<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear all, and especially those of you that are registered as Charter Members of OSGeo,</div><div><br></div><div>The board of directors elections voting process will start tomorrow. And therefor it is timely for me to write some words about my reasons for accepting the nomination for a second term on the board.</div><div><br></div><div>Over the last two years I have taken time to talk to a range of community members during online of face to face meetings about the things they would like to see happening with OSGeo. This has resulted in a vision document that I posted <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KRdCKB8HvI9FctF1Ulg6UfoCImjEYKaQkgg9l1HueZs/edit?usp=sharing">here</a>, and to which I have invited the community for comments. So far the document received a good response and a number of great contributions. I hope to receive enough support during these elections to proceed with implementing the ideas put forward.</div><div><br></div><div>You can read more about my goals on the board <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2025_Candidate_Manifestos#Jeroen_Ticheler_-_The_Netherlands_.28OSGeo_profile.29">here</a>. And find some more generic information about me as a person <a href="https://www.osgeo.org/member/jeroen-ticheler/">here</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for taking the time to read this. And Charter members: Don't forget to vote once you received the invitation!</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Jeroen<br><br><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:450px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding-bottom:5px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td nowrap style="line-height:19.0px;padding:0 9px 5px 0"><span style="color:rgb(41,38,95);font-size-adjust:none;font-weight:bold;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:19px;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Jeroen Ticheler<br></span><span style="color:rgb(108,108,108);font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:20px;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Director</span></td><td style="padding:0 0 5px 10px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:18px;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td nowrap><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td style="padding:3px 5px 0 0"><img src="https://cdn.geocat.net/img/phone2.png" style="display:block" width="12" height="12" alt="Phone" border="0"></td><td style="font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11.9px;line-height:18px" nowrap><a href="tel:+31318416664" style="color:rgb(108,108,108);font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:18px" target="_blank">(+31) 318416664</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td nowrap><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td style="font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11.9px;line-height:18px">   </td><td style="padding:3px 5px 0 0"><img src="https://cdn.geocat.net/img/phone1.png" style="display:block" width="12" height="12" alt="Mobile" border="0"></td><td style="font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11.9px;line-height:18px" nowrap><a href="tel:+31681286572" style="color:rgb(108,108,108);font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:18px" target="_blank">(+31) 681286572</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td nowrap><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td style="padding:3px 5px 0 0"><img src="https://cdn.geocat.net/img/email1.png" style="display:block" width="12" height="12" alt="Email" border="0"></td><td style="font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11.9px;line-height:18px" nowrap><a href="mailto:jeroen.ticheler@geocat.net" style="color:rgb(108,108,108);font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:18px" target="_blank">jeroen.ticheler@geocat.net</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td nowrap><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td style="font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11.9px;line-height:18px">   </td><td style="padding:3px 5px 0 0"><img src="https://cdn.geocat.net/img/website1.png" style="display:block" width="12" height="12" alt="Websit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