<div dir="ltr">+1 from me -- I actually didn't realize Michele wasn't already a charter member!</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 6:07 PM, Alex M <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tech_dev@wildintellect.com" target="_blank">tech_dev@wildintellect.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I second the nomination.<br>
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-Alex Mandel<br>
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On 09/05/2017 03:45 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote:<br>
> Forwarding Michele Tobias nomination by Kristin Bott. The 2017 member<br>
> nominations list has been updated [1].<br>
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> Best regards,<br>
> Vasile & Jeff<br>
> 2017 OSGeo Elections CROs<br>
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> [1] <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2017" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/<wbr>New_Member_Nominations_2017</a><br>
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> -------- Forwarded Message --------<br>
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> Nominee: Michele Tobias, USA<br>
> Nominator: Kristin Bott, USA; Charter Member 2014 / FOSS4G LOC 2014 /<br>
> Code of Conduct Committee chair 2015-present<br>
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> I am writing to nominate Michele Tobias for OSGeo Charter Membership.<br>
> Michele is active in the development of FOSS4G software and open data<br>
> projects, as the lead programmer on the Literature Mapper plugin for<br>
> QGIS, the Data Curation Lead for the UC Davis Library’s American<br>
> Viticulture Area boundary data creation project, and an active<br>
> contributor to OpenDroneMap. She was a founding member of the OSGeo<br>
> California chapter and is currently a *re*founding member of the QGIS US<br>
> users group (in collaboration with Randall Hale and Kurt Menke).<br>
><br>
> Michele brings experience in many open source tools; in GIS (QGIS,<br>
> GRASS, SAGA GIS), and a number of programming languages (R, Python,<br>
> HTML, Leaflet), and database systems (SQLite, PostGRES, PostGIS,<br>
> SpatiaLite), as well as cartography and graphic design (Inkscape),<br>
> Photogrammetry & Aerial Photograph Interpretation, and Kite Aerial<br>
> Photography.<br>
><br>
> A regular presenter and/or workshop leader at FOSS4G (2017, 2014, 2011)<br>
> and FOSS4G-NA (2016, 2015) conferences, Michele also is active within<br>
> the OSGeo California chapter, serving on the organizing committee for<br>
> their annual meetings (2015, 2013, 2011) as well as presenting at same<br>
> (2016, 2011). Michele also takes her open source geospatial work outside<br>
> of OSGeo venues, leading workshops at local (UC Davis Library, Davis R<br>
> User Group) and statewide (California GIS Conference 2015 + 2014; GIS<br>
> Day 2014) venues.<br>
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> Finally, the call for Charter Members "strive[s] to promote diversity".<br>
> While the above qualifications are completely compelling in their own<br>
> right, Michele is a woman working in education, research, and science --<br>
> not OSGeo's predominant demographic. Additionally, Michele is interested<br>
> in improving the diversity of both OSGeo membership and conference<br>
> attendance; by including her as a Charter Member, OSGeo gains the<br>
> further commitment of someone who is both technically very strong and<br>
> also committed to building a community that is more accessible to all.<br>
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