I also strongly support this excellent nomination. As the instigator and advocate of the FOSS4G culture, Venka-sensei is an open source geospatial visionary as well as a wonderful community builder. I believe he would be an excellent director once again, and a great asset for the future of our Foundation.
Best regards, Nick 2015-09-09 11:46 GMT+02:00 Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kal...@gmail.com>: > I strongly support Venka's nomination for the board of directors. > > Best, > Angelos > > > On 09/08/2015 11:04 AM, Vasile Craciunescu wrote: > >> Forwarding Venkatesh Raghavan nomination to the board of directors by >> Sanghee Shin, Markus Neteler and Jeff McKenna. >> >> Best, >> Vasile >> CRO 2015 >> >> >> -------- Forwarded Message -------- >> Subject: Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan >> Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2015 17:53:34 -0300 >> From: Jeff McKenna <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> >> To: c...@osgeo.org <c...@osgeo.org> >> CC: Markus Neteler <nete...@osgeo.org>, Sanghee Shin <shs...@gaia3d.com>, >> Venkatesh Raghavan <ragha...@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp> >> >> It is our pleasure to nominate Venka Raghavan >> (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Venkatesh_Raghavan), from Japan, for the >> OSGeo Board. It is hard to put into (few) words, Venka's influence on >> FOSS and geo. The 2012 winner of the Sol Katz Award, he created the >> term “FOSS4G” back in 2004, using it as the name of an international >> event in Thailand, and since then he has promoted FOSS4G all over the >> globe. He was also one of the organizers of the recent FOSS4G-Asia >> event this past December. >> >> Venka has also been directly involved in OSGeo since its inception, in >> fact he was on the first OSGeo Board of Directors from 2006 to 2007. He >> is also a long-time board member of the OSGeo Japan chapter. >> >> A professor at Osaka City University in Japan, Venka constantly >> encourages his students to leverage FOSS4G in all of their research. >> His influence in Asia wide reaching, being easily the most influential >> FOSS4G leader there. Venka also helps organize the GIS-IDEAS Symposium >> every 2 years in Vietnam, which is always FOSS4G-based. >> >> Venka is enthused to be a part of the OSGeo Board again, helping a >> foundation that he helped form at the beginning. We could not be more >> please and honoured to nominate Venka for the Board of Directors. >> >> >> Sanghee Shin, Markus Neteler, & Jeff McKenna >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > > > -- > Angelos Tzotsos, PhD > OSGeo Charter Member > http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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