Dear All, It gives me great please to nominate Yoicihi Kayama as Charter Member. He is one of the most active members of OSGeo.JP. He has participated/contributed immensely to the local/international FOSS4G Community. Some of his major contributions are as below;
1) Japanese translation of QGIS and promoting QGIS to local governments in Japan. 2) Developing QGIS plugin for emergency routing for flood disaster 3) Regular and dedicated participation in FOSS4G conferences and Code Sprints 4) Initiating Special Interest Group in Japan Association of GIS 5) Inspiring Lightning talks at FOSS4G events in Japan 6) Mentoring young developers in getting started with FOSS4G tools 7) Excellent skills in multicultural communication 8) Contributing to other communities such as OSM and sinsai.info, PostgreSQL.JP etc. 9) For just being a nice guy. Best Venka _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss