<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Hello,</div><div><br></div><div>Since brazilian community was cited as an active group, and I'm not seeing till this moment any indication from Brazil, I'll start nominating Fernando Quadro.</div><div>He's very active in promoting OSGeo technologies here in Brazil and is great guy to work with.</div><div>I have the pleasure to collaborate with him at FOSSGIS Brasil magazine (www.fossgisbrasil.com.br) and I can say he is terrific manager.</div><div>He founded the geoserver brazilian mailing list in 2007 and till today help new users with their problems. He also collaborate with projects like uDig (translating), Openlayers, Postgis, Mapserver... and have a blog where he promotes FOSSGIS stuff <a href="http://www.fernandoquadro.com.br/html/">http://www.fernandoquadro.com.br/html/</a></div><div>I think he can help Brazilian
Chapter finally be created if he becomes a Charter Member.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div> </div><div><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Felipe dos Santos Costa<br></font><hr style="width:100%;height:2px;"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Vinde, exultemos de alegria no Senhor aclamemos o rochedo que nos salva!<br>Ao seu encontro caminharemos com louvores, e com cantos de alegria o celebremos!</font></div></div></body></html>