[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Charter Member Nomination: Stephen Mather

[Paolo Corti]

+1 for Steve

I had the pleasure to work with him on the PostGIS cookbook, and I
always admired his extended knowledge of the geospatial open source
stack.

p

On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 2:40 AM, 林博文 <hayashi at apptec.co.jp> wrote:
> +1 for Stephen Mather
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> 2017-09-11 8:00 GMT+09:00 Newcomb, Doug <doug_newcomb at fws.gov>:
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>> +1
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 11:57 AM, Jeff McKenna
>> <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Forwarding Stephen Mather nomination by Kristin Bott. The 2017 member
>>> nominations list was updated [1].
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Vasile & Jeff
>>> 2017 OSGeo Elections CROs
>>>
>>> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2017
>>>
>>>
>>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>>>
>>>
>>> Nominee: Stephen Mather - USA
>>>
>>> Stephen has likely been most recently visible within the OSGeo community
>>> as the founder and an ongoing contributor to OpenDroneMap -- for which he
>>> received supportive grant funding in 2016; on which he has given numerous
>>> workshops, presentations, and trainings since its development; and through
>>> which he has partnered with a number of people and agencies to use
>>> geospatial technologies for humanitarian efforts and other applications in
>>> education, governmental work, and more.
>>>
>>> Through mentoring within and beyond his professional role, Stephen
>>> encourages the development of geospatial skills in a variety of folk, and
>>> has recently served as a both mentor and a teacher in cooperative programs
>>> in Musanze, Rwanda in addition to partnering with students at the State
>>> University Zanzibar and the University of Rwanda on geospatial projects.
>>>
>>> Stephen is very active in outreach efforts; the last three years have
>>> included workshops and presentations all over the globe on open source
>>> geospatial software and systems (with a notable concentration on drone
>>> systems/remote sensing applications) -- events include FOSS4G
>>> (2017,2015,2014), State of the Map Africa (2017), FOSS4G Africa (2017),
>>> State of the Map US (2016).
>>>
>>> Technically, Stephen brings a wide range of expertise in across GIS
>>> packages/protocols/libraries, remote sensing, and variety of programming
>>> languages/libraries and is one of the co-authors of the PostGIS Cookbook.
>>>
>>> I believe that with a combination of strong technical skills and a
>>> dedication to outreach/education in diverse communities, Stephen has brought
>>> a great deal to the OSGeo community for years, and will continue to do so.
>>>
>>> -Kristin Bott
>>>
>>>
>>>
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