[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Astrid Emde

[Dirk Frigne]

+1 for Astrid.

Great she volunteers to take responsibility as a board member!
I know Astrid since years as a very good communicator and enthousiast
promotor of OSGeo.

I fully support her nomination.

Dirk

On 03-10-17 00:51, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> +1 for Astrid.
> 
> I've worked closely with Astrid on the OSGeo-Live project and believe
> she posses characteristics which are valuable for OSGeo:
> 
> * She leads by example, and often does the hard or boring work.
> 
> * She is encouraging and enabling of others, which helps works well in
> our "do-ocracy" environment.
> 
> * She has been actively involved in the promotion of OSGeo and OSGeo
> projects. OSGeo is blessed with having many awesome technical people,
> but we have less people actively involved in promotion - and we need
> both to be successful.
> 
> Warm regards, Cameron
> 
> On 3/10/17 8:07 am, Marc Vloemans wrote:
>> +1 for Astrid
>>
>> In the short time that I have come to know Astrid she proved to be an
>> asset to the foundation. From Foss4g 2016 in Bonn onwards she has been
>> a driving force in the Marketing Committee. From continuous
>> contributing to marketing tactics to hands-on dealing with collateral
>> production ranging from Live USB to translation of info sheets.
>> All the while being critical yet compassionate.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Marc Vloemans
>>
>>
>> Op 2 okt. 2017 om 22:25 heeft Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com
>> <mailto:jody.garnett at gmail.com>> het volgende geschreven:
>>
>>> I really appreciate Astrid's kindness and leadership on the OSGeo
>>> Marketing team, she would be a great asset to our organization as a
>>> director.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jody Garnett
>>>
>>> On 2 October 2017 at 11:34, Jeff McKenna
>>> <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
>>> <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Forwarding nomination of Astrid Emde by Venkatesh Raghavan & Jeff
>>>     McKenna. The Board Nominations page has been updated:
>>>     https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2017
>>>     <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2017>
>>>
>>>
>>>     -Jeff & Vasile
>>>     CRO 2017 Elections
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>     -------- Forwarded Message --------
>>>
>>>     It gives us great pleasure to nominate Astrid Emde as a member of
>>>     the OSGeo Board.
>>>
>>>     Astrid [1] needs no introduction for most in our community; for
>>>     the few who may not yet be fully aware of Astrid’s contributions,
>>>     she is an (hyper) active member of OSGeo for many years. She is a
>>>     PSC member of the Mapbender [2] and OSGeo Live projects [3].
>>>     Apart from being a regular contributor at global and regional
>>>     FOSS4G conferences, Astrid is the force behind the German
>>>     language OSGeo Local Chapter FOSSGIS e.V. [4] ever since its
>>>     inception. She is also involved in showcasing OSGeo at
>>>     mega-events like INTERGEO [5] and scientific conferences like
>>>     AGIT [6].
>>>
>>>     Astrid relentlessly promotes OSGeo by organizing community
>>>     events, code sprints, workshops on a variety of OSGeo software,
>>>     and documentation/translation. More recently, her excellent
>>>     communication skills are being put to effective use in our
>>>     Marketing Committee.
>>>
>>>     We would like to thank Astrid for kindly agreeing to spare her
>>>     time for the added responsibility of serving the OSGeo Foundation
>>>     as a member of the Board.
>>>
>>>     Yours,
>>>
>>>     Venka & Jeff
>>>
>>>     [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Astrid_Emde
>>>     <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Astrid_Emde>
>>>     [2] http://www.mapbender.org/
>>>     [3] https://live.osgeo.org/
>>>     [4] https://www.fossgis.de/
>>>     [5] http://www.intergeo.de/intergeo-en/
>>>     <http://www.intergeo.de/intergeo-en/>
>>>     [6] http://www.agit.at/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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