<div dir="ltr"><div><b>About me</b></div><div>=========</div><div>Thanks to the type of projects I have carried out I used to consider myself</div><div>academic with a private company perspective. I am Professor in Geomatics and head of the Geomatic Division, which is one of the established ICA-OSGo-labs, at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI). </div><div>- <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate#Massimiliano_Cannata">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate#Massimiliano_Cannata</a><br></div><div>- <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Massimiliano_Cannata">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Massimiliano_Cannata</a><br></div><div>- <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/massimiliano-cannata-45a04617">https://www.linkedin.com/in/massimiliano-cannata-45a04617</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>Vision</b></div><div>=========<br></div><div>#family, #team, #equity, #inclusiveness, #rules, #transparency</div><div><br></div><div>This six keywords tell a lot about my vision of OSGeo and of the world.</div><div>I see OSGeo as a big family who's members work in team to achieve and share success and prosperity. I also see OSGeo open to everyone and ready to discuss with everyone given that respect and rules are followed.</div><div><br></div><div><b>What you have done within the community in the past</b></div><div>=============================================<br></div><div>#istSOS #GRASS #ZOO-project #board #UnitedNation #Geoscience #GFOSS.it</div><div><br></div><div>I have participated in the foundation mainly at project level since the beginning of OSGeo, after Bangkok as a GRASS PSC members, then as ZOO-project PSC members, then chairing the istSOS project. I am (co)chair of the United Nation committee and of the Open Geoscience Committee. I was board members for the last two years. At local level I'm a founding member of the italian local chapter GFOSS, i was official liaison officer for several year and member of the Italian OSGeo local chapter board. Over the last decade I have been a regular presenter, workshop lecturer, code sprints and organizer of academic sessions in numerous international and regional FOSS4G conferences and events.</div><div><br></div><div><b>What your interests are in terms of the board</b></div><div>======================================</div><div>#serve_community #education #conference_fees #individuals</div><div><br></div><div>I have server the board in the last two years and i believe i got a good understanding of the geo-system, i want now to fruitfully use this experience to better serve the community. </div><div>What Can you expect from me? </div><div>To take the role seriously, to critically review each motion and rise any type of concern i see motivating each single -1 . All this in an honest and direct way without any influence or negative intention, but with open heart to innovation and discussion. Education, conference fees, continental chapters are some of the things to be carefully followed.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate#Massimiliano_Cannata">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate#Massimiliano_Cannata</a><br></div><div><b>Any things that you would like to change or introduce</b></div><div>=============================================</div><div>#participation #committes_governance #balance #committees_budget</div><div><br></div><div>I would like to foster charter members participation, but i recognise it is not easy. I have pushed, with other board members, the definition of a strategy and I believe it's time now to determine an action plan for achieving objectives. Working in Switzerland has led me to appreciate rules, which are at the base of the common respect and equity. Not many, not complex but enough to motivate clear decisions. Moreover I wish we have clear governance in all our groups and I will strive to bring more clarity: I will ask for project open governance and written rules that we don't have for several committees, I think we should work on these aspects, equally distributing the efforts with all the groups and members of OSGeo, because we are not a business company, we are a foundation of people with the objective of pushing high quality FOSS4G software to the world.</div><div><br></div><div><b>What role you would wish to fulfil on the board (if any)</b></div><div>=============================================</div><div>#board_member :-)</div><div><br></div><div>I don't want to be in the board passively or for exhibitionism, every decision, every discussion has its own weight and have to be fully weighed because no decision can be made lightly. Putting a +1 vote or -1 must be argued. I will rise my voice to defend publicly my foundation. This is the role of the board in my opinion, all the other roles and action are done in the clothes of a charter members contributing.</div><div><br></div><div>And as in Bangkok was said may the foss be with you [1].</div><div><br></div><div>Maxi</div><div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="http://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/grass04/slogan.html">http://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/grass04/slogan.html</a></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Massimiliano Cannata</b><br><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:gray;font-size:9pt">Professore SUPSI in ingegneria Geomatica</span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:gray;font-size:9pt">Responsabile settore Geomatica</span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:gray;font-size:9pt"><br></span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:gray;font-size:9pt">Istituto scienze della Terra</span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></p><p style="margin:0px"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:9pt;color:gray">Dipartimento ambiente costruzione e design</span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:small;margin:0px"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:12px"><font color="#808080" face="arial, sans-serif">Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana</font></span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:small;margin:0px"><span style="color:gray;font-size:9pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Campus Trevano, </span><span style="color:gray;font-size:9pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">CH - 6952 Canobbio</span></p><p></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span lang="IT" style="font-size:9pt;color:gray">Tel. +41 (0)58 666 62 14<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;color:gray">Fax +41 (0)58 666 62 09<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt"><a href="mailto:massimiliano.cannata@supsi.ch" target="_blank">massimiliano.cannata@supsi.ch</a></span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9pt;color:blue"><span style="color:blue"><a href="http://www.supsi.ch/ist" target="_blank">www.supsi.ch/ist</a></span></span></u></p></div></div>
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