[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Board Meeting Summary

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Frank,
appreciate you picking up and carrying the burden for the last several months.  thanks

Mark

On Dec 14, 2012, at 8:10 PM, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

> Many thanks to Frank for all his work as President and best wishes and  congratulations for Jeff.  
> 
> Suchith
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Jeff McKenna [jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com]
> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 2:54 PM
> To: discuss at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Board Meeting Summary
> 
> I owe thanks to Frank for his efforts.  He stepped into the President
> role after Arnulf, without any complaints (and was still probably
> settling into a new job and home).  We all need to thank Frank for doing
> that at such a time.
> 
> I plan to continue pushing for Open Source geospatial all across the
> world.  I may not be a core developer, but I've learned that my passion
> can be useful in many ways.
> 
> I am proud to represent the community of OSGeo.
> 
> -jeff
> 
> 
> 
> On 12-12-13 5:24 PM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
>> 2) I stepped down as President.  I've found I don't have as much
>> initiative for the role of president as I'd like, and it was my intention
>> anyways to bring new blood into the role of President in the not too
>> distant future.  So I decided to expedite things and Jeff McKenna
>> has very kindly agreed to take on the role of President with the
>> support of the board.
>> 
>> I'm not going away, and will continue on the board and answering
>> info at osgeo.org <mailto:info at osgeo.org> questions with Jeff also
>> assisting now.  Jeff has
>> great enthusiasm for OSGeo and is very active around the world
>> promoting the open source geospatial community and supporting
>> it through efforts including MapServer documentation, MS4W and
>> the Zoo Project.   I also count him as a valued friend of many
>> years.
>> 
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