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[[Image:LogoFoss4g.png|thumb|right|333px|creator of the FOSS4G ribbon logo, used in all FOSS4G events of all sizes around the world since 2004, a symbol of the flow of ideas and innovation, and sharing within the Open Source geospatial community]]
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[[Image:Foss4g-founders.jpg|thumb|right|333px|Reunion of the 3 original founders of the global FOSS4G event (from left to right: Markus Neteler, Jeff McKenna, Venka Raghavan); photo taken at FOSS4G Europe, July 2017, in Paris]]
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[[Image:Foss4g-europe-2017-family.jpg|thumb|right|333px|With the OSGeo family at FOSS4G Europe, July 2017, in Paris]]
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[[Image:Jeff-mckenna-sol-katz-award-2016.jpg|thumb|right|333px|Receiving the 2016 Sol Katz Award, at FOSS4G Bonn, on 2016-08-26.]]
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[[Image:Venka-jeff-closing-plenary-foss4g-seoul.jpg|thumb|right|333px|With Venka at FOSS4G Seoul, Sept 2015. Two of the founders of FOSS4G.]]
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[[Image:Zoo-family.jpg|thumb|right|333px|With the ZOO family at FOSS4G Europe, July 2014]]
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[[Image:Jeff_McKenna.jpg|thumb|right|333px|Having a sushi lunch at FOSS4G Tokyo 2008]]
 
[[Image:Jeff_McKenna.jpg|thumb|right|333px|Having a sushi lunch at FOSS4G Tokyo 2008]]
  
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In April 2008 Jeff started his own consulting company based around FOSS4G, [http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/ Gateway Geomatics], and is actively contributing to OSGeo.
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[[Image:OpenLayers-sprint-march-2007.jpg|thumb|right|333px|Memories of meeting the "boy genius" at FOSS4G 2006 (pic is from OpenLayers sprint 2007)]]
  
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Jeff McKenna is one of the 3 original founders of the global FOSS4G event, which has spread all across the globe, and he has traveled to over 500+ FOSS4G events of all sizes (which means he has almost 1,000 FOSS4G t-shirts).  He is the President Emeritus of OSGeo, and has his own consulting company based around FOSS4G, [http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/ GatewayGeo]. He has been actively contributing to OSGeo since its formation.
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* one of the 3 original founders of the global [http://www.foss4g.org FOSS4G] event
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** creator of the FOSS4G branding logo, a symbol of the flow of ideas and innovation, and sharing within the Open Source geospatial community
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* Winner of the 2016 [[Sol_Katz_Award | Sol Katz Award]], for longtime leadership in the OSGeo and FOSS4G communities
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* named as the President of OSGeo, Dec '12, retired in Dec '15
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* named to the OSGeo [[Board_of_Directors | Board of Directors]], Sept '09 (served until Feb '12), re-elected Aug '12, re-elected Aug '14, re-elected Oct '17
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* Founder of the [[Sol_Katz_Award | Sol Katz Award]], and managed that from 2005-2015, 2017+
 
* Founding and Charter member of [http://www.osgeo.org OSGeo]
 
* Founding and Charter member of [http://www.osgeo.org OSGeo]
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* Maintainer for [http://www.maptools.org/ Maptools.org]
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* Founding chair of the [[UnitedNations_Committee | UN]] committee for OSGeo
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* Developer for [http://www.maptools.org/ms4w MS4W]
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* Founder of the [[UN-GGIM-Working-Group | UN GGIM]] working group for OSGeo
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* Developer for [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/ OSGeo4W]
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* Member of the [http://www.geoforall.org/ Geo for All] Advisory Board
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* Member of OSGeo's Google Summer of Code [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2017_Administrative 2017] & [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2017_Administrative 2018] Administrative teams
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* Founding member of OSGeo's Google Code-in [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Code_In_2017 2017] Administrative team, and also part of [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Code_In_2018 2018] admin team
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* involved in the creation of the  [[CodeOfConduct_Committee | Code of Conduct]] committee for OSGeo
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* Founding member of the [[Open_Geoscience_Committee | Open GeoScience]] committee for OSGeo
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* [[FOSS4G]] conference committee chair (2006-2012)
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* [[FOSS4G]] Workshop committee member (2004-2011)
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* Developer of [http://www.ms4w.com MS4W]
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* One of the founding developers of [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/ OSGeo4W]
 
