[OSGeo-Discuss] Boad of Director Nomination: Daniel Morissette

[Daniel Morissette]

Thank you very much Arnulf for such a nice nomination. It would be hard 
for me to not accept after reading it.  :)

I'd be happy to serve on the board for another term, presumably to 
continue the job started as treasurer in the last year (or to help 
transition it to someone else if there is a taker), and also and most 
importantly to continue to help bridge the gap between the local 
chapters communities and "OSGeo Global". The growing number of local 
chapters and local events shows how important they are to help spread 
the OSGeo vision to local and non-English speaking communities.

I am very happy to see a few nominees from outside North America 
already... please keep them coming as I think this is a great sign and 
can only help make OSGeo even more international. Some 
continents/regions are not represented yet in the list of nominees. It 
would be awesome of we had at least one candidate from each 
continent/region.

Daniel

On 12-07-25 1:18 PM, Seven (aka Arnulf) wrote:
> Dear OSGeo Community, Charter Members,
> I want to nominate Daniel Morissette for the OSGeo board of directors.
>
> I have been working with Daniel for many years and he is one of the most
> trustworthy and consistently productive people I know. He has always
> proven to be highly sensitive to community related aspects and has an
> international outlook, combined with very good English skills. This
> makes him a good mediator between different regions and cultures, a
> regularly upcoming issue in our community. This would already make him
> an invaluable member of the board of directors. But this is not enough,
> on top of this he also tends to the irksome job of treasurer and has
> toiled through many down-to-earth tasks that an organization of our size
> requires to get done. He is also an integral part of the Franco-Canadian
> local community and a relentless contributor to the MapServer project.
>
> It would be silly to not squeeze some more out of him if he so friendly
> asks for it.
>
> Thank you,
> Arnulf
>


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Daniel Morissette
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Provider of Professional MapServer Support since 2000