[Web Comm] [Fwd: Re: [OSGeo-Board] board nominee list]
Jason Birch
Jason.Birch at nanaimo.ca
Wed Mar 15 10:18:26 EST 2006
Done
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From: Chris Holmes [mailto:cholmes at openplans.org]
Sent: Wed 2006-03-15 6:16 AM
To: dev at webcommittee.osgeo.org
Subject: [Web Comm] [Fwd: Re: [OSGeo-Board] board nominee list]
Could someone correct my one typo on the nominee list?
https://www.osgeo.org/content/news/news_archive/board_nom_20060314.html
I spelled McIlhagga wrong, forgot the l. Then I can send out the vote
email. (please cc me in reply or email me directly)
thanks!
Chris
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Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Board] board nominee list
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 23:29:19 -0500
From: Chris Holmes <cholmes at openplans.org>
Organization: The Open Planning Project
To: Daniel Brookshier <dbrookshier at collab.net>
References: <44173BEA.9020804 at openplans.org>
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Cool, could you correct one typo? I spelled Dave McIlhagga wrong,
forgot an l. After you correct that I can send it out the voting email.
And I tested vote at board-priv.osgeo.org, and it worked great.
thanks!
Chris
Daniel Brookshier wrote:
> It's up.
> Daniel Brookshier
> Community Manager
> Office: 972-422-5261
> Cell: 214-207-6614
>
>
> On Mar 14, 2006, at 6:00 PM, Chris Holmes wrote:
>
>> Let me know when it's up, and I'll send out my email about it.
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> Daniel Brookshier wrote:
>>
>>> I'll post it.
>>> Daniel Brookshier
>>> Community Manager
>>> Office: 972-422-5261
>>> Cell: 214-207-6614
>>> On Mar 14, 2006, at 3:55 PM, Chris Holmes wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey webcom, could you guys post this nomination text for me? And
>>>> hopefully QA it a bit before posting it? If anyone (webcom or
>>>> board) could review to make sure I got all relevant snippets and
>>>> spelled things right, that would be great. And if you webcom guys
>>>> want to reformat it or adjust things, go for it. I just used Open
>>>> Office, and had troubles with my paragraphs going all the way
>>>> across the screen, so things may be a bit weird. But I checked it
>>>> on ie and firefox, and it seemed to look ok.
>>>>
>>>> Oh, and webcom, if you reply to this, please remember the
>>>> (*cough*) collaboration feature and be sure to cc me in the reply,
>>>> since I'm not on this list.
>>>>
>>>> best regards,
>>>>
>>>> Chris
>>>> --
>>>> Chris Holmes
>>>> The Open Planning Project
>>>> thoughts at: http://cholmes.wordpress.com
>>>> Name
>>>>
>>>> Nominator, Seconds
>>>>
>>>> Nomination Text
>>>>
>>>> Seconds Text
>>>>
>>>> Jody Garnett
>>>>
>>>> Cameron Shorter, Frank Warmerdam
>>>>
>>>> I'd like to nominate Jody Garnett for the OSGeo Board.
>>>>
>>>> Jody sits across many of the java based OS GIS projects:
>>>> He is the OSGeo representative, PMC member and developer for Geotools,
>>>> He is the architect and team lead for UDig,
>>>> He is a developer on Geoserver,
>>>> In the OGC he is involved with GeoAPI and improving OGC standards
>>>> (especially during the OWS3 testbed),
>>>> He has been hacking Geospatial code for over 10 years and
>>>> currently works for Refractions Research.
>>>>
>>>> Jody's commitment to Open Source, GIS and building communities
>>>> ooses out of him, which is why I strongly recommend him for the board.
>>>>
>>>> Folks,
>>>>
>>>> I would like to second this nominations since Cameron beat me to it.
>>>>
>>>> - Frank Warmerdam
>>>>
>>>> Michael Gerleck
>>>>
>>>> Chris Holmes, Gary Lang, self
>>>>
>>>> I had never met or heard of Michael before the meeting in Chicago,
>>>> but I found his contributions and advice to be incredibly
>>>> valuable. He played a key role in helping to figure out the
>>>> initial governance bootstrapping, and since has followed up with
>>>> solid contributions to the wiki and sounding in on the
>>>> irc channel. I think he would continue to provide
>>>> a very reasoned and well thought out voice in the continued
>>>> bootstrapping of the foundation.
