[OSGeo-Discuss] Board candidate manifesto - Michael Smith

[Vicky Vergara]

Hi Michael:
Now that wiki is back on line, Michael manifesto has being added to the wiki
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2018_Candidate_Manifestos#Michael_Smith
Regards
Vasile, Jorge, Vicky
OSGeo 2018 CRO


On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 6:29 PM Michael Smith <michael.smith.erdc at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Wiki editing is down so posting this to Discuss.
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> About Me:
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> For those of you that don't know me, I'm Michael Smith, a physical
> scientist at the US Army Corps of Engineers. I've been involved with the
> MapServer community since 2001 and OSGeo since its inception. For the last
> 4 years, I've been honored to be a OSGeo Board member and the OSGeo
> treasurer. It’s been quite a learning experience and I greatly thank Daniel
> Morissette, the previous OSGeo treasurer for so much support in handling
> the transition.
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> My Vision:
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> In my time on the board and as treasurer, my focus has been on encouraging
> governments (in general) and the US in particular, especially the
> Department of Defense which, personally I know makes extensive use of OSGeo
> projects, to more actively participate is OSGeo and the projects beyond
> just use and occasional commits.
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> What your interests are in terms of the board:
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> If reelected, I plan to continue as OSGeo Treasurer. Its been a bit of a
> learning experience handling the funds from OSGeo, learning how to do the
> non profit tax filings for the US Government (where OSGeo is incorporated)
> and handling distributions of funds to Code Sprints and Events. Its also
> been a lot of fun to work directly with groups and individuals all over the
> world with OSGeo. Its been a very rewarding experience.
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> It’s really wonderful to see a great group of new candidates to the board.
> Its wonderful to see the diversity and multiple regions of the world
> represented in the candidates.
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> Thank you for the nomination, OSGeo Community!
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> Mike
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> Michael Smith
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> OSGeo Foundation Treasurer
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> Treasurer at osgeo.org
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