[OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination of Msilikale Msilanga as OSGeo Charter Member

[Serena Coetzee]

I support the nomination. It will be good to have more OSGeo Charter members from Africa!

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Serena Coetzee

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On 26 Aug 2017, at 23:13, Andy Anderson <aanderson at amherst.edu> wrote:

I second the nomination.

— Andy

> On Aug 26, 2017, at 4:36 PM, Polimi <maria.brovelli at polimi.it <mailto:maria.brovelli at polimi.it>> wrote:
> 
> I'm honored of nominating Msilikale  Msilanga as OSGeo Charter Member.
> He is consulting the World Bank on Transportation and ICT by collecting in Tanzania geospatial information on transportation,  education, and public facilities and by training the government on Open Data. He has a huge experience in community based projects (using FOSS) for flooding resilience in informal settlements. 
> He has been working with the local community since 2011 helping them to understand how to use the mapping equipment for collaborative projects.  
> After the experience in Tanzania, he also helped the creation of the first community mapping in Mozambique. 
> Moreover, Msilikale is one of the two chairs of FOSS4G 2018 in Dar Er Salaam. I believe that his experience on collaborative mapping is fundamental for our OSGeo Community.
> Many 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 <http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies>
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> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
> Politecnico di Milano
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> ISPRS WG IV/4"Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html <http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html>, Board of Directors of OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET Advisory Board
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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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