[Geo4All] [geoforall-ab] Nominating Victoria Rautenbach as new cochair of GeoForAll

[Silvana Camboim]

Great suggestion, welcome Vitoria!

Silvana camboim

Em qui, 6 de dez de 2018 às 10:32, Maria Antonia Brovelli <
maria.brovelli at polimi.it> escreveu:

> I second this nomination too. Thanks Victoria!!
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> Maria
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> *Da:* GeoForAll-ab <geoforall-ab-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> per conto di
> SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA <sergio.acostaylara at mtop.gub.uy>
> *Inviato:* giovedì 6 dicembre 2018 13:30:52
> *A:* Suchith Anand; GeoForAll; geoforall-ab at lists.osgeo.org
> *Oggetto:* Re: [geoforall-ab] Nominating Victoria Rautenbach as new
> cochair of GeoForAll
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> ​I second her nomination.
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> Regards,
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> Sergio Acosta y Lara
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> Dirección Nacional de Topografía
> Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
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> *De:* GeoForAll <geoforall-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> en nombre de Suchith
> Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
> *Enviado:* miércoles, 05 de diciembre de 2018 10:14
> *Para:* GeoForAll; geoforall-ab at lists.osgeo.org
> *Asunto:* [Geo4All] Nominating Victoria Rautenbach as new cochair of
> GeoForAll
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> Dear colleagues,
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> I am very happy to get the opportunity to nominate Victoria Rautenbach as
> the new co-chair of GeoForAll [1].
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>
> Victoria  is a senior lecturer in the Department of Geography,
> Geoinformatics and Meteorology at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
> Victoria is an enthusiastic contributor to open source , open data , open
> education  at University of Pretoria. She engages students in open data
> events and has arranged a number of events to introduce geoinformatics to
> school students. She is a member of the ICA-OSGeo lab at the University of
> Pretoria since its inception in 2012. She is very passionate about the use
> of open source in education and also the increased use of open source in
> developing countries.  Details at
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> https://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/2016/11/geoambassador-of-the-month-victoria-rautenbach/
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> I am very confident that  Victoria will take GeoForAll to further
> achievements and opportunities. From very humble start GeoForAll expanded
> rapidly  thanks to the tireless work of our amazing colleagues worldwide.
> We have been very successful in expanding GeoForAll ideas at university
> level but now we need to focus also on Spatial Education for School level
> esp. for economically backward communities globally . Victoria’s  work
> for  school level students is very inspiring.
>
>
> I will now be emailing the OSGeo Board to kindly accept Victoria
> Rautenbach as the new co-chair for GeoForAll.
>
>
> I am very grateful for the opportunity to co-chair the GeoForAll
> initiative till now and get the opportunity to work with amazing colleagues
> globally over the last few years.  It is thanks to the amazing work by all
> our colleagues that we build great momentum for Open Principles in
> GeoEducation. I thank you all for your support, help and kindness. I will
> keep continuing my work as a volunteer for GeoForAll , OSGeo and all Open
> Education initiatives.
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> Best wishes,
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> Suchith
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> [1] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/geoforall/2018-November/005173.html
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