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

[Venkatesh Raghavan]

+1 for Michael Terner's nomination as Charter Member.

Venka

On 9/4/2017 2:19 AM, Vasile Craciunescu 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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