Thanks Vicky! Michael Smith OSGeo Treasurer
> On Nov 25, 2018, at 9:25 AM, Vicky Vergara <vi...@georepublic.de> wrote: > > 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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