<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">I strongly support this nomination. </span><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Dirk is a real Open Source (Geo) advocate, his passion seems virtually limitless, furthermore he has the ability to pass his enthusiasm on to others. </div><div><br></div><div>kind regards, </div><div><br></div><div>Oliver</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2015-09-08 12:18 GMT+02:00 Vasile Craciunescu <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vasile@geo-spatial.org" target="_blank">vasile@geo-spatial.org</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Forwarding Dirk Frigne nomination to the board of directors by Jeff McKenna.<br>
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Best,<br>
Vasile<br>
CRO 2015<br>
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-------- Forwarded Message --------<br>
Subject: Nomination for Dirk Frigne<br>
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2015 13:13:38 -0300<br>
From: Jeff McKenna <<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com" target="_blank">jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a>><br>
To: <a href="mailto:cro@osgeo.org" target="_blank">cro@osgeo.org</a> <<a href="mailto:cro@osgeo.org" target="_blank">cro@osgeo.org</a>><br>
CC: Dirk Frigne <<a href="mailto:dirk.frigne@geosparc.com" target="_blank">dirk.frigne@geosparc.com</a>><br>
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It is my pleasure to nominate Dirk Frigne<br>
(<a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Dirkf" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Dirkf</a>), from Belgium, for the OSGeo<br>
Board. Dirk has that rare passion and vision for community, and speaks<br>
strongly about building and maintaining a healthy OSGeo 'ecosystem' made<br>
up of both the development community as well as professional service<br>
providers. A "do-er", he has built his company Geosparc<br>
(<a href="http://www.geosparc.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.geosparc.com/</a>) and the OSGeo project geomajas into strong<br>
and healthy entities.<br>
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Dirk also feels strongly about building local OSGeo communities. He<br>
recently helped form the new Belgium local chapter<br>
(<a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Belgium" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Belgium</a>), and he is actively trying to<br>
formalize a European representation of OSGeo.<br>
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Dirk understands the industry today, our community, the software, and is<br>
willing to help guide the growth of the foundation. I feel strongly that<br>
he would be a wonderful addition to the OSGeo Board of Directors.<br>
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-jeff<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">Oliver May</div>
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