[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Hires an Executive Director

[Mark Lucas]

We call it an "OSSIM" choice where I come from. :-)

Congratulations Tyler, with your talents and enthusiasm I see that we  
are going to move OSGeo up the next level.

I'd also like to thank Gary Lang and the good folk at AutoDesk who  
have been key to getting us to where we are.  It is obvious that they  
really get the whole open source approach and they have been critical  
in helping us work through all of the mechanics to bring Tyler on board.

Mark Lucas


On Oct 19, 2006, at 12:01 PM, Kralidis,Tom [Burlington] wrote:

>
> Awesome choice -- congratulations and welcome Tyler!
>
> ..Tom
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Frank Warmerdam [mailto:warmerdam at pobox.com]
>> Sent: 19 October, 2006 11:58 AM
>> To: OSGeo
>> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Hires an Executive Director
>>
>> Folks,
>>
>> I'm thrilled to announce that OSGeo has succeeded in hiring
>> Tyler Mitchell as a full time executive director.  The full
>> press release is at:
>>
>>    http://www.osgeo.org/content/news/news_archive/tyler_ed.html
>>
>> Tyler has been "beating the drum" for organizational support
>> for our community - originally the mapserver community and
>> then more widely for several years.  So I am very pleased
>> that he has agreed to take on this
>> role full time.   He should be starting full time in the
>> position on the
>> 6th of November.
>>
>> Tyler will be primarily acting in a support and facilitation
>> role, rather than "commanding", but by being able to
>> concentrate on the task full time I hope he will be able to
>> help move key initiatives forward - and by keeping a toe in
>> all OSGeo activities he can provide some degree of
>> coordinatation to all our activities.
>>
>> The board prepared a job description for the executive
>> directory role at:
>>
>>    http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Executive_Director_Job_Description
>>
>> Some earlier, less authoritative thinking on the matter can
>> also be found
>> at:
>>
>>    http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Executive_Director
>>
>> I hope everyone will welcome Tyler.
>>
>> I would add that in the memaining 2-3 weeks before he starts
>> he has a lot of work to finish with his current employer, so
>> I hope people will appreciate he has limited time available
>> for OSGeo before starting full time.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> -- 
>> ---------------------------------------+----------------------
>> ----------
>> ---------------------------------------+------
>> I set the clouds in motion - turn up   | Frank Warmerdam,
>> warmerdam at pobox.com
>> light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam
>> and watch the world go round - Rush    | President OSGeo,
>> http://osgeo.org
>>
>>
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Mark Lucas
Principal Scientist

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