<div dir="ltr">great president(A)<div><br></div><div>thanks for your work<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Luigi Pirelli<br><br>**************************************************************************************************<br>* LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/luigipirelli" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/luigipirelli</a><br>* Stackexchange: <a href="http://gis.stackexchange.com/users/19667/luigi-pirelli" target="_blank">http://gis.stackexchange.com/users/19667/luigi-pirelli</a><br>* GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/luipir" target="_blank">https://github.com/luipir</a><br>* Book: <a href="https://www.packtpub.com/eu/application-development/mastering-geospatial-development-qgis-3x-third-edition" target="_blank">Mastering QGIS3 - 3rd Edition</a></div><div>* Hire a team: <a href="http://www.qcooperative.net" target="_blank">http://www.qcooperative.net</a><br>**************************************************************************************************</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 4 Dec 2019 at 08:09, María Arias de Reyna <<a href="mailto:delawen@gmail.com" target="_blank">delawen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Dear fellow OSGeoers,<br>
<br>
I want to congratulate all the recently elected members of the Board,<br>
specially the new ones! I hope you enjoy the journey as much as I did<br>
and contribute with your unique view to our organization. I want to<br>
thank all the people that helped me on this two-year journey and I<br>
hope I helped others on this journey too. OSGeo is evolving to be more<br>
inclusive, diverse and bigger than ever and I am proud of you all.<br>
<br>
As some of you may know, some months ago I decided to go back into the<br>
barricades and far from public exposure. I think rotating positions<br>
inside a voluntary organization is something very healthy to do and<br>
gives you a unique perspective. That's why I decided to participate on<br>
a proposal for FOSS4G 2021 and not repeat elections again for the<br>
Board.<br>
<br>
I hereby resign as President to let one of the current members of the<br>
Board take this position. I have always a strong advocate that this<br>
kind of positions should be taken by Board members, so I want to<br>
explicitly facilitate the transition. Our current vice-presidents<br>
Helena Mitasova and Angelos Tzotsos will fill the space until a new<br>
President is appointed.<br>
<br>
I have to say I'm still a bit sad of the geographic, cultural and<br>
ethnic representation on the Board. I am sure we can change this on<br>
the following years. Until then, I am confident current members of the<br>
Board will do a great job representing you all.<br>
<br>
See you all in Calgary in 2020!<br>
María, your former OSGeo President.<br>
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