>>>>
>>>> He could also prove a great resource on the board as an ambassador
>>>> to proprietary software vendors to build on technologies like
>>>> GDAL, OSSIM, GeoTools and FDO, a role he's excited about. And I'm
>>>> happy to nominate him despite a short track record of os geo
>>>> software experience, since he already seems quite committed to
>>>> helping out and spreading OSGeo, regardless of the outcome.
>>>>
>>>> Seconded. - Gary Lang
>>>> <snip>
>>>> My "agenda", then, is to make sure we reach out to that part of the
>>>> geo community that is today just trying to build good products and
>>>> make some money -- to get them to understand the business proposition
>>>> of the reuse and quality value in existing open source geo packages.
>>>> To teach them that they can use open source internally and within
>>>> their products, without necessarily having to give up their IP or
>>>> open up their entire product line. To teach them about the value of
>>>> submitting patches back, and to consider donating some money or
>>>> manpower to these projects. Later still, perhaps, to consider opening
>>>> up some of their own lesser projects, and to go on the record about
>>>> their use and support of open source software.
>>>> </snip>
>>>> full text at:
>>>> https://mail.osgeo.org/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=discuss&msgNo=260
>>>> - Michael Gerleck
>>>> Ned Horning
>>>>
>>>> Tyler Mitchell, Frank Warmerdam
>>>>
>>>> Ned works in the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation for the
>>>> American
>>>> Museum of Natural History (http://cbc.amnh.org/) as program
>>>> manager for
>>>> remote sensing and GIS. He is an active promoter of open source
>>>> geospatial
>>>> tools in the global conservation community, including the
>>>> development of
>>>> teaching materials using these tools. He sees the bigger picture
>>>> from an
>>>> end-user perspective and has plenty of ideas for how he would like
>>>> to see
>>>> them come together for the greater good. I believe more of this
>>>> perspective
>>>> would be valuable to have on the board and help ensure that the
>>>> overall
>>>> direction of the foundation is geared toward productive end use of our
>>>> products. He is active in the conservation domain which has great
>>>> need for
>>>> OSGeo tools. He is a likable guy and easy to get along with - his
>>>> vision and
>>>> enthusiasm are encouraging. He is doing some great stuff...
>>>>
>>>> For further background I quote Gary Geller's nomination for Ned from
>>>> https://webcommittee.osgeo.org/MembershipNominations.html
>>>>
>>>> "...Ned is the Remote Sensing and GIS Program Manager for the
>>>> American Museum
>>>> of Natural History's Center for Biodiversity Conservation (CBC).
>>>> He has
>>>> explicitly included the development and promotion of open source
>>>> geospatial
>>>> software in his work plan to have the necessary institutional
>>>> support to
>>>> continue to support this work as part of his professional duties.
>>>> He has been closely following free and open source geospatial
>>>> software
>>>> development for over 10 years and has actively participated in a
>>>> number of
>>>> projects: Currently funding feature development for OpenEV. Added
>>>> geospatial
>>>> capabilities to NIH Image to support a NASA education project - A Mac
>>>> application that has since been superseded by ImageJ.
>>>>
>>>> Participated in the NASA Image2000 software project that was
>>>> eventually going
>>>> to be released to the open source community although the funding
>>>> plug got
>>>> pulled and the project abruptly stopped. Secured money for QGIS
>>>> development
>>>> starting in the spring of 2006. Teaches week-long remote sensing
>>>> courses using
>>>> only free and open source software."
>>>> I would like to second Ned's nomination.
>>>>
>>>> Ned has a thoughtful vision of where open source geospatial
>>>> applications can go, and has worked to making them get there.
