<div dir="ltr">Name: Paolo Corti aka capooti<div>Email: <a href="mailto:pcorti@gmail.com">pcorti@gmail.com</a></div><div>Wiki: <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Paolo_Corti">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Paolo_Corti</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Dear All,</div><div><br></div><div>I would like to nominate Paolo Corti, from Italy, for charter membership. </div><div>Paolo is currently working as a geospatial developer at UN World Food Programme [1] in Rome, i<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,FreeSans,'Liberation Sans',Helmet,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:17px">n the context of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Branch GIS Unit. He deals with GeoNode web platform development, deployments an administration, and spatial and database design and implementation.</span> </div>
<div>Paolo is an active member of the OSGeo Italian local chapter, and I first met him at one of the GFOSS day events organized by GFOSS.it. Successively, I had the honor to become his colleague at the European Commission, JRC [2], where he has developed open source<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,FreeSans,'Liberation Sans',Helmet,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:17px"> tools and applications in the context of the European Forest Data Centre [3] and the European Forest Fire Information System [4].</span></div>
<div>Paolo has been working in the <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,FreeSans,'Liberation Sans',Helmet,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:17px">GIS industry since 1998. He is a master in the use of geospatial software such as </span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,FreeSans,'Liberation Sans',Helmet,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:17px">QGIS, PostGIS, MapServer, GeoServer, </span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,FreeSans,'Liberation Sans',Helmet,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:17px">GDAL etc. and has always been a precious reference for colleagues and users in troubles in the various mailing lists. </span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,FreeSans,'Liberation Sans',Helmet,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:17px">Paolo's blog [5] is a source of precious tips and tricks.</span></div>
<div><font color="#333333" face="Helvetica, FreeSans, Liberation Sans, Helmet, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:17px">There would be much more to say about him, in summary I'll just mention that he's a volcano of energy and a natural OSGeo advocate in every context.<br clear="all">
</span></font><div><br></div><div>best,</div><div>madi</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="http://www.wfp.org/">http://www.wfp.org/</a></div><div>[2] <a href="http://forest.jrc.ec.europa.eu/team/person/2/detail/">http://forest.jrc.ec.europa.eu/team/person/2/detail/</a></div>
<div>[3] <a href="http://forest.jrc.ec.europa.eu/efdac/">http://forest.jrc.ec.europa.eu/efdac/</a></div><div>[4] <a href="http://forest.jrc.ec.europa.eu/effis/">http://forest.jrc.ec.europa.eu/effis/</a></div><div>[5] <a href="http://www.paolocorti.net/">http://www.paolocorti.net/</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-family:'Times New Roman';border-spacing:0px;font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><div><font color="#666666">Best regards,<br>
<br>Dr. Margherita DI LEO </font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">Scientific / technical project officer</span><br></div><div><font color="#666666"><br></font></div><div><font color="#666666">European Commission - DG JRC </font></div>
<div><font color="#666666">Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES)</font></div><div><font color="#666666">Via Fermi, 2749</font></div><div><font color="#666666">I-21027 Ispra (VA) - Italy - TP 261</font></div><div>
<font color="#666666"> </font></div><div><font color="#666666">Tel. +39 0332 78 3600 </font></div><div><font color="#666666"><a href="mailto:margherita.di-leo@jrc.ec.europa.eu" target="_blank">margherita.di-leo@jrc.ec.europa.eu</a></font></div>
<div><font color="#666666"><br></font></div><div><font color="#666666">Disclaimer: The views expressed are purely those of the writer and may not in any circumstance be regarded as stating an official position of the European Commission.</font></div>
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