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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial;">On behalf of the GeoForAll community, it is my great pleasure to honour Kurt Menke as our Geo</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial; background-color: white;">Ambassador</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial;">.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial;"><font color="#212121"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
A former archaeologist,</span></font><span class="x_apple-converted-space"><font color="#212121"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></font><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Kurt </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Menke
is a Certified GIS Professional (GISP) based out of Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. He received a Master’s degree in Geography from the University of New Mexico in 2000. That same year he founded </span><a href="https://www.birdseyeviewgis.com/blog/" id="LPlnk639709" previewremoved="true"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Bird’s
Eye View</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> to apply his expertise with GIS technology towards ecological conservation. Along with conservation, his other focus areas are public health and education. He splits his time between GIS consulting and
education.</span></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:107%; font-family:Arial; color:#212121"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Kurt is an avid open source GIS proponent, recently co-authoring </span><a href="https://www.packtpub.com/big-data-and-business-intelligence/mastering-qgis-second-edition" id="LPlnk378240" previewremoved="true"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Mastering
QGIS</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> for Packt Publishing and authoring </span><a href="https://locatepress.com/dqw" id="LPlnk340724" previewremoved="true"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Discover QGIS</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> through
Locate Press. In 2015 he became an OSGeo Charter Member. He is an experienced FOSS4G educator and is a co-author of the </span><a href="https://fossgeo.org/" id="LPlnk139557" previewremoved="true"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">GeoAcademy</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.
He teaches on a regular basis. </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:107%; font-family:Arial; color:#1F1F1F; letter-spacing:.4pt; background:white"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">He is also experienced in developing college
GIS curricula. Bird's Eye View is a</span><span class="x_apple-converted-space" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:107%; font-family:Arial"><a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/" id="LPlnk230840" previewremoved="true"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: 0.4pt;">GeoForAll</span><span class="x_apple-converted-space"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: 0.4pt; text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></a><a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Edu_current_initiatives#sortable_table_id_0" id="LPlnk582618" previewremoved="true"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: 0.4pt;">lab</span></a><span style="color:#1F1F1F; letter-spacing:.4pt; background:white"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.
In 2015 he was part of the</span><span class="x_apple-converted-space" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><a href="https://fossgeo.org/" id="LPlnk410989" previewremoved="true"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: 0.4pt;">GeoAcademy</span><span class="x_apple-converted-space"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: 0.4pt; text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></a><span style="color:#1F1F1F; letter-spacing:.4pt; background:white"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">team
awarded the</span><span class="x_apple-converted-space" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><a href="http://www.geoforall.org/news/?action=story&id=20" id="LPlnk10127" previewremoved="true"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: 0.4pt;">GeoForAll
Educator of the Year award</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: 0.4pt; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">. Currently, he develops curriculum and teaches for Central New
Mexico Community College, University of New Mexico Continuing Education and Del Mar College.
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">His offerings range from a semester long Intro to FOSS4G course he originally developed in 2009, to short courses and professional workshops. </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:107%; font-family:Arial; color:black; background:white"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">He
is the first US educator to be an </span><a href="http://changelog.qgis.org/en/qgis/certifyingorganisation/list/" id="LPlnk888880" previewremoved="true"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">authorized QGIS training center</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For
those interested in community health mapping and i</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">nformation on Low Cost Mapping Tools for Community-based Organizations , you might be interested in the resources
at </span><a href="https://communityhealthmaps.nlm.nih.gov/about/" id="LPlnk514504" previewremoved="true"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">https://communityhealthmaps.nlm.nih.gov/about/</span></a></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We are proud to honour Kurt Menke as our GeoAmbassodor and we are extremely grateful
for his contributions to GeoForAll and for his excellent contributions for expanding geoeducation opportunities for all.</span></p>
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