>>>>
>>>> Mark Lucas
>>>>
>>>> Frank Warmerdam, Gary Lang, Ned Horning, Pericles Nacionales
>>>>
>>>> Mark has been a supporter of Open Source for many years, and launched
>>>> the RemoteSensing.org portal back in 1999 or so. For me, the
>>>> facilities
>>>> and community focus it provided was pivotal in launch of GDAL. Mark
>>>> also launched the OSSIM project and held together his team after they
>>>> migrated out of ImageLinks. Mark has good contacts in the US federal
>>>> government, and is helping to bring open source methodologies into
>>>> some
>>>> groups there.
>>>>
>>>> Also telling was a comment Mark made in the Chicago meeting. He
>>>> stressed
>>>> that we were all there because we wanted to find a way of making what
>>>> we love to do (writing/using open source geospatial software)
>>>> sustainable.
>>>> I think he has the organizational smarts, contacts, enthusiasm and
>>>> perseverance to held us accomplish that as a foundation.
>>>>
>>>> Second - Gary Lang
>>>>
>>>> Well said. I'd like to echo your support for the nomination of Mark
>>>> to the board. I don't know him well but have noted all of the
>>>> qualities you mention through personal communication, his
>>>> participation in RemoteSensing.org and OSSIM, and the Open Source
>>>> Geospatial meetings. He seems to be a good compliment to the existing
>>>> board.
>>>> - Ned Horning
>>>> I second this nomination. +1
>>>>
>>>> -Perry
>>>>
>>>> Helena Mitasova
>>>>
>>>> Markus Neteler, Ari Jolma
>>>>
>>>> Helena is in Open Source GIS since the '80s and a strong and long term
>>>> contributor not only to the GRASS GIS project, but to Open Source
>>>> geospatial technologies in general. I know Helena for 10 years, others
>>>> in this forum maybe for even longer.
>>>>
>>>> She provides a valuable link to academia and also brings perspective
>>>> from academia. Not just North Carolina State University, but she meets
>>>> with people from other universities as well, including Michael
>>>> Goodchild. She wants to promote OSGeo in UCGIS - University Consortium
>>>> for GIScience), and can also bring some insight into US government
>>>> sponsored GIS-research (federal and NC state). She can provide
>>>> connections to East Europe, too.
>>>>
>>>> She wants to contribute to the core curriculum project of OSGeo and
>>>> has a lot of experience with graduate students from a great variety of
>>>> disciplines, from engineering, natural resources, computer science,
>>>> geography.
>>>> Seconded.
>>>>
>>>> Ari
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dave McIhagga
>>>>
>>>> Frank Warmerdam, Jason Birch, Gary Lang, Tyler Mitchell, Pericles
>>>> Nacionales
>>>>
>>>> I have known Dave since around 1997 when he, Daniel Morissette and I
>>>> all worked for PCI. When he and Daniel struck out on their own he
>>>> already
>>>> had a great client service ethic. But over the following few years he
>>>> also came to appreciate the transformative power of Open Source in his
>>>> own business and in providing his clients better value and quality.
>>>>
>>>> Since then the name DM Solutions has become synonymous with open
>>>> source and
>>>> he has become a prophet of the benefits of MapServer and Open
>>>> Source around the world. His efforts on the OSGIS'04 conference,
>>>> and his support for
>>>> MapServer and MapTools.org have also been appreciated by the
>>>> community.
>>>>
>>>> Dave has great experience in selling the value of open source
>>>> geospatial
>>>> technologies in the hard edged business world. He also has community
>>>> building skills, and a willingness to do the right thing even if
>>>> it not
>>>> the most expedient for his own business needs.
>>>>
>>>> Dave played a critical role in the launch of OSGeo, and I look forward
>>>> keeping his nose to the grindstone to help make it a big success.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Seconded - Jason Birch
>>>> I second the nomination.
>>>> - Gary Lang
>>>> I agree wholeheartedly - Dave has helped fill critical needs in the
>>>> osgeo community and was key in launching the foundation initiative.
>>>> I would really like to see him on the board to help provide his
>>>> insights, ideas and management skills. I have presented alongside
>>>> Dave at various conferences and kicked many ideas around with him
>>>> over the past few years - it is always a pleasure to work with him.
