[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Nomination for Nimalika Fernando

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I strongly support Nimalika for the wonderful work she is doing. 
Maria


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> Il giorno 11/set/2015, alle ore 04:44, Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk> ha scritto:
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> Thanks to Venka and Jeff for this excellent nomination . Nimalika Fernando not only established Geo4All lab in SriLanka at her institution but also  very active contributor to Geo4All community in Asia. I am sure she will be a great asset to the OSGeo Board and also bring perspectives from the developing world.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Suchith
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> From: discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] on behalf of Vasile Craciunescu [vasile at geo-spatial.org]
> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 4:41 PM
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> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Nomination for Nimalika Fernando
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> Forwarding Nimalika Fernando nomination to the board of directors by
> Jeff McKenna and Venkatesh Raghavan.
> 
> Best,
> Vasile
> CRO 2015
> 
> 
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: Nomination for Nimalika Fernando
> Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2015 12:29:22 -0300
> From: Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>
> To: cro at osgeo.org <cro at osgeo.org>
> CC: nimalika fernando <nimalikaf at gmail.com>, Venkatesh Raghavan
> <raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp>
> 
> It is our pleasure to nominate Nimalika Fernando
> (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Nimalika), from Sri Lanka, for the
> OSGeo Board.  Nimalika is very active in FOSS in her local area, giving
> training, and in fact launched a local GeoForAll lab at her institution
> (Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology - SLIIT).  She also
> played a large part in organizing the first FOSS4G-Sri Lanka event in
> early 2014.  More recently she was active at the FOSS4G-Asia event this
> past December in Thailand, and she is looking forward to the big FOSS4G
> coming to Asia next week.
> 
> Actually in messages with Nimalika this week she summarized her
> nomination reaction with very thoughtful input: "South Asia is still to
> reap the benefits of FOSS GIS and I think passing the message to the
> next generation is the most effective way while convincing policy makers
> also is a priority. The idea of "openness" is missed much here and may
> be due to long lasting social issues our nations have faced. I will
> continue my work irrespective of the results, of course."
> 
> We strongly feel that Nimalika would be a great asset to the OSGeo
> Board, and a strong representation for the South Asia region.  Please
> welcome Nimalika to the Board of Directors.
> 
> Venka Raghavan & Jeff McKenna
> 
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