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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>Da:</b> Discuss <discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org> per conto di serenacoetzee <serenacoetzee@gmail.com><br>
<b>Inviato:</b> domenica 18 novembre 2018 15:17:58<br>
<b>A:</b> b.j.kobben@utwente.nl<br>
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<b>Oggetto:</b> Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: OSGeo Board nomination: Victoria Rautenbach</font>
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<div dir="auto">+1. Victoria will be able to make valuable contributions to OSGeo!<br>
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On 17 Nov 2018, at 19:30, <<a href="mailto:b.j.kobben@utwente.nl">b.j.kobben@utwente.nl</a>> <<a href="mailto:b.j.kobben@utwente.nl">b.j.kobben@utwente.nl</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">On 17/11/2018, 00:07, "Discuss on behalf of Vasile Craciunescu" <<a href="mailto:discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a> on behalf of
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Forwarding nomination of Victoria Rautenbach by Astrid Emde and Jeff
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">McKenna. The Board Nominations page has been updated: </p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Subject: OSGeo Board nomination: Victoria Rautenbach</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 23:49:53 +0100</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">From: Astrid Emde (OSGeo) <<a href="mailto:astrid_emde@osgeo.org">astrid_emde@osgeo.org</a>></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Reply-To: <a href="mailto:astrid_emde@osgeo.org">astrid_emde@osgeo.org</a></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">To: Cro <<a href="mailto:cro@osgeo.org">cro@osgeo.org</a>></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">CC: <a href="mailto:victoria.rautenbach@gmail.com">victoria.rautenbach@gmail.com</a>, Jeff McKenna
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Victoria Rautenbach</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">victoria dot rautenbach at gmail dot com</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">It is our honour to nominate Victoria Rautenbach for the OSGeo Board of
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Many will know of Victoria’s effort and passion through several OSGeo
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">educational activities, where she helps young students and young
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">professionals become introduced to the OSGeo community of projects. She
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">is both an administrator and mentor for this year’s Google Code-in
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">has also been a mentor for the Google Summer of Code the past years
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">(working with university OSGeo students). She also helped with the UN
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">For her day job Victoria Rautenbach is a senior lecturer in the
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">She is a member of the ICA-OSGeo lab at the University of Pretoria since
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">its inception in 2012. She is very passionate about the use of open
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">source in education and also the increased use of open source in
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">developing countries. She teaches at the University of Pretoria and
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">makes use of open source GIS products in all the Geoinformatics modules
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">She has organized a number of OpenStreetMap mapathons and arranged
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Victoria would be a great asset to have on the Board. Please welcome her
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.osgeo.org/member/rautenbach/">https://www.osgeo.org/member/rautenbach/</a></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Astrid Emde & Jeff McKenna</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Astrid Emde</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Astrid Emde</p>
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