* [[MapServer]] Project Steering Committee (PSC) member  
 
* [[MapServer]] Project Steering Committee (PSC) member  
 
* [[MapServer]] documentation lead
 
* [[MapServer]] documentation lead
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* OSGeo [[FOSS4G]] conference committee chair
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* founding co-chair of the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Ottawa_Chapter Ottawa Chapter of OSGeo]
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* [[FOSS4G]] Workshop committee member
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* [http://www.zoo-project.org/trac/wiki/PSC ZOO-Project] Project Steering Committee (PSC) member
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* founding co-chair of [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Ottawa_Chapter OSGeo Ottawa Local Chapter]
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* [http://www.zoo-project.org/ ZOO-Project] documentation contributor
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* mentor for the [http://pycsw.org/ pycsw] Project for the OSGeo Incubation process
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* mentor for the [http://istsos.org/ istSOS] Project for the OSGeo Incubation process
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* founding member of the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Atlantic_Canada_Chapter Atlantic Canada Chapter of OSGeo]
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* 2011-2012 vice president of the [http://www.gans.ca/ Nova Scotia Geomatics Association]
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* member of the [http://www.opengeospatial.org/ Open Geospatial Consortium] from 2010-present
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* member of the [http://www.qgis.org QGIS] Community
  
 
contact:
 
contact:
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: [mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com email] jmckenna(at)gatewaygeomatics.com
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: email: jmckenna(at)osgeo(dot)org
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: IRC username - jmckenna
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: Twitter: [http://twitter.com/mapserving @mapserving]
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: Skype username - jeff_mckenna
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: IRC username - jmckenna on Libera.​Chat
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: Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffmckenna
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Latest revision as of 04:34, 8 July 2024

creator of the FOSS4G ribbon logo, used in all FOSS4G events of all sizes around the world since 2004, a symbol of the flow of ideas and innovation, and sharing within the Open Source geospatial community
Reunion of the 3 original founders of the global FOSS4G event (from left to right: Markus Neteler, Jeff McKenna, Venka Raghavan); photo taken at FOSS4G Europe, July 2017, in Paris
With the OSGeo family at FOSS4G Europe, July 2017, in Paris
Receiving the 2016 Sol Katz Award, at FOSS4G Bonn, on 2016-08-26.
With Venka at FOSS4G Seoul, Sept 2015. Two of the founders of FOSS4G.
With the ZOO family at FOSS4G Europe, July 2014
Having a sushi lunch at FOSS4G Tokyo 2008
Memories of meeting the "boy genius" at FOSS4G 2006 (pic is from OpenLayers sprint 2007)

Jeff McKenna is one of the 3 original founders of the global FOSS4G event, which has spread all across the globe, and he has traveled to over 500+ FOSS4G events of all sizes (which means he has almost 1,000 FOSS4G t-shirts). He is the President Emeritus of OSGeo, and has his own consulting company based around FOSS4G, GatewayGeo. He has been actively contributing to OSGeo since its formation.

  • one of the 3 original founders of the global FOSS4G event
    • creator of the FOSS4G branding logo, a symbol of the flow of ideas and innovation, and sharing within the Open Source geospatial community
  • Winner of the 2016 Sol Katz Award, for longtime leadership in the OSGeo and FOSS4G communities
  • named as the President of OSGeo, Dec '12, retired in Dec '15
  • named to the OSGeo Board of Directors, Sept '09 (served until Feb '12), re-elected Aug '12, re-elected Aug '14, re-elected Oct '17
  • Founder of the Sol Katz Award, and managed that from 2005-2015, 2017+
  • Founding and Charter member of OSGeo
  • Founding chair of the UN committee for OSGeo
  • Founder of the UN GGIM working group for OSGeo
  • Member of the Geo for All Advisory Board
  • Member of OSGeo's Google Summer of Code 2017 & 2018 Administrative teams
  • Founding member of OSGeo's Google Code-in 2017 Administrative team, and also part of 2018 admin team
  • involved in the creation of the Code of Conduct committee for OSGeo
  • Founding member of the Open GeoScience committee for OSGeo
  • FOSS4G conference committee chair (2006-2012)
  • FOSS4G Workshop committee member (2004-2011)
  • Developer of MS4W
  • One of the founding developers of OSGeo4W
  • MapServer Project Steering Committee (PSC) member
  • MapServer documentation lead
  • founding co-chair of the Ottawa Chapter of OSGeo
  • ZOO-Project Project Steering Committee (PSC) member
  • ZOO-Project documentation contributor
  • mentor for the pycsw Project for the OSGeo Incubation process
  • mentor for the istSOS Project for the OSGeo Incubation process
  • founding member of the Atlantic Canada Chapter of OSGeo
  • 2011-2012 vice president of the Nova Scotia Geomatics Association
  • member of the Open Geospatial Consortium from 2010-present
  • member of the QGIS Community

contact:

email: jmckenna(at)osgeo(dot)org
Twitter: @mapserving
IRC username - jmckenna on Libera.​Chat
Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffmckenna


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