Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Venkatesh Raghavan
I support the nomination of Venkatesh Raghavan. Thank you Venka for agreeing to serve again... Silvia On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 7:42 PM, Suchith Anand < suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote: > +1 for Venka's nomination.. Thank you Venka for agreeing to serve again . > Venka has provided us excellent leadership reaching out to everyone. His > contributions for geoeducation is an inspiration for all of us. Let us all > welcome him back to the Board . > > Best wishes, > > Suchith > > > From: Discuss <discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Jeff McKenna > <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> > Sent: 08 October 2017 5:21 PM > To: osgeo > Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Venkatesh Raghavan > > Forwarding nomination of Venkatesh Raghavan by Angelos Tzotsos. The > Board Nominations page has been updated: > https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2017 > > > -Jeff & Vasile > CRO 2017 Elections > > > Forwarded Message > > It is my pleasure and honor to nominate our President Venka Raghavan[1], > from Japan, for re-election for the OSGeo Board of Directors. Venka's > contributions to FOSS and FOSS4G are inspiring to our community. He is > the 2012 winner of the Sol Katz Award, he created the term “FOSS4G” back > in 2004, using it as the name of an international event in Thailand, and > since then he has promoted FOSS4G all over the globe. > > Venka has also been directly involved in OSGeo since its inception, in > fact he was on the first OSGeo Board of Directors from 2006 to 2007. He > is also a long-time board member of the OSGeo Japan chapter. He has > served the OSGeo community for the last 2 years with great commitment > and passion from the position of the President. > > A professor at Osaka City University in Japan, Venka constantly > encourages his students to leverage FOSS4G in all of their research. His > influence in Asia wide reaching, being easily the most influential > FOSS4G leader there. Venka also helps organize the GIS-IDEAS Symposium > every 2 years in Vietnam, which is always FOSS4G-based. > > Venka is happy to be a part of the OSGeo Board again, helping the > foundation that he helped form at the beginning. So please welcome back > Venka to the Board of Directors. > > [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Venkatesh_Raghavan > > -- > Angelos Tzotsos, PhD > Charter Member, Board of Directors > Open Source Geospatial Foundation > http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos > > > > > > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee > and may contain confidential information. If you have received this > message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. > > Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this > message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the > author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the > University of Nottingham. > > This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an > attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your > computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email > communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as > permitted by UK legislation. > > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- ing. Silvia Franceschi Via Latemar, 22 38030 Castello di Fiemme (TN) tel: 0039 -3384501332 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Venkatesh Raghavan
+1 for Venka's nomination.. Thank you Venka for agreeing to serve again . Venka has provided us excellent leadership reaching out to everyone. His contributions for geoeducation is an inspiration for all of us. Let us all welcome him back to the Board . Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss <discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Jeff McKenna <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> Sent: 08 October 2017 5:21 PM To: osgeo Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Venkatesh Raghavan Forwarding nomination of Venkatesh Raghavan by Angelos Tzotsos. The Board Nominations page has been updated: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2017 -Jeff & Vasile CRO 2017 Elections Forwarded Message It is my pleasure and honor to nominate our President Venka Raghavan[1], from Japan, for re-election for the OSGeo Board of Directors. Venka's contributions to FOSS and FOSS4G are inspiring to our community. He is the 2012 winner of the Sol Katz Award, he created the term “FOSS4G” back in 2004, using it as the name of an international event in Thailand, and since then he has promoted FOSS4G all over the globe. Venka has also been directly involved in OSGeo since its inception, in fact he was on the first OSGeo Board of Directors from 2006 to 2007. He is also a long-time board member of the OSGeo Japan chapter. He has served the OSGeo community for the last 2 years with great commitment and passion from the position of the President. A professor at Osaka City University in Japan, Venka constantly encourages his students to leverage FOSS4G in all of their research. His influence in Asia wide reaching, being easily the most influential FOSS4G leader there. Venka also helps organize the GIS-IDEAS Symposium every 2 years in Vietnam, which is always FOSS4G-based. Venka is happy to be a part of the OSGeo Board again, helping the foundation that he helped form at the beginning. So please welcome back Venka to the Board of Directors. [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Venkatesh_Raghavan -- Angelos Tzotsos, PhD Charter Member, Board of Directors Open Source Geospatial Foundation http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Venkatesh Raghavan
Forwarding nomination of Venkatesh Raghavan by Angelos Tzotsos. The Board Nominations page has been updated: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2017 -Jeff & Vasile CRO 2017 Elections Forwarded Message It is my pleasure and honor to nominate our President Venka Raghavan[1], from Japan, for re-election for the OSGeo Board of Directors. Venka's contributions to FOSS and FOSS4G are inspiring to our community. He is the 2012 winner of the Sol Katz Award, he created the term “FOSS4G” back in 2004, using it as the name of an international event in Thailand, and since then he has promoted FOSS4G all over the globe. Venka has also been directly involved in OSGeo since its inception, in fact he was on the first OSGeo Board of Directors from 2006 to 2007. He is also a long-time board member of the OSGeo Japan chapter. He has served the OSGeo community for the last 2 years with great commitment and passion from the position of the President. A professor at Osaka City University in Japan, Venka constantly encourages his students to leverage FOSS4G in all of their research. His influence in Asia wide reaching, being easily the most influential FOSS4G leader there. Venka also helps organize the GIS-IDEAS Symposium every 2 years in Vietnam, which is always FOSS4G-based. Venka is happy to be a part of the OSGeo Board again, helping the foundation that he helped form at the beginning. So please welcome back Venka to the Board of Directors. [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Venkatesh_Raghavan -- Angelos Tzotsos, PhD Charter Member, Board of Directors Open Source Geospatial Foundation http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
