+1 ........................................... Regards Harish from India On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 4:23 PM, nicolas bozon <nicolas.bo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- *Harish Kumar Solanki,* *Assistant Professor* *Center for Geo-informatic Applications in Rural Development (C-GARD)National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PR)* Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500030 *Geo_Coordinates (Office):* 17°18'45.0"N 78°24'10.0"E *Email-* hksola...@nird.gov.in, harish.n...@gmail.com *Phone- *040-24008483, Fax- 040-24008447 *Mo.- *09214446732, 09414291732 *Websites-* http://www.nird.org.in/ http://www.osgeo.org/ [image: OSGeo charter.png][image: OSGeo user.png] *SAVE PAPER - PLEASE THINK BEFORE TAKING PRINT* <http://www.nird.org.in>
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