+1 for Astrid. Great she volunteers to take responsibility as a board member! I know Astrid since years as a very good communicator and enthousiast promotor of OSGeo.
I fully support her nomination. Dirk On 03-10-17 00:51, Cameron Shorter wrote: > +1 for Astrid. > > I've worked closely with Astrid on the OSGeo-Live project and believe > she posses characteristics which are valuable for OSGeo: > > * She leads by example, and often does the hard or boring work. > > * She is encouraging and enabling of others, which helps works well in > our "do-ocracy" environment. > > * She has been actively involved in the promotion of OSGeo and OSGeo > projects. OSGeo is blessed with having many awesome technical people, > but we have less people actively involved in promotion - and we need > both to be successful. > > Warm regards, Cameron > > On 3/10/17 8:07 am, Marc Vloemans wrote: >> +1 for Astrid >> >> In the short time that I have come to know Astrid she proved to be an >> asset to the foundation. From Foss4g 2016 in Bonn onwards she has been >> a driving force in the Marketing Committee. From continuous >> contributing to marketing tactics to hands-on dealing with collateral >> production ranging from Live USB to translation of info sheets. >> All the while being critical yet compassionate. >> >> Kind regards, >> Marc Vloemans >> >> >> Op 2 okt. 2017 om 22:25 heeft Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com >> <mailto:jody.garn...@gmail.com>> het volgende geschreven: >> >>> I really appreciate Astrid's kindness and leadership on the OSGeo >>> Marketing team, she would be a great asset to our organization as a >>> director. >>> >>> -- >>> Jody Garnett >>> >>> On 2 October 2017 at 11:34, Jeff McKenna >>> <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com >>> <mailto:jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Forwarding nomination of Astrid Emde by Venkatesh Raghavan & Jeff >>> McKenna. The Board Nominations page has been updated: >>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2017 >>> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2017> >>> >>> >>> -Jeff & Vasile >>> CRO 2017 Elections >>> >>> >>> >>> -------- Forwarded Message -------- >>> >>> It gives us great pleasure to nominate Astrid Emde as a member of >>> the OSGeo Board. >>> >>> Astrid [1] needs no introduction for most in our community; for >>> the few who may not yet be fully aware of Astrid’s contributions, >>> she is an (hyper) active member of OSGeo for many years. She is a >>> PSC member of the Mapbender [2] and OSGeo Live projects [3]. >>> Apart from being a regular contributor at global and regional >>> FOSS4G conferences, Astrid is the force behind the German >>> language OSGeo Local Chapter FOSSGIS e.V. [4] ever since its >>> inception. She is also involved in showcasing OSGeo at >>> mega-events like INTERGEO [5] and scientific conferences like >>> AGIT [6]. >>> >>> Astrid relentlessly promotes OSGeo by organizing community >>> events, code sprints, workshops on a variety of OSGeo software, >>> and documentation/translation. More recently, her excellent >>> communication skills are being put to effective use in our >>> Marketing Committee. >>> >>> We would like to thank Astrid for kindly agreeing to spare her >>> time for the added responsibility of serving the OSGeo Foundation >>> as a member of the Board. >>> >>> Yours, >>> >>> Venka & Jeff >>> >>> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Astrid_Emde >>> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Astrid_Emde> >>> [2] http://www.mapbender.org/ >>> [3] https://live.osgeo.org/ >>> [4] https://www.fossgis.de/ >>> [5] http://www.intergeo.de/intergeo-en/ >>> <http://www.intergeo.de/intergeo-en/> >>> [6] http://www.agit.at/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org <mailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org> >>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> <https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org <mailto: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 > > -- > Cameron Shorter > Open Technologies Consultant > Geospatial & Software Architect > Open Source Developer > > M +61 (0) 419 142 254 > http://shorter.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- Yours sincerely, ir. Dirk Frigne CEO @geosparc Geosparc n.v. Brugsesteenweg 587 B-9030 Ghent Tel: +32 9 236 60 18 GSM: +32 495 508 799 http://www.geomajas.org http://www.geosparc.com @DFrigne be.linkedin.com/in/frigne _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss