I second Gérald's nomination and strongly support it. I believe that he would be an excellent OSGeo director.
Dr.Nicolas Bozon Best 2013/8/16 Peter Baumann <p.baum...@jacobs-university.de> > very much supported from my side! I know Gerald personally as an > enthusiastic, competent, and consensus oriented person with strong visions. > > -Peter > > > > On 08/16/2013 11:00 AM, > maria.brovelli@diiar-topo.**polimi.it<maria.brove...@diiar-topo.polimi.it>wrote: > >> Dear All >> >> I would like to nominate Gérald FENOY for the OSGeo Board of Directors >> elections. >> >> Gérald is promoting, using and developing FOSS4G with passion since 2004. >> He has a very global and generic vision of both the Foundation >> activities and its software projects. >> Gérald has a keen interest in technical innovation which he manages to >> leverage for both community and business related issues. >> >> Gérald is committed to Open Source and is very willing to help the OSGeo >> projects grow. As an example, he frequently funds OSGeo developers to >> add enhancements to their software, for using in his personal projects >> or those from GeoLabs, his geospatial consulting company based in France >> (http://geolabs.fr). >> >> Gérald co-founded the ZOO-Project (http://zoo-project.org) WPS plateform >> back in 2008, is PSC chair and main developer of this innovative and >> incubating OSGeo project. He also contributed to several projects >> through the years including GDAL/OGR, MapServer and PostGIS, with >> patches, translations, ideas and more. >> >> Gérald is also a regular at the FOSS4G conference since 2006, where he >> often gives workshops and talks. He also participated and helped many >> times in several local chapters in Europe, Asia and Africa. >> >> Gérald collaborates passionately with many Universities both in Europe >> and in Asia. >> >> Gérald will be a great addition to the OSGeo Board of Directors. He >> brings a wealth of experience and knowledge, regarding both coding and >> open source good practices, but also about international collaborations >> and community management. >> >> More info on Gérald: >> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/**OSGeo_Advocate#G.C3.A9rald_**Fenoy<http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate#G.C3.A9rald_Fenoy> >> >> Many thanks and best regards to All of You. >> >> Maria >> >> >> ------------------------------**------------------------ >> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli >> Vice Rector for Como Campus >> Politecnico di Milano >> Via Natta, 12/14 - 22100 COMO (ITALY) >> Tel. +39-031-3327336 >> Mob. +39-328-0023867 >> fax. +39-031-3327321 >> e-mail: prorettr...@como.polimi.it >> e-mail:maria.brovelli@polimi.**it <e-mail%3amaria.brove...@polimi.it> >> >> ------------------------------**------------------------------**---- >> This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/**mailman/listinfo/discuss<http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss> >> > > -- > Dr. Peter Baumann > - Professor of Computer Science, Jacobs University Bremen > > www.faculty.jacobs-university.**de/pbaumann<http://www.faculty.jacobs-university.de/pbaumann> > mail: p.baum...@jacobs-university.de > tel: +49-421-200-3178, fax: +49-421-200-493178 > - Executive Director, rasdaman GmbH Bremen (HRB 26793) > www.rasdaman.com, mail: baum...@rasdaman.com > tel: 0800-rasdaman, fax: 0800-rasdafax, mobile: +49-173-5837882 > "Si forte in alienas manus oberraverit hec peregrina epistola incertis > ventis dimissa, sed Deo commendata, precamur ut ei reddatur cui soli > destinata, nec preripiat quisquam non sibi parata." (mail disclaimer, AD > 1083) > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/**mailman/listinfo/discuss<http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss> >
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