Hi All,<br><br>I'd also like to second this great nomination.<br>Maxi was there since the begining, and he's one of the best OSGeo advocate i know so far<br><br>Nick<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2012/6/29 Jeff McKenna <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com" target="_blank">jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I would like to second this nomination. I first met Max, or Maxi, back<br>
in 2004 at the FOSS4G event in Thailand (actually this was the first<br>
event to use the FOSS4G name); Max has been involved in FOSS4G for a<br>
very long time. I've also had the pleasure to work closely with him as<br>
he stayed several months in Canada in 2005, where he was working on<br>
floodplain mapping with GRASS and MapServer. Most recently he was<br>
involved with releasing GeoShield[1], which tackles that important issue<br>
of security for interoperable services.<br>
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Max has welcomed me into his beautiful home of Como, Italy, on several<br>
occasions. I consider him and his colleagues very good friends.<br>
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Max's passion and experience make him an excellent representative of OSGeo.<br>
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-jeff<br>
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[1] <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/geoshieldproject/" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/site/geoshieldproject/</a><br>
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On 12-06-28 10:27 PM, Venkatesh Raghavan wrote:<br>
> Dear All,<br>
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> I would like to nominate Dr. Massimiliano Cannata as new Charter Member.<br>
> Dr. Cannata is heading the Geinformatics Division at University of Applied<br>
> Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI). He is a regular at<br>
> FOSS4G<br>
> meetings and has presented several interesting results on hazard mapping,<br>
> sensor networks, data security etc. He is a PSC member of the GRASS<br>
> projject<br>
> and the ZOO project. His researches are entirely based on developing and<br>
> using FOSS4G solutions. He is also known internationally through his<br>
> research<br>
> collaborations and wide travels. He has strong links in the academic,<br>
> inter-governmental<br>
> and industry circles.<br>
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> Venka<br>
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Jeff McKenna<br>
MapServer Consulting and Training Services<br>
<a href="http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/" target="_blank">http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/</a><br>
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