Hi, all -- I was asked to back up my second-ing of Aleda's nomination with a bit more information, so. Doing that -- although I believe that Sara's testimonial is more than sufficient to attest to Aledas *"support and promot[ion] of the use of free and open source geospatial software..." * and references her contributions to the use of FOSS in geospatial work. (list of "Positive attributes <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process#Positive_Attributes>", below)
As a member of the 2017 FOSS4G (B)LOC, Aleda has most certainly* "put in time and effort on the Foundation... volunteering in some ... way that gets the Foundation going" * and in doing so has demonstrated her dedication to the goals of OSGeo and her ability to work as part of a collaborative, hardworking team. Within the context of FOSS4G 2017, I think Aleda did a commendable job coordinating events, people, and logistics; given how active she has been in the open source geospatial community leading up to the conference, I believe that Aleda is very likely to continue in her work in support of open source geospatial efforts. On promoting diversity: I don't believe that the list of Charter Members is representative of the user community of OSGeo projects; I believe we're skewed on a couple of demographic axes. One of those is gender. Let's work on that. If I can provide additional information / opinions, let know -- happy to do so. cheers - -k.bott *Recommended membership selection criteria include:* - *Members should believe in the general goals of the Foundation. To support and promote the use of free and open source geospatial software, education and data in a collaborative manner.* - *Previous participation in or support of OSGeo activities* - *The person should already have made a contribution to free and open source geospatial software, education or open data.* - *The person should be willing to put in time and effort on the Foundation, perhaps joining committee(s), or volunteering in some other way that gets the Foundation going.* - *Members should be prepared to work constructively and positively towards the goals of the Foundation. Good teamwork skills are an asset.* *Membership nominations should strive to promote diversity:* - *Nominate members representing a diversity of geographic regions, diversity of projects, diversity of programming languages.* - *Nominate members representing and diversity of interests (e.g., corporate, hobbyist, educational, scientific).* - *Nominate members representing a diversity of humanity including gender and race * On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 9:56 AM, Jeff McKenna <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote: > Forwarding Aleda Freeman nomination by Sara Safavi. The 2017 member > nominations list has been updated [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: Aleda Freeman > Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 13:10:49 -0500 > From: Sara Safavi <s...@sarasafavi.com> > To: Vasile Craciunescu <vas...@geo-spatial.org>, OSGeo Chief > Returning Officer <c...@osgeo.org> > > > > Nominee: Aleda Freeman, aleda.free...@mass.gov <mailto: > aleda.free...@mass.gov> - USA > > I would like to nominate Aleda Freeman for OSGeo Charter Membership. In > addition to being a member of FOSS4G 2017's spectacular local organizing > committee, Aleda has been an active member of the MA/Boston GIS community > for over 20 years. As Web Services Manager at MassGIS Aleda was > instrumental in making the agency's pivot from ESRI to GeoServer over a > decade ago (and on a personal note, MassGIS's web portal was my first > encounter with FOSS4G in use "in the wild", which had a significant impact > on my younger self). Aleda is a devoted proponent of open source geo who > puts a ton of effort & time into the community. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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