Election 2022 Candidate Manifestos
A space for the candidates for election to the Board to share some information about themselves, their aspirations for OSGeo, what they would like to change, improve or introduce and what role they would like to play on the board.
You are welcome to follow the template, and add further relevant info as you need:
Ariel Anthieni - Argentina (OSGeo profile)
About me
They began in 2007 in the city of Santa Fe, in the interior of Argentina, participating in the formation of the SDI of the province of Sante Fe, then going through different organizations that were contributing to the community the insertion of Open Source, such as the Argentine Space Agency (CONAE) and the Government of the City of Buenos Aires. Together with a group of colleagues we started the foundation of Geoinquietos in Argentina.
In 2018 we founded the Geolibres Association (https://geolibres.org.ar/ ), which supports the communities of Argentina (Geolibres Argentina, Openstreetmap Argentina, QGIS Argentina, Geochicas) in its beginnings as treasurer and currently President of the Association.
Always thinking of adding open source tools for community decision-making.
My vision
My vision is to achieve the implementation of open source solutions in different regions, with a focus on Latin America. In turn, generate an approach of the free software industry to the different stakeholders in order to reverse the opinions in relation to the fact that "free software is not reliable"
What you have done within the community in the past
- Chair of the FOSS4G Argentina 2016
- Organizer of the FOSS4G Argentina 2017
- Organizer of the FOSS4G Argentina 2019
- Organizer of the SOTM Argentina 2017
- Organizer of the SOTM LATAM 2018.
- Coordinator of LOC the FOSS4G Buenos Aires 2021 (International)
- Founder Member of Geoinquietos Argentina
- Founder of the Geolibres Argentina
- President of the Geolibres Argentina
- Responsible for the Local Chapter OSM Argentina
- Responsible for the Local Chapter QGIS Argentina
- Member of the SDI of Argentina since 2012
- Chair of Metadata Working Group of SDI of Argentina, IDERA (2012 - 2020)
- Participation in software development Geonetwork, Geonode and transation a spanish for help
What your interests are in terms of the board
My incorporation to the Board, I believe, would strengthen the link between the Latin American communities with the rest of the world. Promoting the project with its documentation in Spanish and generating spaces for the insertion of open source technologies in Latin America. Thus contributing to the paradigm shift where the only thing that exists is the option of proprietary software for some solutions.
Any things that you would like to change or introduce
I would like from the board to be able to achieve a greater reach in Latin America, either by generating events such as FOSS4G 2021 in the region, as well as giving greater relevance to the fact that the documentation and help are translated into Spanish for the software that is have to achieve a better insertion in the region.
What role you would wish to fulfill on the board (if any)
I am willing to assume the role that is necessary
Michael Smith, US (OSGeo profile)
About me
For those of you that don't know me, I'm Michael Smith, a physical scientist at the US Army Corps of Engineers. I've been involved with the MapServer community since 2001 and OSGeo since its inception. For the last 8 years, I've been honored to be a OSGeo Board member and the OSGeo treasurer. It’s been quite a learning experience and I greatly thank Daniel Morissette, the previous OSGeo treasurer for so much support in handling the transition.
My vision
In my time on the board and as treasurer, my focus has been on encouraging governments (in general) and the US in particular, especially the Department of Defense which, personally I know makes extensive use of OSGeo projects, to more actively participate is OSGeo and the projects beyond just use and occasional commits.
What you have done within the community in the past
What your interests are in terms of the board
If reelected, I plan to continue as OSGeo Treasurer. It's been a bit of a learning experience handling the funds from OSGeo, learning how to do the non profit tax filings for the US Government (where OSGeo is incorporated) and handling distributions of funds to Code Sprints and Events. It has also been a lot of fun to work directly with groups and individuals all over the world with OSGeo. Its been a very rewarding experience.
Any things that you would like to change or introduce
What role you would wish to fulfill on the board (if any)
If reelected, I plan to continue as OSGeo Treasurer.
It’s really wonderful to see a great group of new candidates to the board. It is wonderful to see the diversity and multiple regions of the world represented in the candidates. Thank you for the nomination, OSGeo Community!