Along with a great group of nominees, I'm also honored to accept the nomination for the temporary board of the US chapter of the OSM Foundation.
As a temporary board member I would be committed to work on the the processes, organizing, and paperwork that is needed to jump start the US Chapter. Based on my role with the OSM community and my contacts in the regional mapping community, I feel like I have the necessary skills and background to contribute to the process. My first involvement with OSM came through my contributions to the Mapnik project and over the last several years I enjoyed collaborating with huge range of OSM enthusiasts to make better maps with Mapnik. I run an independent consultancy [1] doing web development and mapping work mainly for non-profits, government environmental agencies, and small startups. I'm very excited about helping facilitate more involvement, contribution, and innovative uses of OSM by US agencies, and I'm encouraged by the possibilities of a US Chapter. I have a background in biology and GIS and before starting my own company I previously managed the Conservation GIS program for a non- profit called the Wild Salmon Center in Portland, OR, which took me across the Western US, Alaska, and Russia doing mapping work. Now, I'm based out of Seattle, and continue to work with clients doing environmental mapping, some of whom are actively using OSM [2]. Dane Springmeyer [1] http://dbsgeo.com [2] As an example, for the haiti crisis I worked with NOAA to integrate OSM data into their environmental response application: http://bit.ly/ERMA_NOAA _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us