Hi Michael: Now that wiki is back on line, Michael manifesto has being added to the wiki https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2018_Candidate_Manifestos#Michael_Smith Regards Vasile, Jorge, Vicky OSGeo 2018 CRO
On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 6:29 PM Michael Smith <michael.smith.e...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wiki editing is down so posting this to Discuss. > > > > About Me: > > For those of you that don't know me, I'm Michael Smith, a physical > scientist at the US Army Corps of Engineers. I've been involved with the > MapServer community since 2001 and OSGeo since its inception. For the last > 4 years, I've been honored to be a OSGeo Board member and the OSGeo > treasurer. It’s been quite a learning experience and I greatly thank Daniel > Morissette, the previous OSGeo treasurer for so much support in handling > the transition. > > > > My Vision: > > In my time on the board and as treasurer, my focus has been on encouraging > governments (in general) and the US in particular, especially the > Department of Defense which, personally I know makes extensive use of OSGeo > projects, to more actively participate is OSGeo and the projects beyond > just use and occasional commits. > > > > What your interests are in terms of the board: > > If reelected, I plan to continue as OSGeo Treasurer. Its been a bit of a > learning experience handling the funds from OSGeo, learning how to do the > non profit tax filings for the US Government (where OSGeo is incorporated) > and handling distributions of funds to Code Sprints and Events. Its also > been a lot of fun to work directly with groups and individuals all over the > world with OSGeo. Its been a very rewarding experience. > > > > It’s really wonderful to see a great group of new candidates to the board. > Its wonderful to see the diversity and multiple regions of the world > represented in the candidates. > > > > Thank you for the nomination, OSGeo Community! > > > > Mike > > -------- > > Michael Smith > > OSGeo Foundation Treasurer > > treasu...@osgeo.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Georepublic UG (haftungsbeschränkt) Salzmannstraße 44, 81739 München, Germany Vicky Vergara Operations Research eMail: vi...@georepublic.de Web: https://georepublic.info Tel: +49 (089) 4161 7698-1 Fax: +49 (089) 4161 7698-9 Commercial register: Amtsgericht München, HRB 181428 CEO: Daniel Kastl
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