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

[Andy Anderson]

MT has put his background here:

	https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Michael_Terner

— Andy

> On Sep 3, 2017, at 1:22 PM, Andy Anderson <aanderson at amherst.edu> wrote:
> 
> 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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