<div dir="ltr">Hi, all --<div><br></div><div>I was asked to back up my second-ing of Aleda's nomination with a bit more information, so. Doing that -- although I believe that Sara's testimonial is more than sufficient to attest to Aledas <i>"support and promot[ion] of the use of free and open source geospatial software..." </i> and references her contributions to the use of FOSS in geospatial work. (list of "<a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process#Positive_Attributes">Positive attributes</a>", below)</div><div><br></div><div>As a member of the 2017 FOSS4G (B)LOC, Aleda has most certainly<i> "put in time and effort on the Foundation... volunteering in some ... way that gets the Foundation going" </i> and in doing so has demonstrated her dedication to the goals of OSGeo and her ability to work as part of a collaborative, hardworking team. Within the context of FOSS4G 2017, I think Aleda did a commendable job coordinating events, people, and logistics; given how active she has been in the open source geospatial community leading up to the conference, I believe that Aleda is very likely to continue in her work in support of open source geospatial efforts.</div><div><br></div><div>On promoting diversity: I don't believe that the list of Charter Members is representative of the user community of OSGeo projects; I believe we're skewed on a couple of demographic axes. One of those is gender. Let's work on that.</div><div><br></div><div>If I can provide additional information / opinions, let know -- happy to do so.</div><div><br></div><div>cheers -</div><div>-k.bott</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><blockquote style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><i>Recommended membership selection criteria include:</i></blockquote><div style="font-size:12.8px"><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><i>Members should believe in the general goals of the Foundation. To support and promote the use of free and open source geospatial software, education and data in a collaborative manner.</i></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><i>Previous participation in or support of OSGeo activities</i></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><i>The person should already have made a contribution to free and open source geospatial software, education or open data.</i></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><i>The person should be willing to put in time and effort on the Foundation, perhaps joining committee(s), or volunteering in some other way that gets the Foundation going.</i></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><i>Members should be prepared to work constructively and positively towards the goals of the Foundation. Good teamwork skills are an asset.</i></li></ul></div><blockquote style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><i>Membership nominations should strive to promote diversity:</i></blockquote><div style="font-size:12.8px"><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><i>Nominate members representing a diversity of geographic regions, diversity of projects, diversity of programming languages.</i></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><i>Nominate members representing and diversity of interests (e.g., corporate, hobbyist, educational, scientific).</i></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><i>Nominate members representing a diversity of humanity including gender and race </i></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 9:56 AM, Jeff McKenna <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com" target="_blank">jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Forwarding Aleda Freeman nomination by Sara Safavi. The 2017 member nominations list has been updated [1].<br>
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Subject: Charter Member nomination: Aleda Freeman<br>
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 13:10:49 -0500<br>
From: Sara Safavi <<a href="mailto:sara@sarasafavi.com" target="_blank">sara@sarasafavi.com</a>><br>
To: Vasile Craciunescu <<a href="mailto:vasile@geo-spatial.org" target="_blank">vasile@geo-spatial.org</a>>, OSGeo Chief Returning Officer <<a href="mailto:cro@osgeo.org" target="_blank">cro@osgeo.org</a>><br>
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Nominee: Aleda Freeman, <a href="mailto:aleda.freeman@mass.gov" target="_blank">aleda.freeman@mass.gov</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:aleda.freeman@mass.gov" target="_blank">aleda.freeman@mass.gov</a><wbr>> - USA<br>
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I would like to nominate Aleda Freeman for OSGeo Charter Membership. In addition to being a member of FOSS4G 2017's spectacular local organizing committee, Aleda has been an active member of the MA/Boston GIS community for over 20 years. As Web Services Manager at MassGIS Aleda was instrumental in making the agency's pivot from ESRI to GeoServer over a decade ago (and on a personal note, MassGIS's web portal was my first encounter with FOSS4G in use "in the wild", which had a significant impact on my younger self). Aleda is a devoted proponent of open source geo who puts a ton of effort & time into the community.<br>
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