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<FONT COLOR="#ffffff"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Jody
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<FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Cameron
Shorter, Frank Warmerdam</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>I'd
like to nominate Jody Garnett for the OSGeo Board. <BR><BR>Jody
sits across many of the java based OS GIS projects: <BR>He is the
OSGeo representative, PMC member and developer for Geotools, <BR>He
is the architect and team lead for UDig, <BR>He is a developer on
Geoserver, <BR>In the OGC he is involved with GeoAPI and
improving OGC standards (especially during the OWS3 testbed), <BR>He
has been hacking Geospatial code for over 10 years and currently
works for Refractions Research. <BR><BR>Jody's commitment to Open
Source, GIS and building communities ooses out of him, which is
why I strongly recommend him for the board. </FONT></FONT></FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Folks,
<BR><BR>I would like to second this nominations since Cameron
beat me to it. <BR><BR> - Frank Warmerdam</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<FONT COLOR="#ffffff"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Michael
Gerleck</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Chris
Holmes, Gary Lang, self</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>I
had never met or heard of Michael before the meeting in Chicago,
but I found his contributions and advice to be incredibly
valuable. He played a key role in helping to figure out the
initial governance bootstrapping, and since has followed up with
solid contributions to the wiki and sounding in on the irc
channel. I think he would continue to provide a very
reasoned and well thought out voice in the continued
bootstrapping of the foundation. <BR><BR>He could also prove a
great resource on the board as an ambassador to proprietary
software vendors to build on technologies like GDAL, OSSIM,
GeoTools and FDO, a role he's excited about. And I'm happy
to nominate him despite a short track record of os geo software
experience, since he already seems quite committed to helping out
and spreading OSGeo, regardless of the outcome. </FONT></FONT></FONT>
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<PRE STYLE="font-style: normal; font-weight: medium; text-align: left; text-decoration: none"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Seconded. - Gary Lang</FONT></FONT></FONT></PRE>
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<PRE><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3><snip></FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>My "agenda", then, is to make sure we reach out to that part of the </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>geo community that is today just trying to build good products and </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>make some money -- to get them to understand the business proposition </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>of the reuse and quality value in existing open source geo packages. </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>To teach them that they can use open source internally and within </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>their products, without necessarily having to give up their IP or </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>open up their entire product line. To teach them about the value of </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>submitting patches back, and to consider donating some money or </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>manpower to these projects. Later still, perhaps, to consider opening </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>up some of their own lesser projects, and to go on the record about </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>their use and support of open source software.</FONT></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3></snip></FONT></FONT></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>full text at: </FONT></FONT></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3><A HREF="https://mail.osgeo.org/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=discuss&msgNo=260"><FONT SIZE=3><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">https://mail.osgeo.org/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=discuss&msgNo=260</FONT></FONT></A></FONT></FONT></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>- Michael Gerleck</FONT></FONT></FONT></PRE>
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<FONT COLOR="#ffffff"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Ned
Horning</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Tyler
Mitchell, Frank Warmerdam</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<PRE STYLE="font-style: normal; font-weight: medium; text-align: left; text-decoration: none"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Ned works in the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation for the American </FONT></FONT></FONT>
<FONT SIZE=3><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">Museum of Natural History (</FONT></FONT><A HREF="http://cbc.amnh.org/"><FONT SIZE=3><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">http://cbc.amnh.org/</FONT></FONT></A><FONT SIZE=3><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">) as program manager for </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>remote sensing and GIS. He is an active promoter of open source geospatial </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>tools in the global conservation community, including the development of </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>teaching materials using these tools. He sees the bigger picture from an </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>end-user perspective and has plenty of ideas for how he would like to see </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>them come together for the greater good. I believe more of this perspective </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>would be valuable to have on the board and help ensure that the overall </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>direction of the foundation is geared toward productive end use of our </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>products. He is active in the conservation domain which has great need for </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>OSGeo tools. He is a likable guy and easy to get along with - his vision and </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>enthusiasm are encouraging. He is doing some great stuff...</FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>For further background I quote Gary Geller's nomination for Ned from </FONT></FONT>
