<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454396845437_2766"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454396845437_3210">It is good to note that after all Jeff has not left OSGeo.. He remains with us on the Charter and the committees. </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454396845437_2766" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454396845437_3300">But we miss him on the OSGeo Board. Jeff was a globe-trotting President of OSGeo helping a local chapter here and a FOSS4G there. </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454396845437_2766" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454396845437_3433">A "Hridaya Purvaka, Namaskaram" (heart felt salute) to Jeff.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454396845437_2766" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454396845437_2766" dir="ltr"><span>V.Ravi Kumar</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1454396845437_2766" dir="ltr"><span>Secretary, OSGeo India.</span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Tuesday, 2 February 2016 12:31 AM, tanzeel rehman <tanzeelrehman130@hotmail.com> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv6670805822"><style>#yiv6670805822 #yiv6670805822 --
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#yiv6670805822 </style><div><div dir="ltr">Dear All<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I want to pay a great regards towards the Jeff. I have met with him only one time and his dealing his style his motivation for me towards projects was great.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I do not know the reason of leaving this Presidency but I want to pay a high gratitude to him and I want to meet everytime in next future.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">MAY GOD BLESS YOU<br clear="none"><br clear="none">REGARDS<br clear="none"><div class="yiv6670805822yqt3039266838" id="yiv6670805822yqtfd24169"><br clear="none">> To: discuss@lists.osgeo.org<br clear="none">> From: raghavan@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp<br clear="none">> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 03:09:57 +0900<br clear="none">> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Our huge thanks to Jeff McKenna<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Dear All,<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Jeff McKenna has tendered his resignation from the position of President<br clear="none">> and Board of Directors on personal grounds.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Jeff is a pillar of OSGeo, being a lively presence at Open Source<br clear="none">> Geospatial events since the early days of MapServer User Meetings [1].<br clear="none">> He was also a key person at FOSS GRASS User Conference [2] where the<br clear="none">> idea of having a joint conference combining GRASS GIS, MapServer and<br clear="none">> other FOSS4G [3] communities was mooted which fruited in the form <br clear="none">> FOSS4G-2006<br clear="none">> held in Laussane [4]. Jeff has been a constant companion and a source of<br clear="none">> inspiration during our decade long OSGeo journey.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> During his tenure on the OSGeo Board, Jeff has traversed across the globe<br clear="none">> spreading the message of OSGeo and sharing his passion for FOSS4G. He has<br clear="none">> gone to remote corners of our planet to get local chapters started and<br clear="none">> patiently interacted with diverse audience ranging from under-graduate<br clear="none">> students to top leaders from academia, industry and government. Jeff has put<br clear="none">> community before self and worked relentlessly to bring worldwide reach to<br clear="none">> our Foundation. Combined with his rare passion, Jeff possesses a unique <br clear="none">> knack<br clear="none">> of understanding and assimilating different cultures which has greatly <br clear="none">> helped<br clear="none">> in nurturing diversity in our communities.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Apart form his groundbreaking work in representing OSGeo globally, he has<br clear="none">> also made time to produce excellent documentation and packaging for some of<br clear="none">> our leading software products. Jeff's dedication and passion will continue<br clear="none">> to motivate all members of our foundation.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> The board received Jeff's request on 12 December 2015 and asked him to<br clear="none">> reconsider his decision. At the 30 January, 2016 Face to Face meeting, after<br clear="none">> careful consideration of his reply, the OSGeo Board has motioned and<br clear="none">> unanimously accepted his resignation. The board also passed a motion to<br clear="none">> formally express our sincere gratitude for Jeff's immense contributions to<br clear="none">> the OSGeo Foundation in his capacity as President and Board Member.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Jeff McKenna continues his engagements with the OSGeo Foundation as a <br clear="none">> Charter<br clear="none">> Member and as PSC members in several of the Foundation Projects. We look <br clear="none">> forward<br clear="none">> to seek his advice and active participation in our future endeavors.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Thank you from all of us, Jeff and we look forward to your contributions <br clear="none">> to OSGeo<br clear="none">> in the years ahead.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> BoD, OSGeo Foundation<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> [1] https://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/wiki/Conferences<br clear="none">> [2] http://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/grass04/<br clear="none">> [3] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G<br clear="none">> [4] http://2006.foss4g.org/<br clear="none">> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">> Discuss mailing list<br clear="none">> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org<br clear="none">> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss<br clear="none"> </div></div></div></div><br><div class="yqt3039266838" id="yqtfd28429">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Discuss mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org" href="mailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org">Discuss@lists.osgeo.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss" target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss</a></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>