>>>>
>>>> Tyler
>>>> I second that!
>>>>
>>>> -Perry
>>>>
>>>> Venkatesh Raghavan
>>>> Markus Neteler, Jeff McKenna, Helena Mitasova
>>>>
>>>> I am honored to nominate Dr. Venkatesh Raghavan
>>>> (http://www.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/~raghavan/indexe.html),
>>>> professor at Osaka City University in Japan, for one of the
>>>> OSGeo board of directors seats.
>>>>
>>>> Venka is well known in Asia for his promotion of FOSS4G. He co-
>>>> ordinated the
>>>> successful FOSS/GRASS 2004 International conference in Bangkok,
>>>> Thailand
>>>> (http://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/grass04/).
>>>>
>>>> Preceeding this conference Jeff McKenna from DM Solutions and me
>>>> (I was
>>>> awarded a fellowship from Venka to come to Japan and hold a couple
>>>> of seminars
>>>> in FOSS geomatics) came to Osaka to join the discussions. It was
>>>> there in
>>>> Bangkok then, over a few drinks, that initial discussions of a joint
>>>> international FOSS geomatics conference for 2006 were discussed,
>>>> in particular
>>>> by Venka, Dave McIlhagga, Jeff and me. But I can honestly say that
>>>> it was
>>>> Venka's passion for FOSS geomatics that got the ball rolling. A very
>>>> personable person, Venka has a way of setting you at ease, that
>>>> hopefully all
>>>> of you will get to experience.
>>>>
>>>> Venka has been a big promoter of FOSS geomatics in the Asian
>>>> market. He has
>>>> personally contributed to FOSS by being instrumental in bringing
>>>> international
>>>> character support (i18N) to GRASS and MapServer (see http://
>>>> www.foss4g.org/),
>>>> writing a tutorial as well as creating FOSS4G installers for
>>>> Mandrake Linux
>>>> (including a MapServer/MapLab rpm available on maptools.org).
>>>>
>>>> Venka possesses a passion for FOSS geomatics, and, after
>>>> discussing this with
>>>> Jeff McKenna, we both feel that he would be a great asset to have
>>>> on the board.
>>>>
>>>> Venka is currently traveling through Vietnam and Thailand, but he
>>>> has said that
>>>> when he returns he is excited to take more of an active role in
>>>> the OSGeo
>>>> discussions.
>>>> I second the nomination. As mentioned by Markus, it was Venka's
>>>> vision that brought (and will bring) the GRASS and MapServer
>>>> communities together initially. He is already a respected voice
>>>> in SE Asia for FOSS4G, and his voice would be even stronger with
>>>> a seat on the board.
>>>>
>>>> Having travelled to SE Asia, I can tell you that I was surprised
>>>> and impressed with how vibrant and active the FOSS4G community is
>>>> there. It's for this reason that I think this is an important
>>>> nomination.
>>>>
>>>> - Jeff McKenna
>>>>
>>>> I second Venka's nomination too. - Helena Mitasova
>>>>
>>>> Jo Walsh
>>>>
>>>> Jason Birch, Schuyler Earle, Tyler Mitchell
>>>>
>>>> Jo Walsh is a respected member of the open geospatial community,
>>>> with a strong involvement in open data.
>>>>
>>>> http://frot.org/
>>>>
>>>> I feel honoured to nominate Jo for consideration in the upcoming OSGeo
>>>> board elections.
>>>> Seconded.
>>>> - Schuyler Earle
>>>> I second that as well. Jo is level-headed and has been looking out
>>>> for the end users and public in general, particularly with her
>>>> advocacy for open data, but certainly not limited to this. Whether
>>>> it's natural or not, she appears to be a natural organiser for
>>>> bringing together people of like mind for the greater good. I also
>>>> believe she can see the bigger picture of how tools, processes, data,
>>>> etc. can all be tied together into a more cohesive infrastructure for
>>>> future possibilities - that is something that I think we could all
>>>> appreciate.
>>>> -Tyler Mitchell
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>> Chris Holmes
>> The Open Planning Project
>> thoughts at: http://cholmes.wordpress.com
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