[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Charter member nomination: Michael Terner

[Andy Anderson]

I second the nomination!

— Andy

> On Sep 3, 2017, at 1:19 PM, Vasile Craciunescu <vasile at geo-spatial.org> wrote:
> 
> We confirm that Michael Terner accepted the nomination by Sara Safavi and Regina Obe. The 2017 member nominations list will be updated ASAP [1].
> 
> Best regards,
> Vasile & Jeff
> 2017 OSGeo Elections CROs
> 
> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2017
> 
> 
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: 	Charter member nomination: Michael Terner
> Date: 	Thu, 24 Aug 2017 14:33:35 -0500
> From: 	Sara Safavi <sara at sarasafavi.com>
> To: 	OSGeo Chief Returning Officer <cro at osgeo.org>
> 
> 
> 
> Nominee: Michael Terner, mgt at appgeo.com <mailto:mgt at appgeo.com>
> 
> I would like to nominate Michael Terner for OSGeo Charter Membership. I imagine I will not be the only person nominating Michael this year, but I would be remiss if I did not. Michael, of course, co-chaired FOSS4G 2017, and his leadership was an integral part of the event's massive success. Having known Mike for many years, I can speak personally to his passion for and dedication to growing the open source geospatial community.
> 
> 
> 
> On 8/25/17 5:29 AM, Regina Obe wrote:
> > Name: Michael Ternier
> >
> > I would like to nominate Michael Ternier for OSGeo Charter Membership.
> > Michael has been a strong supporter of OSGeo projects for a number of years.
> > The company, AppGeo, which he co-founded has been using FOSS4G tools for a
> > number of years  and have been sponsors of several OSGeo events. He's given
> > talks on building your product around FOSS4G software.
> >
> > Just recently he was the Co-Chair of FOSS4G 2017 where he did much of the
> > legwork of putting out the proposal, doing the budget, garnering funding
> > from many sponsors (I think FOSS4G2017 hit a record on sponsorship), and
> > also making everything come together.
> >
> > He has something special that we are short on in OSGeo, and that is the
> > ability to bring the conversation of FOSS4G to the business decision makers
> > and how it can streamline their business processes.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Regina
> >
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