I've now posted my candidate statement here: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2011#Michael_Gerlek
Thanks again for your consideration. -mpg > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael P. Gerlek [mailto:m...@flaxen.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 10:03 AM > To: 'OSGeo Discussions' > Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Michael Gerlek to OSGeo Board > 2011 > > I'm on vacation right now, so this will have to be short -- I'll write > something > more up when I get home in a few days, but for now let me just make some > bullet points: > > * Thank you to Aaron for the nomination. It's a privilege to be nominated, > and doubly so to be in company of so many other nominees. > > * In addition to the stuff Aaron lists below, I'm working with Howard Butler > the PDAL (nee libLAS) project for lidar and point cloud support. It's not a > formal OSGeo project today, but as it matures it will hopefully become one > someday. > > * I also worked at LizardTech for a decade, where I championed LizardTech's > open source initiatives, including bringing open source libraries into their > projects, financially sponsoring OSGeo annually, and rewriting the licenses > for their closed-source libraries to be freely distributable within the open > source world. > > * I know of nothing seriously "broken" within OSGeo today that I want to > charge right in and start fixing. Tyler and the board members have done well > over the past five years. However, there are two areas I’d like to focus > on... > > * First, as Aaron notes below, I'm one of the folks who runs our local > chapter. > We've got a great group that meets monthly, and we've been able to put on > some great activities -- such as arranging to give talks and panels at local > conferences, and putting on our own day-long workshop/conference/sprint > at a local university that was attended by many, many people. I'd like to see > the board be proactive in getting more local chapters organized and running, > as this sort of grass roots work at the individual level is often the best > way to > introduce people to open source and open data. I've got some ideas on how > we could help jump-start things. > > * Second, I had the good fortune to serve as editor for the "Open Sources" > column in GeoConnexions magazine. We produced two dozen columns over > two years, all contributed by members of the OSGeo community, covering > everything from libraries and apps to open data and open curricula. I have > also just started a smaller, similar column for the Lidar News magazine. > OSGeo should work with the media in our industry to identify more > opportunities like this. Publishers always want quality content, it's > something > we can provide for little direct financial cost, and it is a good way to get > our > message out and seed development of other marketing-like content. > > Thanks for considering me for the board! > > -mpg > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss- > boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Aaron Racicot > Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 2:22 PM > To: discuss > Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Michael Gerlek to OSGeo Board > 2011 > > I would like to take this opportunity to nominate Michael Gerlek for the > OSGeo Board. Michael (known to many as MPG) has been an active member > of the OSGeo community from the very first planning meetings in 2006. > He has been a Charter member of OSGeo since 2006 and has actively > participated in many functions of OSGeo including leading the Visibility > committee. Michael also co-founded CUGOS, the regional OSGeo chapter in > the Pacific Northwest. He is actively involved in many open source GIS > projects, and now dedicates himself to full time consulting work in the open > source GIS space through his company Flaxen Geo Consulting. He has a long > history in participating with the OGC and could bring unique experience in > that arena to the board. Most importantly his participation in the OSGeo > board would bring great industry insight, leadership experience, and a true > dedication to furthering the OSGeo mission. I strongly encourage the OSGeo > community to consider Michael as a valuable addition to the board and the > OSGeo family. > > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Mpg > > Thanks for your consideration. > > Aaron > > -- > Aaron Racicot > Z-Pulley Inc. > aar...@z-pulley.com > 360-221-2441 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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