I third it for the reasons already identified by Daniel and Jeff. On Aug 15, 2014 12:28 PM, "Jeff McKenna" <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
> I second the nomination of Mike Smith for the Board of Directors, so > nicely written by DanielM. > > Mike is one of those who could join the Board and make an impact right > away (because is so familiar already with how the Board runs, and knows the > OSGeo community so well). He was also nominated for last year's Board > election, but true to his nature, it never phased his commitment to the > community when others were selected. I feel the time is perfect for Mike's > input, and his vision, for the foundation. > > As an example of his dedication to OSGeo, all those WMS Benchmarking > exercises at past FOSS4G events were hosted on infrastructure that he set > up, he provided, he opened up fully to the development teams...his kind > dedication has touched the whole community of OSGeo. > > Please strongly consider Mike Smith for the Board of Directors. > > -jeff > > > > On 2014-08-13 5:07 PM, Jorge Sanz wrote: > >> Forwarding Michael Smith nomination by Daniel Morissette >> >> Best >> Jorge >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Daniel Morissette >> Date: 2014-08-13 20:51 GMT+02:00 >> Subject: Board nomination for Michael Smith >> To: OSGeo CRO <c...@osgeo.org> >> >> >> I'd like to nominate Michael Smith for the board election. >> >> Mike works for the US Army Corps of Engineers Remote Sensing GIS >> Center and has been a long time power user, supporter and contributor >> of MapServer, GDAL/OGR and other OSGeo projects. He is a member of the >> MapServer PSC and is also one of the instigators behind the PDAL >> project, the GDAL of Point Clouds. In addition to his experience with >> the OSGeo projects and community, he would bring to the board the >> perspective of government organizations, which is a very important >> group of users and contributors of OSGeo software that needs to be >> represented on the board in my opinion. >> >> He is a FOSS4G regular (he has not missed one since the 2003 MapServer >> Users Meeting), and was an active participant and supporter of the >> FOSS4G WMS Benchmarking exercise for several years. >> >> Finally, Mike has been following the activities of the board for the >> last few years (at least), often present as a quiet observer in IRC >> board meetings and even in one of the face to face meetings, so I >> believe he is well aware of the way OSGeo operates and prepared for >> the challenges of serving on the board. >> >> See also http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Msmitherdc >> >> Daniel >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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