<A HREF="https://webcommittee.osgeo.org/MembershipNominations.html"><FONT SIZE=3><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">https://webcommittee.osgeo.org/MembershipNominations.html</FONT></FONT></A>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>"...Ned is the Remote Sensing and GIS Program Manager for the American Museum </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>of Natural History’s Center for Biodiversity Conservation (CBC). He has </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>explicitly included the development and promotion of open source geospatial </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>software in his work plan to have the necessary institutional support to </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>continue to support this work as part of his professional duties. </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>He has been closely following free and open source geospatial software </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>development for over 10 years and has actively participated in a number of </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>projects: Currently funding feature development for OpenEV. Added geospatial </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>capabilities to NIH Image to support a NASA education project – A Mac </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>application that has since been superseded by ImageJ. </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Participated in the NASA Image2000 software project that was eventually going</FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>to be released to the open source community although the funding plug got </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>pulled and the project abruptly stopped. Secured money for QGIS development </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>starting in the spring of 2006. Teaches week-long remote sensing courses using </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>only free and open source software.”</FONT></FONT></PRE>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>I
would like to second Ned's nomination. </FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Ned
has a thoughtful vision of where open source geospatial
applications can go, and has worked to making them get there. </FONT></FONT></FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#ffffff"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Mark
Lucas</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Frank
Warmerdam, Gary Lang, Ned Horning, Pericles Nacionales</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Mark
has been a supporter of Open Source for many years, and launched
<BR>the RemoteSensing.org portal back in 1999 or so. For
me, the facilities <BR>and community focus it provided was
pivotal in launch of GDAL. Mark <BR>also launched the OSSIM
project and held together his team after they <BR>migrated out of
ImageLinks. Mark has good contacts in the US federal
<BR>government, and is helping to bring open source methodologies
into some <BR>groups there. <BR><BR>Also telling was a comment
Mark made in the Chicago meeting. He stressed <BR>that we
were all there because we wanted to find a way of making what <BR>we
love to do (writing/using open source geospatial software)
sustainable. <BR>I think he has the organizational smarts,
contacts, enthusiasm and <BR>perseverance to held us accomplish
that as a foundation. </FONT></FONT></FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Second
- Gary Lang</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<PRE STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><FONT COLOR="#000000">Well said. I'd like to echo your support for the nomination of Mark </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><FONT COLOR="#000000">to the </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>board. I don't know him well but have noted all of the </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>qualities you mention through personal communication, his </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>participation in RemoteSensing.org and OSSIM, and the Open Source </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Geospatial meetings. He seems to be a good compliment to the existing </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>board.</FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>- Ned Horning<SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><FONT COLOR="#000000"> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></PRE>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>I
second this nomination. +1 <BR><BR>-Perry </FONT></FONT></FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#ffffff"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Helena
Mitasova</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<PRE STYLE="font-style: normal; font-weight: medium; text-align: left; text-decoration: none"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Helena is in Open Source GIS since the '80s and a strong and long term</FONT></FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>contributor not only to the GRASS GIS project, but to Open Source</FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>geospatial technologies in general. I know Helena for 10 years, others</FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>in this forum maybe for even longer.</FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>She provides a valuable link to academia and also brings perspective</FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>from academia. Not just North Carolina State University, but she meets</FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>with people from other universities as well, including Michael</FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Goodchild. She wants to promote OSGeo in UCGIS - University Consortium</FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>for GIScience), and can also bring some insight into US government</FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>sponsored GIS-research (federal and NC state). She can provide</FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>connections to East Europe, too.</FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>She wants to contribute to the core curriculum project of OSGeo and</FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>has a lot of experience with graduate students from a great variety of</FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>disciplines, from engineering, natural resources, computer science,</FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>geography.</FONT></FONT></PRE>
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<PRE STYLE="font-style: normal; font-weight: medium; text-align: left; text-decoration: none"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Seconded.</FONT></FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Ari</FONT></FONT></PRE><P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="font-style: normal; font-weight: medium; text-decoration: none">
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<FONT COLOR="#ffffff"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Dave
McIhagga</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Frank
Warmerdam, Jason Birch, Gary Lang, Tyler Mitchell, Pericles
Nacionales</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>I
have known Dave since around 1997 when he, Daniel Morissette and
I <BR>all worked for PCI. When he and Daniel struck out on
their own he already <BR>had a great client service ethic.
