[OSGeo-Discuss] RE: Board Nomination -- Regina Obe Decline

[Paragon Corporation]

David,

Thank you very much for this nomination.  It is a great honor to be so well
respected by you. It is also with much regret that I decline your offer.

 

I really had intended on accepting this, but after thinking about the extra
responsibility this position would require,

I realized I would be spreading myself too thin,feeling a bit out of my
element, and regret later not being able to serve OSGeo as well as I wanted
to.  I would also be possibly depriving others with more energy and will
from making their impact.

 

We have a bright and very energetic group of nominees, and I'm looking
forward to seeing many of them, including David 

serve on our board.

 

Yours in spirit,

Regina

 

 

 

 

 

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> I nominate Regina Obe for the OSGeo Board of Directors. Regina is a member
> of the PostGIS steering Committee and has been an OSGeo Charter Member
since
> 2009. Regina has a particular strength that is very rare in the Open
Source
> world and that is her dedication to making open source software and
> programming accessible to the often non-technical savvy GIS user. Regina
> (along with her husband Leo) have maintained the BostonGIS blog and the
> Postgres Online Journal for many years providing quick and understandable
> tutorials, guides, and cheat sheets for various projects with a particular
> focus on PostgreSQL/PostGIS, much of this has culminated in the recent
> publication of *Postgis in Action.* While Regina has a very strong
technical
> background, I believe that Regina could help drive a focus on the
usability
> and accessibility of OSGeo projects.
 
> Cheers,
 
> David
> -- 
> ************************************
> David William Bitner

 

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