[OSGeo-Discuss] Campaign statement for Michael Smith

[Michael Smith]

Hi,

For those os you that don't know me, I'm Michael Smith, a physical scientist
at the US Army Corps of Engineers. I've been involved with the MapServer
community since 2001 and OSGeo since its inception. For the last 2 years,
I've been honored to be a OSGeo Board member and OSGeo treasurer. Its been
quite a learning experience and I greatly thank Daniel Morissette, the
previous OSGeo treasurer for so much support in handling the transition.

In my time on the board and as treasurer, my focus has been on encouraging
governments (in general) and the US in particular, especially the Department
of Defense which, personally I know makes extensive use of OSGeo projects,
to more actively participate is OSGeo and the projects beyond just use and
occasional commits.

I've also been honored to be appointed the LocationTech representative from
OSGeo and I've been working to make the relationship between OSGeo and
LocationTech a real partnership with respect and appreciation for all the
work that both organizations do. And that is my view of the relationship,
these are two important organizations that work to achieve similar but
compatible goals but with different focuses and with different strengths. As
OSGeo is a welcoming, inclusive community, I feel strongly that we should
work openly and honestly with all our partner organizations, with
LocationTech being one of the most important.

If reelected, I plan to continue as OSGeo Treasurer and as the LocationTech
representative. 

I must say I am very humbled to see the strong list of candidates to the
board. If I'm nor elected, I can see that OSGeo will be in very good hands.
This is a particularly great group of candidates and it shows off the
strength and diversity of the OSGeo community.

Thank you for the nomination, OSGeo community.

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Michael Smith
OSGeo Foundation Treasurer
treasurer at osgeo.org


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