<html><head></head><body>+1, I was fortunate to work a little with Marc and found that he had excellent ideas, a mountain if of pragmatism, a history of positive collaborations, and was a pleasure to speak & work with. He communicates very effectively also. Excellent choice!<br>
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Andrea<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On September 18, 2016 12:22:36 PM EDT, Jeffrey Johnson <ortelius@gmail.com> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">+1 on this nomination. I've only had the pleasure of interacting with<br />Marc recently in Bonn, but I believe he is the exact kind of person we<br />need to take OSGeo to the next level with a clear, focused and well<br />executed marketing strategy.<br /><br />On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 8:40 AM, Jeff McKenna<br /><jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"> Forwarding Marc Vloemans nomination for the Board of Directors by Gert-Jan<br /> van der Weijden.<br /><br /> - on behalf of<br /> CRO 2016<br /><br /><br /> -------- Forwarded Message --------<br /><br /> I would like to nominate Marc Vloemans for the Board of Directors of the<br /> <a href="http://OSGeo.org">OSGeo.org</a> foundation.<br /><br /> I know Marc now for approximately 10 years. The first years simply as<br /> fellow-Dutchmen working in spatial IT in The Netherlands. But
since Marc<br /> joined the Board of Directors of the Dutch Local Chapter "<a href="http://OSgeo.nl">OSgeo.nl</a>" in 2015,<br /> and since we both were members of the Local Organizing Committee of FOSS4G<br /> in Bonn this year, I have worked with Marc more closely than ever before.<br /><br /> I guess a lot of you (the participants of FOSS4G) can't have missed Marc<br /> since he was the central person in manning the <a href="http://OSGeo.org">OSGeo.org</a> booth at FOSS4G.<br /><br /> He has a broad management experience in "spreading the open source word" in<br /> both commercial and public organizations, not just in Europe but also in<br /> other continents. But his organizational experience is not tied to just our<br /> well-known FOSS4G ecosystem.<br /><br /> Therefore I think Marc can build bridges to other organisations and<br /> ecosystems, and thus bring <a href="http://OSgeo.org">OSgeo.org</a> a step further in its maturity.<br /><br /> And besides that, I know Marc as
someone you can have a good beer/talk &<br /> laugh with!<br /><br /> <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Marc_Vloemans">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Marc_Vloemans</a><br /><br /> Kind regards,<br /><br /> Gert-Jan<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><hr /><br /> Discuss mailing list<br /> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org<br /> <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss</a><br /></blockquote><hr /><br />Discuss mailing list<br />Discuss@lists.osgeo.org<br /><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss</a></pre></blockquote></div></body></html>