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* Jorge is a gvSIG committer and community member and an organiser within the "hispano-hablante" OSGeo community. He is on the PSC for the [[Libro SIG]], the Spanish-language Free GIS book, and has also worked on Spanish translations of the OSGeo website and the [[OSGeo Journal]]. Through active blogging at http://geomaticblog.net/ he has helped promote OSGeo events and projects through Spanish-speaking communities. | * Jorge is a gvSIG committer and community member and an organiser within the "hispano-hablante" OSGeo community. He is on the PSC for the [[Libro SIG]], the Spanish-language Free GIS book, and has also worked on Spanish translations of the OSGeo website and the [[OSGeo Journal]]. Through active blogging at http://geomaticblog.net/ he has helped promote OSGeo events and projects through Spanish-speaking communities. | ||
− | * Jorge has an important role inside the development of gvSIG. From the | + | * Jorge has an important role inside the development of gvSIG. From the beginning has been the most active contributor of the Spanish Local Chapter. He's participating in the Free Gis Book too. |
− | beginning has been the most active contributor of the Spanish Local | + | Jorge is supporting the WebCom in many ways and he's the author of most of the translation into Spanish of the OSGeo portal. |
− | Chapter. He's participating in the Free Gis Book too. | ||
− | Jorge is supporting the WebCom in many ways and he's the author of most of | ||
− | the translation into Spanish of the OSGeo portal. | ||
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| S. Naarendra Prasad | | S. Naarendra Prasad | ||
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| Julien-Samuel Lacroix | | Julien-Samuel Lacroix | ||
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− | * Julien has been involved with open source geospatial software since 2002 | + | * Julien has been involved with open source geospatial software since 2002 when he joined DM Solutions Group, and now at Mapgears where he plays a key role in the support and development of open source technologies. He is a member of OSGeo's incubation committee and is involved with the following projects: MapServer (committer), GDAL/OGR (committer), Chameleon (committer and one of the project leads), Fusion (committer and PSC member), ka-Map!, OpenLayers, FGS, and I'm sure I forgot some. In summary he has been very active with OSGeo since its creation and would make an excellent Charter Member. |
− | when he joined DM Solutions Group, and now at Mapgears where he plays a | ||
− | key role in the support and development of open source technologies. He is | ||
− | a member of OSGeo's incubation committee and is involved with the | ||
− | following projects: MapServer (committer), GDAL/OGR (committer), Chameleon | ||
− | (committer and one of the project leads), Fusion (committer and PSC | ||
− | member), ka-Map!, OpenLayers, FGS, and I'm sure I forgot some. In summary | ||
− | he has been very active with OSGeo since its creation and would make an | ||
− | excellent Charter Member. | ||
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| Victor Olaya | | Victor Olaya | ||
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− | * Main programmer and director of SEXTANTE GIS, he's also the author of the | + | * Main programmer and director of SEXTANTE GIS, he's also the author of the plug-in of Sextante into gvSIG. A very important role is played by Victor on the Free GIS Book where he wrote most of the text already available. He has always been very active in the Spanish Local Chapter. http://www.sextantegis.com/ |
− | plug-in of Sextante into gvSIG. | ||
− | A very important role is played by Victor on the Free GIS Book where he | ||
− | wrote most of the text already available. | ||
− | He has always been very active in the Spanish Local Chapter. | ||
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| Yves Jacolin | | Yves Jacolin | ||
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− | * Yves is the president of the [[Francophone]] (French language) local chapter | + | * Yves is the president of the [[Francophone]] (French language) local chapter (a.k.a. OSGeo-fr). In this role he is actively involved in most (all?) OSGeo-fr activities, coordinating the efforts of the French speaking community and representing OSGeo at various events. His contributions to the community also include the translation of documentation to French for several OSGeo packages |
− | (a.k.a. OSGeo-fr). In this role he is actively involved in most (all?) OSGeo-fr activities, coordinating the efforts of the French speaking community and representing OSGeo at various events. His contributions to the community also include the translation | ||
(http://softlibre.gloobe.org/doku.php). | (http://softlibre.gloobe.org/doku.php). | ||
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| Thierry Badard | | Thierry Badard | ||
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− | * Thierry is professor and researcher at the Department of geomatic sciences | + | * Thierry is professor and researcher at the Department of geomatic sciences of Laval University (Quebec, Canada) and is a strong supporter of OSGeo in everything that he does. As part of his classes, he teaches the use of open source geospatial technologies to his students: MapServer, GeoServer, PostGIS, JTS, Geotools, OpenLayers, GeOxygene, SharpMap, CartoWeb, etc. He has been a member of OSGeo's conference committee since 2006, is an active member of OSGeo's [[Francophone]] (French language) local chapter, and just recently has initiated discussions with a few other OSGeo members for the coordination of OSGeo's presence in Quebec. Thierry is also mentor for one of OSGeo's [[Google Summer of Code]] projects and is the lead developer and coordinator of the GeOxygene project (http://oxygene-project.sourceforge.net/). To make a long story short, Thierry is a highly motivated individual who truly believes in OSGeo and as a Charter Member would represent the combination of educational, research and hobbyist interests, and could help bridge the gap with the corporate world given his dealings with the industry in the context of technology transfers. |
