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I'm sorry for my delayed reply. I've been quite busy doing some other task with an imminent deadline and I didn't find enough time to write few lines to present myself.<BR>
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First of all I would say that I'm pretty honored by the nomination so I would like to give thanks to Santiago for his nomination as well as the OSGeo-es Board Members for their support. I hope to give back his confidence with my work within the community.<BR>
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I'm not a great developer neither a leader of any OS project.... I'm just a worker in the university that truly advocates for the use of open and free technologies and my objective is to spread the use of free software in any activities that I carry on in my job. <BR>
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I work in the SIGTE, the GIS and Remote Sensing Service of the University of Girona since 2002 and I'm teacher and tutor of several courses and training activities based on the use of free and open source software. I use and I promote free and open source software because I'm at the University and I have the real conviction that the university, as a knowledge engine and a transference node, it should use free technologies as a tool to transfer and teach. <BR>
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As Santiago mentioned in his previous email, I'm also the organizer of the Spanish foss4g (Jornadas de SIG Libre), a very interesting event due to the high quality of the workshops and communications done by the Spanish Speaking Community that attend the conference every year (thanks for your continued attendance), and I was lucky to take part in the LOC of FOSS4G2010 in Barcelona.<BR>
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Thanks for the nomination and sorry again for my late answer.<BR>
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Best regards,<BR>
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Lluís Vicens
Comité Organizador
Jornadas de SIG Libre
Sitio web: <A HREF="http://www.sigte.udg.edu/jornadassiglibre">http://www.sigte.udg.edu/jornadassiglibre</A>
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