[OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2014] Nomination for Kate Chapman

[David William Bitner]

Huge +1 from me as well. Kate has trained countless people (who have
trained countless others) in leveraging open source and open data through
her work with the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap team.


On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 8:11 AM, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
> wrote:

> I also want to support the nomination for Kate Chapman.  Schuyler wrote
> an excellent summary of her activities.  For me, I've been in her
> circles for a long time and I've watched her become a worldwide leader
> in helping challenged areas of the world share information.  I finally
> got to sit down and have a beer with her at FOSS4G-CEE in Bucharest and
> it was an honour to share that time with her.  She would indeed be an
> excellent addition to the OSGeo organization.
>
> -jeff
>
>
>
> On 2014-07-25, 7:47 AM, Jorge Sanz wrote:
> > Forwarding Kate Chapman nomination by Schuyler Erle
> >
> > Best
> > Jorge
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Schuyler Erle
> > Date: 2014-07-23 1:21 GMT+02:00
> > Subject: OSGeo Nomination: Kate Chapman
> > To: cro at osgeo.org
> > Cc: Kate Chapman
> >
> > I'd like to nominate Kate Chapman for charter membership in OSGeo.
> > Kate has been an active advocate of Open Source GIS software for many
> > years, and a regular presenter at FOSS4G. For the last several years,
> > Kate has served as Executive Director of the Humanitarian
> > OpenStreetMap Team, where she works tirelessly to promote the
> > development of Open Source software and data as part of a
> > comprehensive response to problems of international crisis response
> > and economic development. Kate continues to be a vocal proponent of
> > OSGeo and its ideals, and would be an ideal addition to our
> > organization.
> >
> > --
> > Jorge Sanz
> > http://www.osgeo.org
> > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jorge_Sanz
> >
> >
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