Board Member Nominations 2015

The following nominations have been received for the OSGeo Board in 2015 through the Election 2015 process.

• The nomination period ends on 20 September 2015.
• This list is presented in the order nominations were received.
• Candidate statements and support by OSGeo participants or members, if they have been provided, are linked to immediately after the candidate name as a bulleted list.

Helena Mitasova

Nomination by

Venkatesh Raghavan

It is a great honor for me to nominate Prof. Helena Mitasova [1] for the 2015 OSGeo Board Elections.

- Prof. Helena Mitasova - USA

Prof. Helena Mitasova hardly needs any introduction. Her activities that encompass the entire gamut of the OSGeo Foundation goals, speak for themselves. She was awarded the Sol Katz Award in 2010 for her long standing contribution to the OSGeo Foundation and FOSS4G communities. Recently, she has been one of the driving forces behind the Geo4All initiative. Her invaluable experience in area of Education and Research will be a great asset to the OSGeo Foundation Board.

I thank her for agreeing to be nominated for the 2015 OSGeo Board elections.

1. http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Helena
2. http://www.geo4all.org/

Endorsements and discussion

Anita Graser

Nomination by

Lene Fischer and Jeff McKenna

It is our pleasure to nominate Anita Graser, from Austria, for the OSGeo Board. Anita needs no introduction to the community, as she is very visible through her work on the QGIS Steering Committee, as a core contributor, and working very hard to promote Open Source geo through workshops, tutorials, mailing lists, FOSS4G events, and just about every possible way. She has a lot of experience managing and building communities, and she is actually quite honoured to be considered for the OSGeo Board.

Anita's presence on the Board would be a great addition to the foundation.

We excitingly nominate Anita for the OSGeo Board of Directors.

1. http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:AnitaGraser

Endorsements and discussion

Venka Raghavan

Nomination by

Sanghee Shin, Markus Neteler and Jeff McKenna

It is our pleasure to nominate Venka Raghavan, from Japan, for the OSGeo Board. It is hard to put into (few) words, Venka's influence on FOSS and geo. The 2012 winner of the Sol Katz Award, he created the term “FOSS4G” back in 2004, using it as the name of an international event in Thailand, and since then he has promoted FOSS4G all over the globe. He was also one of the organizers of the recent FOSS4G-Asia event this past December.

Venka has also been directly involved in OSGeo since its inception, in fact he was on the first OSGeo Board of Directors from 2006 to 2007. He is also a long-time board member of the OSGeo Japan chapter.

A professor at Osaka City University in Japan, Venka constantly encourages his students to leverage FOSS4G in all of their research. His influence in Asia wide reaching, being easily the most influential FOSS4G leader there. Venka also helps organize the GIS-IDEAS Symposium every 2 years in Vietnam, which is always FOSS4G-based.

Venka is enthused to be a part of the OSGeo Board again, helping a foundation that he helped form at the beginning. We could not be more please and honoured to nominate Venka for the Board of Directors.

1. http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Venkatesh_Raghavan

Endorsements and discussion