I second this nomination!
On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 9:34 AM, Jorge Gaspar Sanz Salinas <js...@osgeo.org> wrote: > Forwarding Nikos Alexnadris nomination by Dimitris Kotzinos. > > Cheers > Jorge > > > -------- Mensaje reenviado -------- > Asunto: Nomination for Nikos Alexandris > Fecha: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 04:35:11 +0200 (CEST) > De: Dimitris Kotzinos > Para: c...@osgeo.org >> OSGeo Chief Returning Officer <c...@osgeo.org> > CC: js...@osgeo.org, Nick Ves > > Dear CRO and all, > > we would like to nominate Dr. Nikos Alexandris for becoming an OSGEO > Charter Member. > > Nikos has been a long advocate of Open Source GIS and OSGEO [1] and has > been one very active person in supporting both since 2007 (and we know > him since). He actually sees OSGEO as the means to actively cultivating > a technologically advanced and socially aware geospatial way of thinking > and acting. > He has been actively involved in pushing Open Source GIS and OSGEO in > both academic and industry-oriented settings and his passion has taken > him recently from Greece up to India (TERI and Kurukshetra Universities) > in order to promote specifically GRASS-GIS. He has participated in > community sprints for GRASS-GIS, in the translation of the OSGEO web > site to Greek and has been very active in the OSGEO Greek Chapter and > the Greek Open Source community in general, especially by having > participated in numerous events in Greece > about Open Source in general and Open Source GIS specifically and has > been interviewed about this for magazines. You can find more about Nikos > at [2]. > We think that Nikos gathers all the required qualities specified in the > OSGEO nomination pages for a charter member. > > Dimitris, as the founder of the Greek OSGEO Chapter, considers Nikos a > valuable member > of the OSGEO Greek Chapter and OSGEO in general and as OSGEO Charter > Members we both think that Nikos' passion and dynamism will bring a lot > of energy to OSGEO and that he carries all the necessary qualities to > serve OSGEO from many different positions. > > [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Nikos_Alexandris > [2] http://nikosalexandris.net/xpress/cv/ > > > Best regards, > > Nikos Ves & Dimitris Kotzinos > OSGEO Charter Members > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- 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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