I second the nomination! — Andy
> On Sep 3, 2017, at 1:19 PM, Vasile Craciunescu <vas...@geo-spatial.org> wrote: > > We confirm that Michael Terner accepted the nomination by Sara Safavi and > Regina Obe. The 2017 member nominations list will be updated ASAP [1]. > > Best regards, > Vasile & Jeff > 2017 OSGeo Elections CROs > > [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2017 > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: Charter member nomination: Michael Terner > Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 14:33:35 -0500 > From: Sara Safavi <s...@sarasafavi.com> > To: OSGeo Chief Returning Officer <c...@osgeo.org> > > > > Nominee: Michael Terner, m...@appgeo.com <mailto:m...@appgeo.com> > > I would like to nominate Michael Terner for OSGeo Charter Membership. I > imagine I will not be the only person nominating Michael this year, but I > would be remiss if I did not. Michael, of course, co-chaired FOSS4G 2017, and > his leadership was an integral part of the event's massive success. Having > known Mike for many years, I can speak personally to his passion for and > dedication to growing the open source geospatial community. > > > > On 8/25/17 5:29 AM, Regina Obe wrote: > > Name: Michael Ternier > > > > I would like to nominate Michael Ternier for OSGeo Charter Membership. > > Michael has been a strong supporter of OSGeo projects for a number of years. > > The company, AppGeo, which he co-founded has been using FOSS4G tools for a > > number of years and have been sponsors of several OSGeo events. He's given > > talks on building your product around FOSS4G software. > > > > Just recently he was the Co-Chair of FOSS4G 2017 where he did much of the > > legwork of putting out the proposal, doing the budget, garnering funding > > from many sponsors (I think FOSS4G2017 hit a record on sponsorship), and > > also making everything come together. > > > > He has something special that we are short on in OSGeo, and that is the > > ability to bring the conversation of FOSS4G to the business decision makers > > and how it can streamline their business processes. > > > > > > Thanks, > > Regina > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss