<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Hi Jeff,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am so glad to receive your message.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">12 years of huge growth of Japan OSGeo community makes me that it is the time to support younger generation as an individual contributor.</div><div class="">Iwasaki-san has strong leadership and has been one of the most active contributors to Japan community.</div><div class="">I will continue to be a part of OSGeo community with passion.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Jeff, we miss you very much and wish to have fun talk with you in the future.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">2018/06/23 13:54、Toru Mori <<a href="mailto:moritoru@cocoa.plala.or.jp" class="">moritoru@cocoa.plala.or.jp</a>>のメール:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Hi Jeff,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am so glad to receive your message.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">12 years of huge growth of Japan OSGeo community makes me that it is the time to support younger generation as an individual contributor.</div><div class="">Iwasaki-san has strong leadership and has been one of the most active contributors to Japan community.</div><div class="">I will continue to be a part of OSGeo community with passion.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Jeff, we miss you very much and wish to have fun talk with you in the future.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">(Sep. 12 2004 in Bangkok Thailand)</div><div class=""><span id="cid:38F01188-2293-4CBF-B1A2-01D2E9276548"><スクリーンショット 2018-06-23 13.50.24.png></span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div>Cheers.<br class=""><div class="">
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<div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">2018/06/23 12:53、Jeff McKenna <<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com" class="">jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a>>のメール:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Hi Mori-san,<br class=""><br class="">It is me and the whole OSGeo community that must take a moment, more than a moment, and thank you directly. I have been meaning to write here to thank you for 12 years as President of the OSGeo-JP chapter. I noticed your message a few weeks ago to the OSGeo-JP community and it really moved me.<br class=""><br class="">What words can I say.<br class=""><br class="">I can see your smile. It is that smile and focus that has helped build a fun and vibrant community, and you have indeed helped grow it into one of the largest and most successful OSGeo chapters in the world. (so amazing to see your original 2006 event website ha! <a href="http://www.seminar.jp/osgeo/" class="">http://www.seminar.jp/osgeo/</a> )<br class=""><br class="">But of course one of my favorite memories is still captured on the "About" page of the chapter website, the mola-mola group picture ha: <a href="https://www.osgeo.jp/about" class="">https://www.osgeo.jp/about</a><br class=""><br class="">I am of course very happy to learn that Iwasaki-san[1] has become the new President of the OSGeo-JP chapter, and I know that he will do an amazing job as well. (others should read his Welcome from the New President[2]<br class=""><br class="">I can go on (we have so many stories and laughs: me so confused and lost at Narita airport the first time ha....so many laughs)<br class=""><br class="">My heartfelt thank you for all of your passion and time that you have given to OSGeo. And I know you are not going anywhere, we can't lose this passion, there is no on/off switch ha.<br class=""><br class="">It is great to talk here with you again! :) Have a great event there and please share a kampai together with Mayumi for me - I hope to share a laugh with you all soon.<br class=""><br class="">I bow my head to you as an utmost sign of respect.<br class=""><br class="">[1] <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Nobusuke_Iwasaki" class="">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Nobusuke_Iwasaki</a><br class="">[2] <a href="https://www.osgeo.jp/archives/1575" class="">https://www.osgeo.jp/archives/1575</a><br class=""><br class="">-jeff<br class=""><br class="">PS. my neighbors here in Canada must think they are in Japan, hearing the FOSS4G-Hokkaido talks coming from my TV speakers all night tonight ha! Even the 'white noise' of the chatting and networking happening between sessions, caught perfectly through the youtube stream and sent across the world to my little fishing village, calms me and makes me smile. Community.<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">On 2018-06-22 11:31 PM, Toru Mori wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Hi Jeff,<br class="">Thank you so much sharing our FOSS4G Hokkaido event.<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">And admire the creativity and fun of the printed program: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BkWSHSzhb7NFZlnOdxmcCeII1i7WiSOO7zghTc0/" class="">https://www.instagram.com/p/BkWSHSzhb7NFZlnOdxmcCeII1i7WiSOO7zghTc0/</a><br class=""><br class=""></blockquote>Yeah, I even wouldn't expect to see that kind of excellent artwork. Very happy to work with great team.<br class="">Toru Mori OSGeo Japan<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">2018/06/23 11:23、Jeff McKenna <<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com" class="">jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a> <<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com" class="">mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a>>>のメール:<br class=""><br class="">Please take a brief moment to watch and hear the passion, the spirit and fun at FOSS4G-Hokkaido in Japan. (currently a GeoDjango talk) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvnlZJdFdX4" class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvnlZJdFdX4</a><br class=""><br class="">And admire the creativity and fun of the printed program: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BkWSHSzhb7NFZlnOdxmcCeII1i7WiSOO7zghTc0/" class="">https://www.instagram.com/p/BkWSHSzhb7NFZlnOdxmcCeII1i7WiSOO7zghTc0/</a><br class=""><br class="">:)<br class=""><br class="">-jeff<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></blockquote></blockquote>_______________________________________________<br class="">Discuss mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org" class="">Discuss@lists.osgeo.org</a><br class=""><a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss" class="">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss</a></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>