<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Folks,</div><div><br></div><div>We completed the Committee Elections at the AGM on Monday 12th October 2026. </div><div><br></div><div>I am very pleased to confirm Ant Scott is continuing on as Secretary (we had no other nominations for Secretary). </div><div><br></div><div>I am also very pleased to share the voting results for our two Committee Member positions:</div><div><br></div><div>Juan Ginzo - 32</div><div>Steve Karmeinsky - 38<br></div><div>Aderaw Tsgaye - 17</div><div><br></div><div>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). </div><div><br></div><div>Thank you to everyone who took part. </div><div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes,<br></div><div>Nick.</div><div><br></div><div>Nick Bearman | OSGeo:UK Chair</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 8 Oct 2026 at 17:25, OSGeo:UK <<a href="mailto:osgeouk@gmail.com">osgeouk@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">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. <br><br><div>Their bios are included below:</div><div><br></div><div>====</div><div><br></div><div>
<div>Juan Ginzo</div><div><p><span>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.</span></p><p>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.</p><p><span>I’d be very happy to contribute to the wider work of the <span>committee</span>, particularly around GeoAI, open-source tooling, community engagement and events. I’d also be happy to take on the newsletter.</span></p><p><span>A bit more about my background here: </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/juanginzo/" target="_blank"><span>https://www.linkedin.com/in/juanginzo/</span></a></p><p>====</p></div>Steve Karmeinsky</div><br>I am currently a Director of OSM UK, and also on the British Computer Society Council and<br>Executive Committee of the Internet Society UK [ISOC UK] and the Programme Committee<br>of NetUK (a techie conference for anyone involved in UK infrastructure i.e. ISP,<br>telco, mobile, wireless etc). My LinkedIn profile is <a href="https://linkedin.com/in/stevekennedyuk" target="_blank">https://linkedin.com/in/stevekennedyuk</a><br><br>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.<br><br><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>====</div><br><div>Aderaw Tsegaye</div><div><br></div>
I am an active member of HOT mapping initiatives and a researcher.<br>Here is my LinkedIn page: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/aderaw-tsegaye-3221222a5/" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/aderaw-tsegaye-3221222a5/<br></a>My HOT page/user name is: Aderaw Tsegaye<strong><br></strong><span style="background-color:transparent"><a href="https://tasks.hotosm.org/contributions/projects/?mappedByMe=1&action=any" target="_blank">https://tasks.hotosm.org/contributions/projects/?mappedByMe=1&action=any<br></a></span><div><span style="background-color:transparent">Research gate: </span><span style="background-color:transparent"><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Aderaw-Aniteneh" target="_blank">https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Aderaw-Aniteneh</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent">====</span></div><div><br></div><div><p>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 <a href="mailto:osgeouk@gmail.com" target="_blank">osgeouk@gmail.com</a> 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. </p><p>
</p><div>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!</div><div><br></div><div>If you have any questions, please do email me (<a href="mailto:nick@nickbearman.com" target="_blank">nick@nickbearman.com</a>) or this address (<a href="mailto:osgeouk@gmail.com" target="_blank">osgeouk@gmail.com</a>) and we will do our best to answer them. </div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes,<br></div><div>Nick.</div><div><br></div><div>Nick Bearman | OSGeo:UK Chair</div>
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