New Member Nominations 2023

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#	Nominee Name	Country	Positive attributes	Nominated by
1	Javier Jiménez Shaw	Germany	Javier is deeply knowledgeable about geodesy, and has presented two talks at FOSS4G2023. He's made contributions to PROJ and GDAL, and has already been asked to be part of the project steering committee (PSC) for both projects. Profile: Javier Jiménez Shaw	Iván Sánchez Ortega
2	Jan Suleiman	Germany	Jan is one of the driving forces and core developer behind the OSGeo Community Project GeoStyler, and has organised the GeoStyler Code Sprints for the past 2 years. He has presented GeoStyler at FOSS4G 2023 in Prizren, as well as the previous 2 FOSS4Gs. Jan is a very active full-stack developer in the geospatial community - see his GitHub account at https://github.com/jansule, and is a contributor to other OSGeo projects and community projects including GeoExt. Profile: Jan Suleiman	Seth Girvin
3	Niene Boeijen	Netherlands	Niene is the current chairperson for the Dutch local chapter of OSGeo, known as OSGeo.NL. She’s a frequent visitor and speaker at the FOSS4G events, both international and local (see her webpage at https://nieneb.nl/talks/ for some examples). Niene was also the driving force behind the maptime events in the Netherlands, is one of the few people I know that easily blends coding with great design (most of her talks are about visualization, and those that aren’t are still visually stunning) and is a real role-model and activist for getting more women in geo-related tech in the Netherlands. Oh, and of course it’s all open source. And did I mention she’s also a great human being? Profile: Niene Boeijen	Erik Meerburg
4	Levente Juhász	United States of America	Levente is a Research Assistant Professor at Florida International University in Miami, FL, USA. He is an avid supporter of free and open-source geospatial software and data, he has significantly contributed to open communities and co-chairing the Academic Track at the OpenStreetMap State of the Map series (now OSM-Science) and co-organized Maptime Miami. His dedication and advocacy to FOSS4G is evident in both his research and teaching. With a history of collaboration, making his own work open source and reproducible, commitment, and notable teamwork skills, Levente is poised to make great contributions to the OSGeo Foundation's objectives. Profile: Levente Juhász	Peter Mooney
5	Taro Matsuzawa	Japan	Taro works several OSS project includes OSGeo related project. And he is very active in the OSGeo.JP community and talks in FOSS4G Global and Local event. Profile: Taro Matsuzawa	Nobusuke Iwasaki
6	Yasunori Kirimoto	Japan	Yasuhiro is working on several OSS projects, including OSGeo-related projects. And he has a lot of experience speaking at FOSS4G Local events. He is also active in the local community such as Maplibre Japanese User group and disseminating information on his personal blog. Profile: Yasunori Kirimoto	Nobusuke Iwasaki
7	Gerkery Soto Roque	Dominican Republic	Gerkery has a degree in Computer Engineering, currently carrying out his activities at the National Geographic Institute of the Dominican Republic, where, together with organizations such as the National Statistical Institute and ECLAC, he promotes the implementation of SDI at institutional and national levels. This having an impact at the regional level where he promotes open source in the use of geospatial systems and participating in working groups such as UNGGIM and IPHG representing his institution. He also participates in the academic community and OSM Profile: Gerkery Soto Roque	Ariel Anthieni
8	Kanahiro Iguchi	Japan	Kanahiro is a developer specialized in Geospatial and Web Technologies. With years of experience as an Engineering Manager, Tech Lead, and CTO, he has worked on several OSS projects, including QGIS, MapLibre, and other OSGeo-related projects. He has presented extensively at FOSS4G Global and Local events, sharing his knowledge and experiences. Additionally, he actively promotes FOSS4G tools through technical blogs and books. Profile: Kanahiro Iguchi	Nobusuke Iwasaki
9	Masaharu Ohashi	Japan	Masaharu has been a member of the OSGeo Japan Chapter since 2012 and became the Secretary General of OSGeo.JP in 2023. He has significantly contributed to the growth of the Japanese community by organizing local events and managing the OSGeo Japan Chapter. Furthermore, Masaharu promotes the value of FOSS4G tools not only at community events but also within his company's business operations. Profile: Masaharu Ohashi	Nobusuke Iwasaki
10	Julia Martinuzzi	Argentina	I recommend Julia Martinuzzi for consideration as a Chapter Member within OSGeo. Her extensive involvement and contributions to the geospatial community are commendable. She has actively participated in various OSGeo events, including FOSS4G, where her presentations have consistently showcased her expertise and dedication to advancing the field. Her involvement in IDERA Argentina and her contribution of insightful talks have played a vital role in disseminating knowledge and fostering collaboration within the geoinformatics community. Moreover, Julia's participation in the International Congress of the Chilean Spatial Data Infrastructure (IDE) in 2022 demonstrated her dedication to regional initiatives and her willingness to collaborate across borders to promote open standards and sustainable geospatial practices. Julia's passion for making geospatial information accessible to a wider audience is inspiring. Her creative approaches and unwavering commitment to the mission of OSGeo align perfectly with the organization's values. She not only possesses the technical skills required for this role but also the collaborative spirit that is essential in a Chapter Member. Profile: Julia Martinuzzi	Ariel Anthieni
