology Ltd, The Coach House, 17 West Street, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 7RL, UK t:+44 7930 524 155tel:%2B44%207930%20524%20155 iShare - Data integration and publishing platform http://www.isharemaps.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.orgmailto: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
