<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><div style="direction: inherit;">I also second the nomination of Marc! I know Marc for almost ten years now and he has always been pushing open source geospatial software with great enthusiasm and energy. Especially in The Netherlands, but in the last years also more and more at an international level. It is great to see him stand for election to the osgeo board now and I'm convinced he'll bring lots of new ideas and energy with him. With his business and marketing background he could well be the person to give open source geospatial software an extra boost as a solid commercial alternative to proprietary software. </div><div style="direction: inherit;">Cheers,</div><div style="direction: inherit;">Jeroen</div><br><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">GeoCat Bridge for ArcGIS allows instant publishing of data and metadata on GeoServer, MapServer, PostGIS and GeoNetwork. Visit <a href="http://geocat.net">http://geocat.net</a> for details. </span></div>_________________________<div>Jeroen Ticheler</div><div>GeoCat bv</div><div>Veenderweg 13</div><div>6721 WD Bennekom</div><div>Tel: +31 (0)6 81286572</div><div><a href="http://geocat.net">http://geocat.net</a></div></div><div><br>Op 18 sep. 2016 om 18:53 heeft Bart van den Eijnden <<a href="mailto:bartvde@osgis.nl">bartvde@osgis.nl</a>> het volgende geschreven:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Seconded. I've known Marc since he stood up a cooperation of small companies that focus on open source geo in 2009 in The Netherlands, where he was really good at getting a common ground for those diverse companies and people. He was also director in the past of one of the better open source GIS companies in The Netherlands, B3Partners.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Marc can play a diverse field from marketing to business development and also a bit of sales. I'm positive he will make a difference in the OSGeo board.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Best regards,</span><br><span>Bart</span><br><span></span><br><span>Sent from my iPhone</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>On 18 sep. 2016, at 17:40, Jeff McKenna <<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com">jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Forwarding Marc Vloemans nomination for the Board of Directors by Gert-Jan van der Weijden.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>- on behalf of</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> CRO 2016</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>-------- Forwarded Message --------</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I would like to nominate Marc Vloemans for the Board of Directors of the <a href="http://OSGeo.org">OSGeo.org</a> foundation.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I know Marc now for approximately 10 years. The first years simply as fellow-Dutchmen working in spatial IT in The Netherlands. But since Marc joined the Board of Directors of the Dutch Local Chapter "<a href="http://OSgeo.nl">OSgeo.nl</a>" in 2015, and since we both were members of the Local Organizing Committee of FOSS4G in Bonn this year, I have worked with Marc more closely than ever before.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I guess a lot of you (the participants of FOSS4G) can't have missed Marc since he was the central person in manning the <a href="http://OSGeo.org">OSGeo.org</a> booth at FOSS4G.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>He has a broad management experience in "spreading the open source word" in both commercial and public organizations, not just in Europe but also in other continents. But his organizational experience is not tied to just our well-known FOSS4G ecosystem.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Therefore I think Marc can build bridges to other organisations and ecosystems, and thus bring <a href="http://OSgeo.org">OSgeo.org</a> a step further in its maturity.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>And besides that, I know Marc as someone you can have a good beer/talk & laugh with!</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Marc_Vloemans">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Marc_Vloemans</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Kind regards,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Gert-Jan</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Discuss mailing list</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org">Discuss@lists.osgeo.org</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss</a></span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Discuss mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org">Discuss@lists.osgeo.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss</a></span></div></blockquote></body></html>