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

[Scott Clark]

+1 for Astrid for all of the reasons many have mentioned already 

Scott

Scott Clark 

> On Oct 3, 2017, at 2:58 AM, Markus Neteler <neteler at osgeo.org> wrote:
> 
> +1 for Astrid!
> 
> She is very active in the FOSSGIS e.V., OSGeo and Mapbender,
> dedicating a lot of time to the organization of community events and
> (big) conferences by leading much of the needed efforts. Without
> Astrid and her balanced view of the community, many things would
> simply not happen.
> 
> I fully support her nomination.
> 
> Markus
> 
> 
> On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 8:34 PM, Jeff McKenna
> <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
>> 
>> 
>> -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
>> [2] http://www.mapbender.org/
>> [3] https://live.osgeo.org/
>> [4] https://www.fossgis.de/
>> [5] http://www.intergeo.de/intergeo-en/
>> [6] http://www.agit.at/
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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