− | of Laval University (Quebec, Canada) and is a strong supporter of OSGeo in | ||
− | everything that he does. As part of his classes, he teaches the use of open | ||
− | source geospatial technologies to his students: MapServer, GeoServer, | ||
− | PostGIS, JTS, Geotools, OpenLayers, GeOxygene, SharpMap, CartoWeb, etc. He | ||
− | has been a member of OSGeo's conference committee since 2006, is an active | ||
− | member of OSGeo's [[Francophone]] (French language) local chapter, and just | ||
− | recently has initiated discussions with a few other OSGeo members for the | ||
− | coordination of OSGeo's presence in Quebec. Thierry is also mentor for one | ||
− | of OSGeo's [[Google Summer of Code]] projects and is the lead developer and | ||
− | coordinator of the GeOxygene project | ||
− | (http://oxygene-project.sourceforge.net/). To make a long story short, | ||
− | Thierry is a highly motivated individual who truly believes in OSGeo and as | ||
− | a Charter Member would represent the combination of educational, research | ||
− | and hobbyist interests, and could help bridge the gap with the corporate | ||
− | world given his dealings with the industry in the context of technology | ||
− | transfers. | ||
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| Andrew Turner | | Andrew Turner | ||
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− | * Andrew Turner is an geospatial Web architect and developer involved in | + | * Andrew Turner is an geospatial Web architect and developer involved in several Open Source projects such as GeoPress, Mapstraction and works for Mapufacture, building a geospatial aggregation and search service. He |
− | several Open Source projects such as GeoPress, Mapstraction and works for | + | participates in the formulation of light-weight geospatial standards like GeoRSS and KML as well as several OSGeo Foundation initiatives. Andrew is also a recognized speaker attending key geospatial tech events and is the |
− | Mapufacture, building a geospatial aggregation and search service. He | + | author of O'Reilly's Introduction to Neogeography. Andrew has been active member of the OSGeo Foundation community from early on. |
− | participates in the formulation of light-weight geospatial standards like | ||
− | GeoRSS and KML as well as several OSGeo Foundation initiatives. Andrew is | ||
− | also a recognized speaker attending key geospatial tech events and is the | ||
− | author of O'Reilly's Introduction to Neogeography. | ||
− | Andrew has been active member of the OSGeo Foundation community from | ||
− | early. | ||
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|Bruce Bannerman | |Bruce Bannerman | ||
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− | * Bruce's years of commercial and government experience ensures his Open | + | * Bruce's years of commercial and government experience ensures his Open Source evangelism is aligned with commercial reality from an OSGeo user's perspective. He regularly contributes thoughtful insight into drivers for Government purchasing decisions and provides valuable suggestions (and actions) to help increase OSGeo adoption. Bruce has been both effective and hard working within the Australian/New Zealand's local chapter of OSGeo. He has been voted onto the OSGeo-[[Aust-NZ]] board, is a regular evangelist at conferences and he has been central in building the [[FOSS4G2009]] conference in Sydney. |
− | Source evangelism is aligned with commercial reality from an OSGeo | ||
− | user's perspective. He regularly contributes thoughtful insight into | ||
− | drivers for Government purchasing decisions and provides valuable | ||
− | suggestions (and actions) to help increase OSGeo adoption. | ||
− | Bruce has been both effective and hard working within the | ||
− | Australian/New Zealand's local chapter of OSGeo. He has been voted onto the | ||
− | OSGeo-Aust | ||
− | been central in building the | ||
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| Paolo Cavallini | | Paolo Cavallini | ||
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* has shown vision in promoting geographic open source in Italy | * has shown vision in promoting geographic open source in Italy | ||
* has an acknowledged role in national and international venues | * has an acknowledged role in national and international venues | ||
− | * has a long-established perspective on OSGEO and some of its core | + | * has a long-established perspective on OSGEO and some of its core projects and players |
− | projects and players | + | * is strongly motivated to maintain a focus on development of free/open source geographic software (as well as advocating more free data to go with the software). |
− | * is strongly motivated to maintain a focus on development of | + | * Last but not least, having Paolo in the charter members would balance an European presence in the context of a global operation such as OSGEO. |
− | free/open source geographic software (as well as advocating more free | + | |- |
− | data to go with the software). | + | | Luis W. Sevilla |
− | * Last but not least, having Paolo in the charter members would balance | + | | |
− | an European presence in the context of a global operation such as | + | * Luis is gvSIG "Chief Developer" and pack leader, an organiser of the gvSIG annual conference who began the the Spanish language local chapter. As part of his work for the Valencian government he is also actively involved with OGC, attending TC meetings and working to advance FOSS4G within European Union projects. |
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+ | | Wolf Bergenheim | ||
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+ | * Wolf is an opensource geoinformatics enthusiast from Finland and a GRASS Developer. His interests are mainly in cartography and generalization. In the summer of 2007 he is mentoring two [[Google Summer of Code]] students | ||
