+1 on this nomination for sure. Stephen has been doing alot of community outreach at workshops and trainings for several years now and is a very valuable member of our community.
On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 8:57 AM, Jeff McKenna <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote: > Forwarding Stephen Mather nomination by Kristin Bott. The 2017 member > nominations list was updated [1]. > > Best regards, > Vasile & Jeff > 2017 OSGeo Elections CROs > > [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2017 > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > > > Nominee: Stephen Mather - USA > > Stephen has likely been most recently visible within the OSGeo community as > the founder and an ongoing contributor to OpenDroneMap -- for which he > received supportive grant funding in 2016; on which he has given numerous > workshops, presentations, and trainings since its development; and through > which he has partnered with a number of people and agencies to use > geospatial technologies for humanitarian efforts and other applications in > education, governmental work, and more. > > Through mentoring within and beyond his professional role, Stephen > encourages the development of geospatial skills in a variety of folk, and > has recently served as a both mentor and a teacher in cooperative programs > in Musanze, Rwanda in addition to partnering with students at the State > University Zanzibar and the University of Rwanda on geospatial projects. > > Stephen is very active in outreach efforts; the last three years have > included workshops and presentations all over the globe on open source > geospatial software and systems (with a notable concentration on drone > systems/remote sensing applications) -- events include FOSS4G > (2017,2015,2014), State of the Map Africa (2017), FOSS4G Africa (2017), > State of the Map US (2016). > > Technically, Stephen brings a wide range of expertise in across GIS > packages/protocols/libraries, remote sensing, and variety of programming > languages/libraries and is one of the co-authors of the PostGIS Cookbook. > > I believe that with a combination of strong technical skills and a > dedication to outreach/education in diverse communities, Stephen has brought > a great deal to the OSGeo community for years, and will continue to do so. > > -Kristin Bott > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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