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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m not a member of the core group, or even a direct gdal user, so I can’t officially vote, but I am really impressed with how the core group has managed this process. And from a far distance, Even seems like a great choice.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Keep up the good work!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Gerald C. Nelson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Professor Emeritus, UIUC<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Skype: jerrynelson<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">http://bit.ly/1arho7d<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">gdal-dev <gdal-dev-bounces@lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Sean Gillies <sean.gillies@gmail.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, August 17, 2021 at 9:58 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>gdal dev <gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [gdal-dev] Motion: Approve Even Rouault as a contracted GDAL maintainer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">+1 from me. What a great milestone for the project!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 9:34 AM Howard Butler <<a href="mailto:howard@hobu.co">howard@hobu.co</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear PSC,<br>
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As a result of our fundraising activity and development of NumFOCUS as a financial conduit, it is my pleasure to put forward a motion to approve Even Rouault as a contracted GDAL maintainer for the year 2021-2022 beginning on August 1st, 2021 and ending July
31st, 2022. <br>
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Details of the maintenance tasking and duties can be found at the previously approved RFC 83
<a href="https://gdal.org/development/rfc/rfc83_use_of_project_sponsorship.html" target="_blank">
https://gdal.org/development/rfc/rfc83_use_of_project_sponsorship.html</a><br>
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The terms of the contract are for 833 hours at $120/hr USD.<br>
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Howard<br>
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PS I will coordinating the contracting activity in my role as the GDAL NumFOCUS contracting liaison, with Frank Warmerdam acting as the secondary. Please contact us directly with any comments or concerns.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sean Gillies<o:p></o:p></p>
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