[OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination of Mark Iliffe as OSGeo Charter Member

[Marc Vloemans]

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Kind regards,
Marc Vloemans


> Op 26 aug. 2017 om 23:13 heeft Andy Anderson <aanderson at amherst.edu> het volgende geschreven:
> 
> I second the nomination.
> 
> — Andy
> 
>> On Aug 26, 2017, at 4:09 PM, Polimi <maria.brovelli at polimi.it> wrote:
>> 
>> I want to nominate Mark Iliffe as charter member of OSGeo. 
>> 
>> Mark has a lot of experience both as researcher and as a consultant of important organizations, like World Bank.
>> His main activities have been in coordinating mapping in developing countries examining the emergent phenomenon of community mapping and volunteered. 
>> 
>> Das Ramani Huria, one of the project which has been seeing him involved as a main actor, is considered as a best practice for developing (and probably could also be for developed) countries.
>> 
>> He is also invited delegate to the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN GGIM) as an expert on Volunteered Geographic Information and geography in emerging countries. 
>> 
>> He organised the 2013 FOSS4G Conference as a member of the local organising committee and is one of the two chairs of FOSS4G 2018 in Dar Es Salaam.
>> 
>> OSGEO will greatly benefit of the presence of Mark in our community. 
>> Thanks and best regards, 
>> Maria 
>> 
>> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
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>> UN-GGIM Italy, UN-GGIM Academic Network Task Team, UN OpenGIS Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)
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>> Sol Katz Award 2015
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