[OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2016] Nomination for OSGeo Board: Marc Vloemans

[till.adams at fossgis.de]

+1 from me for Marc Vloemans too

I know, that Marc thinks different - which gives us the chance, to 
involve new faces into an even improved strategy of OSGeo.

Till

Am 2016-09-18 18:22, schrieb Jeffrey Johnson:
> +1 on this nomination. I've only had the pleasure of interacting with
> Marc recently in Bonn, but I believe he is the exact kind of person 
> we
> need to take OSGeo to the next level with a clear, focused and well
> executed marketing strategy.
>
> On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 8:40 AM, Jeff McKenna
> <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
>> Forwarding Marc Vloemans nomination for the Board of Directors by 
>> Gert-Jan
>> van der Weijden.
>>
>> - on behalf of
>>   CRO 2016
>>
>>
>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>>
>> I would like to nominate Marc Vloemans for the Board of Directors of 
>> the
>> OSGeo.org foundation.
>>
>> I know Marc now for approximately 10 years. The first years simply 
>> as
>> fellow-Dutchmen working in spatial IT in The Netherlands. But since 
>> Marc
>> joined the Board of Directors of the Dutch Local Chapter "OSgeo.nl" 
>> in 2015,
>> and since we both were members of the Local Organizing Committee of 
>> FOSS4G
>> in Bonn this year, I have worked with Marc more closely than ever 
>> before.
>>
>> I guess a  lot of you (the participants of FOSS4G) can't have missed 
>> Marc
>> since he was the central person in manning the OSGeo.org booth at 
>> FOSS4G.
>>
>> He has a broad management experience in "spreading the open source 
>> word" in
>> both commercial and public organizations, not just in Europe but 
>> also in
>> other continents. But his organizational experience is not tied to 
>> just our
>> well-known FOSS4G ecosystem.
>>
>> Therefore I think Marc can build bridges to other organisations and
>> ecosystems, and thus bring OSgeo.org a step further in its maturity.
>>
>> And besides that, I know Marc as someone you can have a good 
>> beer/talk &
>> laugh with!
>>
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Marc_Vloemans
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Gert-Jan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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