[OSGeo-UK] OSGeo:UK Committee Nominations

[OSGeo:UK]

Hi Folks,

We completed the Committee Elections at the AGM on Monday 12th October
2026.

I am very pleased to confirm Ant Scott is continuing on as Secretary (we
had no other nominations for Secretary).

I am also very pleased to share the voting results for our two Committee
Member positions:

Juan Ginzo - 32
Steve Karmeinsky - 38
Aderaw Tsgaye - 17

Therefore I can confirm Juan Ginzo and Steve Karmeinsky have been elected
to the OSGeo:UK committee. Their terms will run for three years
(2026-2029).

Thank you to everyone who took part.

We will be arranging the next Committee Meeting soon, and when we have a
date confirmed I will share it on the mailing list. Everyone is welcome to
come along, either just to listen, or also contribute if you wish to.

Best wishes,
Nick.

Nick Bearman | OSGeo:UK Chair


On Thu, 8 Oct 2026 at 17:25, OSGeo:UK <osgeouk at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am very excited to announce that we have three people who have nominated
> themselves to be committee members on the OSGeo:UK Committee. We have two
> spaces, so we need to have an election.
>
> Their bios are included below:
>
> ====
>
> Juan Ginzo
>
> I lead Data Science and MLOps at News UK, and I also founded GeoJam, a
> practitioner community focused on GeoAI and applied geospatial technology.
> Over the last couple of years I’ve been getting increasingly involved in
> the open geospatial community through events, workshops and work around
> GeoAI and Earth observation.
>
> I’m also a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Information
> Technologists, where I’m Secretary of the Space Technology Working Group.
> That has given me some experience of helping organise and support a
> professional community alongside my technical work.
>
> I’d be very happy to contribute to the wider work of the committee,
> particularly around GeoAI, open-source tooling, community engagement and
> events. I’d also be happy to take on the newsletter.
>
> A bit more about my background here:
> https://www.linkedin.com/in/juanginzo/
>
> ====
> Steve Karmeinsky
>
> I am currently a Director of OSM UK, and also on the British Computer
> Society Council and
> Executive Committee of the Internet Society UK [ISOC UK] and the Programme
> Committee
> of NetUK (a techie conference for anyone involved in UK infrastructure
> i.e. ISP,
> telco, mobile, wireless etc). My LinkedIn profile is
> https://linkedin.com/in/stevekennedyuk
>
> I have been involved with Geo for quite some time (I worked for Cellnet in
> the late 80's developing frequency planning tools i.e. where to place cell
> sites, using GIS software and very expensive [at the time] OS maps). I've
> kept my foot in the door ever since.
>
> I'm the son of a Holocaust survivor (Auschwitz, Mittelbau-Dora and
> Bergen-Belsen) and give talks about his life and fight for reparations and
> help with organisations such as the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust.
>
> ====
>
> Aderaw Tsegaye
>
> I am an active member of HOT mapping initiatives and a researcher.
> Here is my LinkedIn page:
> https://www.linkedin.com/in/aderaw-tsegaye-3221222a5/
> My HOT page/user name is: Aderaw Tsegaye
> https://tasks.hotosm.org/contributions/projects/?mappedByMe=1&action=any
> Research gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Aderaw-Aniteneh
>
> ====
>
> Voting primarily will be done at the OSGeo:UK AGM on Monday 12th October
> in Leeds. If you are not attending in person and would like to vote, you
> are welcome to vote via email. Please email osgeouk at gmail.com list up to
> two candidates you would like to vote for. The email you use will be
> checked against the mailing list, so please make sure you use the email
> that you are registered on the list with. Emails must be received before
> the AGM starts on Monday 12th October, and the deadline for voting is
> 3:30pm UK time.
>
> We are still establishing the process for this so please accept my
> apologies if things don't run quite as we would hope. We will have a
> different voting process next year!
>
> If you have any questions, please do email me (nick at nickbearman.com) or
> this address (osgeouk at gmail.com) and we will do our best to answer them.
>
> Best wishes,
> Nick.
>
> Nick Bearman | OSGeo:UK Chair
>
>
>
>
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