[OSGeo-Discuss] unsubscription

2009-09-22 Thread justina nainyte
Hello, guys , I'd like to ask to unsubscribe me from your discussion board as I'm not so advanced. Mostly questions I even can't understand. Thanks a lot, Justina ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo

[OSGeo-Discuss] Board Election: Helena

2009-09-22 Thread Helena Mitasova
The vision and objectives that I would like to pursue build upon my work in research, development and education and I will strive to: - promote broader use and development of OSGeo software stack and general open source principles in academia; - encourage and promote use of open source tools in

[OSGeo-Discuss] Annual General Meeting 2009

2009-09-22 Thread Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)
Hi all, As usual we'll be holding our OSGeo Annual General Meeting (AGM) during the FOSS4G event, this time in Sydney on the October 21st following the main event. In previous years we've packed it pretty tight - getting as many smiling faces in front of the fans as possible. This year I'd like

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 2009 Board Election - Statements

2009-09-22 Thread Bob Basques
Is there anyone left to vote? What if everyone votes for themselves. :c) bobb >>> Cameron Shorter wrote: A sign to me that the OSGeo Foundation is doing a good job is when we have such a large selection of high quality candidates standing for the board. http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Boa

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 2009 Board Election - Statements

2009-09-22 Thread Cameron Shorter
A sign to me that the OSGeo Foundation is doing a good job is when we have such a large selection of high quality candidates standing for the board. http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2009 Voting will be hard this year. Paul Ramsey wrote: Dear Board Candidates, There are 14

[OSGeo-Discuss] Board Election: Ravi Kumar

2009-09-22 Thread Ravi
Dear All, as a field geologist I was enticed to computer aided drawing and then GIS more than two decades ago. Have taught more than a hundred field geologists FOSS GIS supported by exercises and notes prepared. Held the first ever FOSS GIS conference in the Geological Survey of India in 2005. H

[OSGeo-Discuss] Seattle GIS Day 2009

2009-09-22 Thread Tony Kehlhofer
Hi, My name is Tony Kehlhofer and I am the owner of Maps4Kids.com. GIS Day is coming up on November 18, 2009 and I am looking to organize an event in the Seattle area. My goal is to have access to a space (so far the SPL has said 11/17 is open from 10am-2pm and cost is $625) where local GIS co

[OSGeo-Discuss] Board Election: Wolf Bergenheim

2009-09-22 Thread Wolf Bergenheim
My involvement with OSGeo started with GRASS GIS, which I ran into while searching for an alternative for ARC GIS when I needed to be able to use a GIS on Linux. Since that day I was hooked. After GRASS joined OSGeo I've been involved with the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) program and a member of th

[OSGeo-Discuss] Board Election: Geoff Zeiss

2009-09-22 Thread Paul Ramsey
I received this from Geoff Zeiss: -- Objectives My background is technical. For 20 years I did or was responsible for software engineering at several companies. Last year I spoke at over 35 events and at most of these events I had an opportunity to talk about and evangelize OSGEO and open sourc

[OSGeo-Discuss] 2009 Board Election - Statements

2009-09-22 Thread Paul Ramsey
Dear Board Candidates, There are 14 of you, and only 5 board slots open this year, so it is going to be tough for members to vote. In the interests of providing the members with some more to go on than the nomination statements, it would be great if you could take time out in the next day or so an

[OSGeo-Discuss] REMINDER: Call for Nominations - Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software

2009-09-22 Thread Jeff McKenna
Just a reminder to email your Sol Katz Award nominations to SolKatzAward(at)osgeo.org by October 9th (more details below). Thanks. --- The Open Source Geospatial Foundation would like to open nominations for the 2009 Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software. The Sol Kat

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nominating Geoff Zeiss

2009-09-22 Thread Frans Thamura
i know him personally, he is the man that wash my mind about the need of GIS and Geoff -> Geospatial :) smiliar naming, and read his blog http://geospatial.blogs.com/ -- Frans Thamura Meruvian. Experiential Tempation of Java and Enterprise OpenSource Meruvian bukan hanya membuat anak SMK me