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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Big +1 for Sanghee! That man does enormously incredible work with spatial data. He makes
the most dense data come alive fully optimized. Nice to have that kind of technical talent helping to guide the OSGeo ship. I have seen his work, and it is great stuff!<o:p></o:p></span></font></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Discuss
[mailto:discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of
</span></b>Maria Antonia Brovelli<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, October 8, 2017 2:12 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> discuss osgeo<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [OSGeo-Discuss] Seconding the nomination of Venka, Helena and Sanghee<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#212121" face="Segoe UI"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#212121">I want to second the nomination of these three pillars of our Community.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#212121" face="Segoe UI"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#212121">Venka has been a tireless President and his activity, in Asia and everywhere, has been fundamental for us. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#212121" face="Segoe UI"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#212121">Helena has been a so great leader of GeoForAll and she has been fantastic in proposing and finalising relevant
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#212121" face="Segoe UI"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#212121">Sanghee has been the vibrant engine of the Korean community and has been playing such an important role for
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#212121" face="Segoe UI"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#212121">Best regards.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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