[OSGeo-Discuss] Board Election: Christopher Schmidt

[Christopher Schmidt]

Greetings to All and Sundry,

I'm Christopher Schmidt. I feel proud to have been nominated for the
OSGeo Board, and would gladly serve on it in order to help OSGeo
continue to grow and mature as an organization which is able to
represent the best in Open Source GIS software.

I have participated in many projects across the OSGeo sphere since my
(relatively recent) introduction to GIS software in general. My
background prior to that was mostly in web development, and I have
especially worked to help create and extend the possibilities for web
mapping with Open Source software. Some of the projects I've
participated in are well known in this field: as a founding member of 
OpenLayers, TileCache, FeatureServer, an author of the GeoJSON
specification, and a contributor to other software like MapServer, GDAL,
and more, I feel that I have a broad base of experience of the OSGeo
community and software.

In addition, I have worked as a member of the Systems Administration
Committee, worked as part of the Geodata committee, and more, to help
enable OSGeo to continue to provide the excellent resource that it does
today.

I believe that OSGeo is reaching a point in its life where the next
several years will help truly define what the organization is in the
long term. As the organization reaches maturity, I think it's important
that we establish a clear direction for growth into the future.

Many graduating students have heard the phrase: "Today is the first day
of the rest of your lives: Make the most of it". I think that this
sentiment applies to OSGeo at this time, and I think that I am well
suited to helping usher OSGeo towards a future which is beneficial to
all of its projects.

I look forward to seeing the results of the board election this year.
If anyone has any questions for me as a board candidate, I welcome them
to either my personal email address, or you can find me on IRC, as
'crschmidt'.

Best Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
Web Developer