[OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Yann Chemin

[Newcomb, Doug]

I second the nomination.

Doug


On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 7:17 AM, Margherita Di Leo <
dileomargherita at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Let us nominate Yann Chemin [0] from France / Sri Lanka (rather "citizen
> of the world"), for OSGeo Charter membership.
>
> Yann is a researcher at IWMI [3,9], Visiting Lecturer at University of
> Colombo [4] and Visiting Lecturer/Consultant at University of Moratuwa [5],
> Sri Lanka.
>
> His  research interest lies in water, land and planetary remote sensing
> [1] .
>
> One of his major goals is to provide extensive information on soil and
> vegetation from remote sensing sources, that are often the only data
> sources available in developing countries.
>
> We (Anne & Madi) met Yann at GRASS Community Sprint in Genova in 2013 [6],
> after many years of email exchange and contributions on GRASS GIS
> documentation. We had the opportunity to meet him again [7] in GRASS
> Community Sprint in Prague [8], where we discussed extensively on how open
> source geospatial software can improve education and land management in Sri
> Lanka, where he currently lives.
>
> We believe that Yann would be a very effective Charter Member. He is a
> passionate promoter of open source geospatial, a skilled researcher and a
> great communicator.
>
> Anne, Margherita and Jachym
>
> [0] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Yann_Chemin
> [1] http://iwmi.academia.edu/YannChemin
> [2] http://fr.linkedin.com/pub/yann-chemin/36/b79/bbb/
> [3] http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/
> [4] http://www.cmb.ac.lk/
> [5] http://www.mrt.ac.lk/foa/
> [6] http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Genova_2013
> [7]
> https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/1001602_10151742246629248_1903368345_n.jpg
> [8] http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Community_Sprint_Prague_2013
> [9]
> http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/2013/06/measuring-a-plants-health-from-the-sky/
>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
>
> Dr. Margherita DI LEO
> Scientific / technical project officer
>
> European Commission - DG JRC
> Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES)
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>
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> margherita.di-leo at jrc.ec.europa.eu
>
> Disclaimer: The views expressed are purely those of the writer and may not
> in any circumstance be regarded as stating an official position of the
> European Commission.
>
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