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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Dear All<br><br>I want to pay a great regards towards the Jeff. I have met with him only one time and his dealing his style his motivation for me towards projects was great.<br><br>I do not know the reason of leaving this Presidency but I want to pay a high gratitude to him and I want to meet everytime in next future.<br><br>MAY GOD BLESS YOU<br><br>REGARDS<br><br>> To: discuss@lists.osgeo.org<br>> From: raghavan@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp<br>> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 03:09:57 +0900<br>> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Our huge thanks to Jeff McKenna<br>> <br>> Dear All,<br>> <br>> Jeff McKenna has tendered his resignation from the position of President<br>> and Board of Directors on personal grounds.<br>> <br>> Jeff is a pillar of OSGeo, being a lively presence at Open Source<br>> Geospatial events since the early days of MapServer User Meetings [1].<br>> He was also a key person at FOSS GRASS User Conference [2] where the<br>> idea of having a joint conference combining GRASS GIS, MapServer and<br>> other FOSS4G [3] communities was mooted which fruited in the form <br>> FOSS4G-2006<br>> held in Laussane [4]. Jeff has been a constant companion and a source of<br>> inspiration during our decade long OSGeo journey.<br>> <br>> During his tenure on the OSGeo Board, Jeff has traversed across the globe<br>> spreading the message of OSGeo and sharing his passion for FOSS4G. He has<br>> gone to remote corners of our planet to get local chapters started and<br>> patiently interacted with diverse audience ranging from under-graduate<br>> students to top leaders from academia, industry and government. Jeff has put<br>> community before self and worked relentlessly to bring worldwide reach to<br>> our Foundation. Combined with his rare passion, Jeff possesses a unique <br>> knack<br>> of understanding and assimilating different cultures which has greatly <br>> helped<br>> in nurturing diversity in our communities.<br>> <br>> Apart form his groundbreaking work in representing OSGeo globally, he has<br>> also made time to produce excellent documentation and packaging for some of<br>> our leading software products. Jeff's dedication and passion will continue<br>> to motivate all members of our foundation.<br>> <br>> The board received Jeff's request on 12 December 2015 and asked him to<br>> reconsider his decision. At the 30 January, 2016 Face to Face meeting, after<br>> careful consideration of his reply, the OSGeo Board has motioned and<br>> unanimously accepted his resignation. The board also passed a motion to<br>> formally express our sincere gratitude for Jeff's immense contributions to<br>> the OSGeo Foundation in his capacity as President and Board Member.<br>> <br>> Jeff McKenna continues his engagements with the OSGeo Foundation as a <br>> Charter<br>> Member and as PSC members in several of the Foundation Projects. We look <br>> forward<br>> to seek his advice and active participation in our future endeavors.<br>> <br>> Thank you from all of us, Jeff and we look forward to your contributions <br>> to OSGeo<br>> in the years ahead.<br>> <br>> BoD, OSGeo Foundation<br>> <br>> [1] https://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/wiki/Conferences<br>> [2] http://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/grass04/<br>> [3] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G<br>> [4] http://2006.foss4g.org/<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Discuss mailing list<br>> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org<br>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss<br> </div></body>
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