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<font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">All,</font> </p>
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<font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">I would like to thank Steve L. for his nomination and trust in me related to OSGEO and other topics that we've worked together on in the past. Steve is in large part responsible for my interest in Open Source alternatives that began with the use of MapServer in the early 90's.</font> </p>
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<font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">I've never really thought about being recognized officially other than possibly wanting to vote on some interesting OSGEO issues here and there over the years. While I tried to attend the first OSGEO birthing meeting, I ended up watching the process from the sidelines. I seem to have gotten my views on things out there never the less during my participation on the (OSGEO) lists (I'm on nine of them right now), I should also mention that I'm also on a few other open source lists that are not specifically Geo related, and that I work in the area of application usability. </font> </p>
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<font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">My main interest is in making the complicated tasks easier to accomplish, for the ordinary user, primarily with Open Source tools where feasible. I also work with software and hardware in combination to build information systems from the ground up, while others projects are just intended as improvements to existing systems.</font> </p>
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<font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">My varied background in hardware and Geo related processes is extensive, and it's in this cross pollination of ideas and open source projects that I think makes me a valuable asset to OSGEO.</font> </p>
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<b><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">NOTE:</font></b><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3"> I don't know that the following is pertinent or related to this response, but I include it because I would like to see a similar list from others about their interests / uses of OS software. Additionally, a area of general expertise might be nice. Things like I'm interested in promoting the US National Grid (USNG) for example.<b></b></font> </p>
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<b><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">OpenSource background:</font></b><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3"></font> </p>
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<b><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">Fluent in: </font></b><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">MapServer and Mapfiles, GeoMoose, Perl, Shell scripts, AutoCAD (FDO, WMS, WFS), Oracle Spatial</font> </p>
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<b><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">Somewhat Fluent in: </font></b><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">GDAL/OGR, QGIS, Open Layers, MapScript, Apache, KML, JSON, POSTGIS, MySQL, WebDAV, Ubuntu (LiveDVD)</font> </p>
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<b><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">Have used: </font></b><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">MSQL, Nagios, Drupal, Plone, X3D</font> </p>
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<b><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">Experimenting(ed) with: </font></b><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">LAMP<b>, </b>QGGIS (portable - Android), Portable GeoMoose Stack (Apache, GeoMoose, PostGIS, Openlayers), Pano3D, 3dPDF, GeoPDF, Android OS</font> </p>
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<font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">Thanks</font> </p>
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<font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">Bob Basques</font> </p>
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>>> "Lime, Steve D (DNR)" <Steve.Lime@state.mn.us> wrote:<br> </p>
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<font face="Arial">I’m pleased to have the opportunity to nominate Bob Basques as an OSGeo charter member. Bob works for the City of St. Paul and has long been a user and advocate of free and open source software and data. He is the founder of the GeoMOOSE project (<a href="http://www.geomoose.org">geomoose.org</a>) an increasingly popular client environment that leverages other projects such as MapServer and Open Layers.<o style="font-family: Arial" p="#DEFAULT"></o style="font-family: Arial"></font> </p>
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<font face="Arial">Bob has been a frequent contributor in local (Twin Cities MapServer Group), state (MN GIS/LIS) and global (FOSS4G) events, doing presentations and delivering workshops. <o style="font-family: Arial" p="#DEFAULT"></o style="font-family: Arial"></font> </p>
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<font face="Arial">Most importantly, Bob’s an idea guy, someone that every organization needs. He is always thinking of new ways to use FOSS software and data to solve day-to-day business needs. Those ideas have had an impact not only the software he has developed, but also the software he makes use of. I’m grateful for his input over the years.<o style="font-family: Arial" p="#DEFAULT"></o style="font-family: Arial"></font> </p>
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<font face="Arial">In short, I think Bob would be value addition to the OSGeo charter membership ranks.<o style="font-family: Arial" p="#DEFAULT"></o style="font-family: Arial"></font> </p>
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