Hi All, Let us nominate Yann Chemin [0] from France / Sri Lanka (rather "citizen of the world"), for OSGeo Charter membership.
Yann is a researcher at IWMI [3,9], Visiting Lecturer at University of Colombo [4] and Visiting Lecturer/Consultant at University of Moratuwa [5], Sri Lanka. His research interest lies in water, land and planetary remote sensing [1] . One of his major goals is to provide extensive information on soil and vegetation from remote sensing sources, that are often the only data sources available in developing countries. We (Anne & Madi) met Yann at GRASS Community Sprint in Genova in 2013 [6], after many years of email exchange and contributions on GRASS GIS documentation. We had the opportunity to meet him again [7] in GRASS Community Sprint in Prague [8], where we discussed extensively on how open source geospatial software can improve education and land management in Sri Lanka, where he currently lives. We believe that Yann would be a very effective Charter Member. He is a passionate promoter of open source geospatial, a skilled researcher and a great communicator. Anne, Margherita and Jachym [0] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Yann_Chemin [1] http://iwmi.academia.edu/YannChemin [2] http://fr.linkedin.com/pub/yann-chemin/36/b79/bbb/ [3] http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/ [4] http://www.cmb.ac.lk/ [5] http://www.mrt.ac.lk/foa/ [6] http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Genova_2013 [7] https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/1001602_10151742246629248_1903368345_n.jpg [8] http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Prague_2013 [9] http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/2013/06/measuring-a-plants-health-from-the-sky/ -- Best regards, Dr. Margherita DI LEO Scientific / technical project officer European Commission - DG JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) Via Fermi, 2749 I-21027 Ispra (VA) - Italy - TP 261 Tel. +39 0332 78 3600 margherita.di-...@jrc.ec.europa.eu Disclaimer: The views expressed are purely those of the writer and may not in any circumstance be regarded as stating an official position of the European Commission.
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