Congratulations, Tyler! On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 9:08 PM, Heather Leson <heatherle...@gmail.com> wrote:
> HI Everyone! > > We are excited to announce that *Tyler Radford* has accepted the position > of Executive Director of Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. Since Tyler was > named Interim Executive Director 5 months ago, HOT successfully initiated a > new 13-month preparedness and response project in Indonesia, scaled up > operations in Dar es Salaam, completed the first stage of the OpenAerialMap > project, launched the disaster Activation Protocol / HOT Training Center, > and delivered a refreshed HOT Export tool. > > “Tyler’s first day with HOT as our interim Executive Director was at the > HOT Community Summit. This was just days after the Nepal Earthquake. From > the moment he joined HOT, Tyler engaged with the community, tackled > projects, renewed fundraising plans and began building plans for HOT’s > future - both for the organization and community. HOT has amazing > opportunities to build and foster community mapping everywhere. I hope you > will join me in helping Tyler and HOT get to the next level,“ said Heather > Leson President of HOT’s Board of Directors. > > > > From Tyler: > > > Since joining HOT, I have been extremely proud of the scale of > accomplishments of our global volunteer community, staff, and contractors. > From leading us through HOT’s largest disaster response activation to date, > to working side by side with communities as they develop their own maps for > the first time, to launching groundbreaking initiatives such as > OpenAerialMap -- the dedication of HOT’s people is what defines us and > enables us to deliver on our humanitarian commitment. As we move through > the coming weeks and months together, I look forward to designing better > ways to engage, support, and recognize our people, including leaders and > future leaders in our global community. I also look forward to planning new > and exciting mapping tools which reach more volunteers and produce improved > mapping outcomes. Finally, I look forward to continuing to work with our > partners and donors as we contribute to disaster response and to achieving > the Sustainable Development Goals. > > HOT’s Board of Directors fully supports Tyler in his mandate mission. We > invite the community and our wider network of supporters to congratulate > Tyler. We would also like to thank all the other applicants for their > interest in HOT and for their dedication to technology for social good. > > > > Heather on behalf of the HOT Board of Directors > > > Heather Leson > heatherle...@gmail.com > Twitter: HeatherLeson > Blog: textontechs.com > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > >
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