11	KIM Taehoon	Japan	Taehoon has been deeply involved in developing open standards and in bridging them to open software. He is involved in the Geoserver 3D extension, which he co-presented at FOSS4G Boston 2017 and worked in the compliance side of Geoserver/Geotools during the FOSS4G 2015 Code Sprint. Taheoon also volunteers often to participate in the OGC code sprints, where he supports the update of open software to support OGC standards. Profile: KIM Taehoon	Joana Simoes
12	Takashige Nakagawa	Japan	Takeshige Nakagawa has worked on TerriaJS and CKAN projects at Pacific Spatial Solutions, Inc. He is an instructor for TerriaJS hands-on sessions and has extensive experience in promoting OSGeo JP regional events. His involvement with OSGeo JP started in 2006 and he became a JP steering committee member in 2012. He also created the theme music (https://www.youtube.com/@monomoti) for FOSS4G Japan and FOSS4G ASIA 2014 events, which many have heard. Profile: Takashige Nakagawa	Hirofumi Hayashi
13	Felipe Matas	Chile	At least since last Winter, Felipe has been tireless tester of many OSGeo projects (including GDAL and PostGIS), and has always found a way to push these to their limits. I think he could make valuable contributions to the ecosystem, and I'm happy to nominate him as a charter member as long as he remembers to update his OSGeo profile page. Profile: Felipe Matas	Laurențiu Nicola
14	Fangain Marjorie	France	Marjorie promotes QGIS in her company (Keolis, a transport operator). She is the founder of the Brittany QGIS user group, which she leads. For the past 5 years, she has actively contributed to the running of the French-speaking QGIS user group, in particular by organizing its annual meetings. Profile: Fangain Marjorie	Jean-Marie Arsac
16	Tobias Wendorff	Germany	Tobias has extensive experience in the field of GIS, a knack for finding issues in the weirdest of places and is willing to follow them through. I'd like to nominate him as a charter member. Profile: Tobias Wendorff	Laurențiu Nicola
17	Wei Ji Leong	New Zealand	Wei Ji has been an OSGeo Oceania member since 2021, and is an active contributor in building cloud-native geospatial Machine Learning tools. He is a maintainer of Python packages such as zen3geo and PyGMT, and also helps as a recipe maintainer for 20+ conda-forge feedstocks and pangeo-docker-images which are used widely in the geospatial sector. In terms of outreach, he has led/co-led workshops at FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2019 (https://talks.osgeo.org/foss4g-sotm-oceania-2023/talk/YP3KPT), Earth Science Women’s Network (ESWN) Professional Development in 2021 (https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/2021-eswn-pygmt-workshop)and EGU22 General Assembly (https://www.generic-mapping-tools.org/egu22pygmt), been involved on the organizing side of community events like ICESat-2 Hackweek, and is an upcoming speaker at FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2023 (https://talks.osgeo.org/foss4g-sotm-oceania-2023/talk/YP3KPT). Being part of the Pangeo ML Working Group, he values working collaboratively on free and open source software developments, and regularly answers questions on the Pangeo discourse and Generic Mapping Tools forums. Wei Ji will be a great person to support future initiatives by the OSGeo Foundation, especially in the Oceania region. Profile: Wei Ji Leong	Alex Mandel
18	Kathryn A Berger	United Kingdom	Kathryn is an active member of the Women+ in Geospatial group. Particularly advocating and organizing for the mentorship program which included the publication of GIS Portfolio 101 (https://gis-portfolio-101-women-in-geo.hub.arcgis.com/) where Kathryn represented the open source power user perspective. Kathryn also contributes to workshops and documentation in open source repositories that provide other science users with tutorials on Big Data Science, Remote Sensing and Machine Learning with open source software. Profile: Kathryn A Berger	Alex Mandel
19	Sandeepan Dhoundiyal	India	It's my pleasure to nominate Sandeepan to be an OSGeo Charter Member. He participated in GSoC 2022 with OSGeo and has been contributing to the ZOO-Project. Sandeepan is excited to make further contributions and hence, I nominate him to be an OSGeo Charter member from India. Profile: Sandeepan Dhoundiyal	Rajat Shinde
20	Jashanpreet Singh	India	It's my pleasure to nominate Jashanpreet to be an OSGeo Charter Member. He attended FOSS4G 2023 and has been contributing to various open-source activities. Jashanpreet is excited to make further contributions and hence, I nominate him to be an OSGeo Charter member from India. Profile: Jashanpreet Singh	Rajat Shinde
21	Aman Bagrecha	India	It's my pleasure to nominate Aman to be an OSGeo Charter Member. He attended FOSS4G 2023 in Prizren and started his contributions to the OSGeo community. Aman is excited to make further contributions and hence, I nominate him to be an OSGeo Charter member. Profile: Aman Bagrecha	Rajat Shinde
22	Dimple Jain	India	It's my pleasure to nominate Dimple to be an OSGeo Charter Member. She has been an active contributor to the QGIS community and has attended FOSS4G 2023 and STAC Sprint 2023. Dimple can further contribute to the OSGeo community through various capabilities and hence, I nominate her to be an OSGeo Charter member. Profile: Dimple Jain	Rajat Shinde