[OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Yann Chemin
Hi All, Let us nominate Yann Chemin [0] from France / Sri Lanka (rather citizen of the world), for OSGeo Charter membership. Yann is a researcher at IWMI [3,9], Visiting Lecturer at University of Colombo [4] and Visiting Lecturer/Consultant at University of Moratuwa [5], Sri Lanka. His research interest lies in water, land and planetary remote sensing [1] . One of his major goals is to provide extensive information on soil and vegetation from remote sensing sources, that are often the only data sources available in developing countries. We (Anne Madi) met Yann at GRASS Community Sprint in Genova in 2013 [6], after many years of email exchange and contributions on GRASS GIS documentation. We had the opportunity to meet him again [7] in GRASS Community Sprint in Prague [8], where we discussed extensively on how open source geospatial software can improve education and land management in Sri Lanka, where he currently lives. We believe that Yann would be a very effective Charter Member. He is a passionate promoter of open source geospatial, a skilled researcher and a great communicator. Anne, Margherita and Jachym [0] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Yann_Chemin [1] http://iwmi.academia.edu/YannChemin [2] http://fr.linkedin.com/pub/yann-chemin/36/b79/bbb/ [3] http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/ [4] http://www.cmb.ac.lk/ [5] http://www.mrt.ac.lk/foa/ [6] http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Genova_2013 [7] https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/1001602_10151742246629248_1903368345_n.jpg [8] http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Prague_2013 [9] http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/2013/06/measuring-a-plants-health-from-the-sky/ -- Best regards, Dr. Margherita DI LEO Scientific / technical project officer European Commission - DG JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) Via Fermi, 2749 I-21027 Ispra (VA) - Italy - TP 261 Tel. +39 0332 78 3600 margherita.di-...@jrc.ec.europa.eu Disclaimer: The views expressed are purely those of the writer and may not in any circumstance be regarded as stating an official position of the European Commission. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Yann Chemin
On 2013/07/14 20:17, Margherita Di Leo wrote: Hi All, Let us nominate Yann Chemin [0] from France / Sri Lanka (rather citizen of the world), for OSGeo Charter membership. I second the nomination of Yann Chemin. Would be great to have Yann as Charter Member. Venka Yann is a researcher at IWMI [3,9], Visiting Lecturer at University of Colombo [4] and Visiting Lecturer/Consultant at University of Moratuwa [5], Sri Lanka. His research interest lies in water, land and planetary remote sensing [1] . One of his major goals is to provide extensive information on soil and vegetation from remote sensing sources, that are often the only data sources available in developing countries. We (Anne Madi) met Yann at GRASS Community Sprint in Genova in 2013 [6], after many years of email exchange and contributions on GRASS GIS documentation. We had the opportunity to meet him again [7] in GRASS Community Sprint in Prague [8], where we discussed extensively on how open source geospatial software can improve education and land management in Sri Lanka, where he currently lives. We believe that Yann would be a very effective Charter Member. He is a passionate promoter of open source geospatial, a skilled researcher and a great communicator. Anne, Margherita and Jachym [0] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Yann_Chemin [1] http://iwmi.academia.edu/YannChemin [2] http://fr.linkedin.com/pub/yann-chemin/36/b79/bbb/ [3] http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/ [4] http://www.cmb.ac.lk/ [5] http://www.mrt.ac.lk/foa/ [6] http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Genova_2013 [7] https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/1001602_10151742246629248_1903368345_n.jpg [8] http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Prague_2013 [9] http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/2013/06/measuring-a-plants-health-from-the-sky/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Nikos Ves
On Wed, 10 Jul 2013 17:53:50 +0200 Margherita Di Leo dileomargher...@gmail.com wrote: Name: Nikos Ves Email: vesnikos AT gmail DOT com Wiki: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Vesnikos I fully second Nikos nomination! His passion for open source geospatial and helpfulness to new users is most appreciated. I'd like to nominate Nikos Ves for OSGeo charter membership. Nikos is an agricultural engineer from Aristoteleio University of Thessaloniki (Auth), Greece. He got involved with GFOSS during his Msc courses, and since then he's promoting it in academic environment and research while helping others in whatever problems they have (orientation, suggestions of right tools, bug hunting). I met Nikos during the GRASS GIS Community Sprint in Genova, Italy where he managed to translate about 20% of GRASS to Greek. [0]. He's very active in gis.stackexcange forums helping other members with their GFOSS problems, mainly with gdal, postgis and python [1]. [0] http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Genova_2013 [1] http://gis.stackexchange.com/users/6711/nickves All the best, Anne -- http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Aghisla signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
