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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Discuss <discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Astrid Emde (OSGeo) via Discuss <discuss@lists.osgeo.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, 13. December 2021 at 9.55 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Discuss <discuss@lists.osgeo.org>, Announce <announce@lists.osgeo.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo would like to welcome our 15 new OSGeo Charter Members 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Newsitem: <br>
<a href="https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/welcoming-our-new-osgeo-charter-members-2021/">https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/welcoming-our-new-osgeo-charter-members-2021/</a><br>
2021-12-13<br>
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OSGeo would like to welcome our new OSGeo Charter Members 2021.<br>
<br>
In 2021, we had 15 nominations and all were accepted. This year, 230 <br>
votes were casted. It was a lower number than last year (304 in 2020, <br>
then 209 in 2019, 276 in 2018 for comparison). The OSGeo board approved <br>
the new members in November 2021.<br>
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We are happy to announce that the following people were accepted as <br>
OSGeo Charter Members:<br>
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Enock Seth Nyamador (2021) Ghana<br>
Maia Williams (2021) Australia<br>
John Duncan (2021) Australia<br>
Amin Mobasheri (2021) Germany<br>
Peter Rushforth (2021) Canada<br>
Fernando Mino (2021) Ecuador<br>
Julien Cabièces (2021) France<br>
Loïc Bartoletti (2021) France<br>
Ashish Kumar (2021) India<br>
Stefan F. Keller (2021) Switzerland<br>
Linda Kladivová (2021) Czech Republic<br>
Nick Bearman (2021) UK<br>
Adrien André (2021) France<br>
Nicolas Rochard (2021) France<br>
Malika Gunawardana (2021) Sri Lanka<br>
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We send a warm welcome to our new OSGeo Charter Members.<br>
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You find a list of all charter members [1].<br>
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OSGeo now has a total number of 497 members for 64 countries. Below is a <br>
summary of our membership (you can access the interactive version [2]).<br>
<br>
Thanks a lot to Anne Ghisla and Jorge Gustavo Rocha (2021 OSGeo <br>
Elections CROs) for organizing the OSGeo Election 2021.<br>
<br>
Now it is time for the OSGeo Board Election 2021. You find the <br>
nominations [3] and the candidate manifestos [4].<br>
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About the Open Source Geospatial Foundation<br>
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The Open Source Geospatial Foundation is a not-for-profit 501(c)(4) <br>
organization to empower everyone with open source geospatial. The <br>
software foundation directly supports projects serving as an outreach <br>
and advocacy organization providing financial, organizational and legal <br>
support for the open source geospatial community.<br>
<br>
OSGeo works with GeoCat, OPENGIS.ch, Gaia3D, Astun Technology and other <br>
sponsors, along with our partners to foster an open approach to <br>
software, standards, data and education.<br>
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Open Source Geospatial Foundation<br>
<a href="https://www.osgeo.org/">https://www.osgeo.org/</a><br>
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[1] <a href="https://www.osgeo.org/about/charter-members/">https://www.osgeo.org/about/charter-members/</a><br>
[2] <br>
<a href="https://datastudio.google.com/reporting/d05b9316-41f6-4bf3-b959-eb3f2333afce/page/zgVoB">https://datastudio.google.com/reporting/d05b9316-41f6-4bf3-b959-eb3f2333afce/page/zgVoB</a><br>
[3] <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2021">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2021</a><br>
[4] <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2021_Candidate_Manifestos">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2021_Candidate_Manifestos</a><br>
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