<div class="" id="magicdomid4"><span class="author-g-isddmb3ckxu42abz122z">Hi all,</span></div><div class="" id="magicdomid5"><br></div><div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid418"><span class="author-g-isddmb3ckxu42abz122z">We would like to nominate Anne Ghisla (</span><span class="author-g-dh5l1vc5rnx2ll8x">from </span><span class="author-g-isddmb3ckxu42abz122z">Italy) to the Board of Directors.</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid66"><span class="author-g-isddmb3ckxu42abz122z">Anne is very active within the OSGeo community. Among others, We would like to mention some of her activities:</span></div><div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid57">
<ul class="list-bullet2"><li><span class="author-g-isddmb3ckxu42abz122z"> OSGeo Google Summer of Code administrator in 2011 and 2012;</span></li></ul></div><div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid55"><ul class="list-bullet2">
<li><span class="author-g-isddmb3ckxu42abz122z"> Member of Italian chapter GFOSS.it since September 2007</span><span class="author-g-a7wefs0uglp9wjz122zg">, follower of Francophone chapter too</span><span class="author-g-isddmb3ckxu42abz122z">;</span></li>
</ul></div><div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid56"><ul class="list-bullet2"><li><span class="author-g-isddmb3ckxu42abz122z"> Member of QGIS Release Team, Documentation Team and Ecology Toolbox Interest Group;</span></li></ul>
</div><div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid59"><ul class="list-bullet2"><li><span class="author-g-isddmb3ckxu42abz122z"> GRASS GIS core developer;</span></li></ul></div><div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid288"><ul class="list-bullet2">
<li><span class="author-g-isddmb3ckxu42abz122z"> Co-founder of OSGeo Women Chapter</span><span class="author-g-dh5l1vc5rnx2ll8x">.</span></li></ul></div><div class="" id="magicdomid13"><span class="author-g-9wu6y2ntb2g7981n">Some
 of the above items highlight that Anne has a strong commitment to the 
empowering of OSGeo, not only from a strict technnical point of view.</span></div><div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid90"><span class="author-g-isddmb3ckxu42abz122z">We
 know her personally and can say she's a very reliable and helpful 
person. We really see her as an optimal candidate for the OSGeo Board of
 Directors. </span></div><div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid416"><span class="author-g-isddmb3ckxu42abz122z">Currently she speaks several languages, such as Italian, French</span><span class="author-g-a7wefs0uglp9wjz122zg">, English</span><span class="author-g-isddmb3ckxu42abz122z"> and </span><span class="author-g-a7wefs0uglp9wjz122zg">a bit of German.</span><span class="author-g-isddmb3ckxu42abz122z"> She has worked in South Africa for a while</span><span class="author-g-dh5l1vc5rnx2ll8x"> and participated to </span><span class="author-g-isddmb3ckxu42abz122z">several </span><span class="author-g-dh5l1vc5rnx2ll8x">OSGeo meetups across Europe. H</span><span class="author-g-isddmb3ckxu42abz122z">ence she has a quite international background, </span><span class="author-g-dh5l1vc5rnx2ll8x">t</span><span class="author-g-isddmb3ckxu42abz122z">h</span><span class="author-g-dh5l1vc5rnx2ll8x">at</span><span class="author-g-isddmb3ckxu42abz122z"> </span><span class="author-g-dh5l1vc5rnx2ll8x">allows</span><span class="author-g-isddmb3ckxu42abz122z"> her</span><span class="author-g-dh5l1vc5rnx2ll8x"> to mediate among different points of view </span><span class="author-g-isddmb3ckxu42abz122z">o</span><span class="author-g-dh5l1vc5rnx2ll8x">f people coming from around the globe.</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid401"><span class="author-g-isddmb3ckxu42abz122z">Her skills </span><span class="author-g-9wu6y2ntb2g7981n">and experience </span><span class="author-g-isddmb3ckxu42abz122z">could contribute to </span><span class="author-g-a7wefs0uglp9wjz122zg">make OSGeo</span><span class="author-g-9wu6y2ntb2g7981n"> organisation </span><span class="author-g-a7wefs0uglp9wjz122zg">more international</span><span class="author-g-9wu6y2ntb2g7981n"> and diverse, in sync with the community.</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid232"><br></div><div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid248"><span class="author-g-isddmb3ckxu42abz122z">Kindest regards,</span></div><div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid99"><br></div><div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid699">
<span class="author-g-isddmb3ckxu42abz122z">Margherita Di Leo & Stefano Costa</span></div><div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid697"><span class="author-g-isddmb3ckxu42abz122z">on behalf of the Italian OSGeo Local Chapter</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid434"><br></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">Dr. Margherita Di Leo</span><font color="#666666"><br></font><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"></span><br>
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