+ | working on GRASS. He also attended the Summer of Code mentor summit as OSGeo representative. This year he is the OSGeo Google Summer of Code Administrator, as well as mentoring a student. Wolf is a member of WebCom and SAC (the [[System Administration Committee]]) and in this role he assisted OSGeo in upgrading the website to newest | ||
+ | Drupal version, and other Drupal related issues. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Martin Davis | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | * Martin Davis really puts the Geo in Java; quite literally as the lead developer of the JTS Topology Suite. He is very responsive to his user community answering a range of questions daily. He has a long history of | ||
+ | supporting open source, and the impact of his work is felt far and wide. You can find him already active on a range of OSGeo mailing lists, and he would be a welcome addition our foundation. | ||
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+ | | Athina Trakas | ||
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+ | * Athina is director of [[Open Geospatial Consortium]] business development in Europe. In that role she maintains formal contacts to OGC members, decision makers and formally communicates with related organizations. She is based in Germany, Bonn and has a thorough understanding of the situation of spatial data, infrastructures and businesses in Europe. | ||
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+ | In her second job she is key account manager for the WhereGroup (Bonn, | ||
+ | Germany) and consults businesses, public administration and governments. | ||
+ | She was actively involved with OSGeo since its inception. She is involved | ||
+ | in producing brochures and womanning OSGeo booths of the local chapter | ||
+ | DACH (in formation in Germany). She is part of the FOSSGIS conference | ||
+ | committee and member of the program committee. She works as volunteer as | ||
+ | OSGeo member at the OSGeo booth at Intergeo (15k visitor trade fair in | ||
+ | Germany). | ||
+ | |||
+ | She is a long distance and time communicator and networker. Her faculties | ||
+ | and her organizational background make her a valuable promoter for OSGeo. | ||
+ | Her broad community involvement especially at the local chapter level make | ||
+ | her very knowledgeable of sensitive political issues in large online | ||
+ | communities. She speaks several languages and, well - she is a woman. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Dr. Markus Lupp | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | * Dr. Markus Lupp is a PSC member, and contributor for the deegree software. Deegree is a Java project with a strong emphasis on OGC standards, implementing specifications including WMS, WFS and WCS. Markus has also been actively involved in a number of OGC standards activities, including development of the SLD and SE specifications. Since 2002 he has been working as a consultant and FOSSGIS advocate in Germany and Indonesia. He is also an editor of the OSGeo journal, and leading the deegree incubation effort. | ||
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Andrew Ross |
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Geoff Zeiss |
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Charlie Schweik |
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Jorge Gaspar Sanz Salinas |
Jorge is supporting the WebCom in many ways and he's the author of most of the translation into Spanish of the OSGeo portal. |
S. Naarendra Prasad |
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K. S. Rajan |
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Julien-Samuel Lacroix |
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Victor Olaya |
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Yves Jacolin |
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Thierry Badard |
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Andrew Turner |
participates in the formulation of light-weight geospatial standards like GeoRSS and KML as well as several OSGeo Foundation initiatives. Andrew is also a recognized speaker attending key geospatial tech events and is the author of O'Reilly's Introduction to Neogeography. Andrew has been active member of the OSGeo Foundation community from early on. |
Bruce Bannerman |
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Paolo Cavallini |
Paolo...
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Luis W. Sevilla |
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Wolf Bergenheim |
working on GRASS. He also attended the Summer of Code mentor summit as OSGeo representative. This year he is the OSGeo Google Summer of Code Administrator, as well as mentoring a student. Wolf is a member of WebCom and SAC (the System Administration Committee) and in this role he assisted OSGeo in upgrading the website to newest Drupal version, and other Drupal related issues. |
Martin Davis |
supporting open source, and the impact of his work is felt far and wide. You can find him already active on a range of OSGeo mailing lists, and he would be a welcome addition our foundation. |
Athina Trakas |
In her second job she is key account manager for the WhereGroup (Bonn, Germany) and consults businesses, public administration and governments. She was actively involved with OSGeo since its inception. She is involved in producing brochures and womanning OSGeo booths of the local chapter DACH (in formation in Germany). She is part of the FOSSGIS conference committee and member of the program committee. She works as volunteer as OSGeo member at the OSGeo booth at Intergeo (15k visitor trade fair in Germany). She is a long distance and time communicator and networker. Her faculties and her organizational background make her a valuable promoter for OSGeo. Her broad community involvement especially at the local chapter level make her very knowledgeable of sensitive political issues in large online communities. She speaks several languages and, well - she is a woman. |
Dr. Markus Lupp |
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