But over the following few years he <BR>also came to appreciate
the transformative power of Open Source in his <BR>own business
and in providing his clients better value and quality. <BR><BR>Since
then the name DM Solutions has become synonymous with open source
and <BR>he has become a prophet of the benefits of MapServer and
Open Source around the world. His efforts on the OSGIS'04
conference, and his support for <BR>MapServer and MapTools.org
have also been appreciated by the community. <BR><BR>Dave has
great experience in selling the value of open source geospatial
<BR>technologies in the hard edged business world. He also
has community <BR>building skills, and a willingness to do the
right thing even if it not <BR>the most expedient for his own
business needs. <BR><BR>Dave played a critical role in the launch
of OSGeo, and I look forward <BR>keeping his nose to the
grindstone to help make it a big success. <BR></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR>
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<PRE STYLE="font-style: normal; font-weight: medium; text-align: left; text-decoration: none"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Seconded - Jason Birch</FONT></FONT></FONT></PRE>
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<PRE STYLE="font-style: normal; font-weight: medium; text-align: left; text-decoration: none"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>I second the nomination.</FONT></FONT></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>- Gary Lang</FONT></FONT></FONT></PRE>
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<PRE STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><FONT COLOR="#000000">I agree wholeheartedly - Dave has helped fill critical needs in the </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><FONT COLOR="#000000">osgeo </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>community and was key in launching the foundation initiative. </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>I would really like to see him on the board to help provide his </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>insights, ideas and management skills. I have presented alongside </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Dave at various conferences and kicked many ideas around with him </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>over the past few years - it is always a pleasure to work with him.</FONT></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Tyler</FONT></FONT></FONT></PRE>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>I
second that! <BR><BR>-Perry </FONT></FONT></FONT>
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<PRE STYLE="font-style: normal; font-weight: medium; text-align: left; text-decoration: none"><FONT COLOR="#ffffff"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Venkatesh Raghavan</FONT></FONT></FONT></PRE>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><FONT COLOR="#000000">Markus
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<PRE STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT SIZE=3><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">I am honored to nominate Dr. Venkatesh Raghavan </FONT></FONT>
<FONT SIZE=3><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">(</FONT></FONT><A HREF="http://www.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/%7Eraghavan/indexe.html"><FONT SIZE=3><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">http://www.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/~raghavan/indexe.html</FONT></FONT></A><FONT SIZE=3><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">), </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>professor at Osaka City University in Japan, for one of the </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>OSGeo board of directors seats.</FONT></FONT>
<FONT SIZE=3><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">Venka is well known in Asia for his promotion of FOSS4G. He co-ordinated the </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>successful FOSS/GRASS 2004 International conference in Bangkok, Thailand </FONT></FONT>
<FONT SIZE=3><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">(</FONT></FONT><A HREF="http://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/grass04/"><FONT SIZE=3><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">http://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/grass04/</FONT></FONT></A><FONT SIZE=3><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">).</FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Preceeding this conference Jeff McKenna from DM Solutions and me (I was </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>awarded a fellowship from Venka to come to Japan and hold a couple of seminars </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>in FOSS geomatics) came to Osaka to join the discussions. It was there in </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Bangkok then, over a few drinks, that initial discussions of a joint </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>international FOSS geomatics conference for 2006 were discussed, in particular </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>by Venka, Dave McIlhagga, Jeff and me. But I can honestly say that it was </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Venka's passion for FOSS geomatics that got the ball rolling. A very </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>personable person, Venka has a way of setting you at ease, that hopefully all </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>of you will get to experience.</FONT></FONT>
<FONT SIZE=3><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">Venka has been a big promoter of FOSS geomatics in the Asian market. He has </FONT></FONT>
<FONT SIZE=3><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">personally contributed to FOSS by being instrumental in bringing international </FONT></FONT>
<FONT SIZE=3><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">character support (i18N) to GRASS and MapServer (see </FONT></FONT><A HREF="http://www.foss4g.org/"><FONT SIZE=3><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">http://www.foss4g.org/</FONT></FONT></A><FONT SIZE=3><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">), </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>writing a tutorial as well as creating FOSS4G installers for Mandrake Linux </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>(including a MapServer/MapLab rpm available on maptools.org).</FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Venka possesses a passion for FOSS geomatics, and, after discussing this with </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Jeff McKenna, we both feel that he would be a great asset to have on the board.</FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Venka is currently traveling through Vietnam and Thailand, but he has said that </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>when he returns he is excited to take more of an active role in the OSGeo </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>discussions.</FONT></FONT></PRE>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>I
second the nomination. As mentioned by Markus, it was
Venka's vision that brought (and will bring) the GRASS and
MapServer communities together initially. He is already a
respected voice in SE Asia for FOSS4G, and his voice would be
even stronger with a seat on the board. <BR><BR>Having travelled
to SE Asia, I can tell you that I was surprised and impressed
with how vibrant and active the FOSS4G community is there. It's
for this reason that I think this is an important nomination. </FONT></FONT></FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000"> <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>-
Jeff McKenna</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>I
second Venka's nomination too. - Helena Mitasova</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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Walsh</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<PRE STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal"><FONT COLOR="#000000">Jo Walsh is a respected member of the open geospatial community, </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>with a strong involvement in open data.</FONT></FONT></FONT>
<A HREF="http://frot.org/"><FONT SIZE=3><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace">http://frot.org/</FONT></FONT></A>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>I feel honoured to nominate Jo for consideration in the upcoming OSGeo </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>board elections.</FONT></FONT></PRE>
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<PRE STYLE="font-style: normal; font-weight: medium; text-align: left; text-decoration: none"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>Seconded. </FONT></FONT></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> <FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>- Schuyler Earle</FONT></FONT></FONT></PRE>
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<PRE><FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>I second that as well. Jo is level-headed and has been looking out </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>for the end users and public in general, particularly with her </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>advocacy for open data, but certainly not limited to this. Whether </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>it's natural or not, she appears to be a natural organiser for </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>bringing together people of like mind for the greater good. I also </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>believe she can see the bigger picture of how tools, processes, data, </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>etc. can all be tied together into a more cohesive infrastructure for </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>future possibilities - that is something that I think we could all </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>appreciate. </FONT></FONT>
<FONT FACE="Courier New, monospace"><FONT SIZE=3>-Tyler Mitchell</FONT></FONT></PRE>
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