Board Member Nominations 2013

The following nominations have been received for the OSGeo Board in 2013 through the Election 2013 process. The nomination period ends on 20 August 2013.

This list is presented in the order nominations were received.

Incumbent board members are marked with an asterisk (*).

Candidate statements and support by OSGeo participants or members, if they have been provided, provided immediately after the candidate name as a bulleted list.

Bart van den Eijnden

Nomination by

Daniel Morissette

I'd like to nominate Bart van den Eijnden for the OSGeo board election.

Bart's involvement in the OSGeo community and its projects is well known and predates the creation of OSGeo itself. He is a regular at FOSS4G, is very familiar with OSGeo and its mission and often contributes to discussions related to OSGeo activities, so I think he could bring valuable inputs and contributions to the board. He started his own consultancy in The Netherlands back in 2005 (OSGIS.nl) and now works with OpenGeo.

See also his profile at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Bartvde

• Acceptance and thoughts from Bart van den Eijnden
• Seconded by Michael Gerlek

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Jáchym Čepický

Nomination by

Jeff Jeff McKenna

I would like to nominate Jáchym Čepický[1] for the 2013 OSGeo Board elections. Jáchym has already served one year on the Board, having graciously stepped into an empty position that needed filling. Coming from the Czech Republic in Central Europe he has brought a much needed global perspective into the Board activities. He is of course very active at the project level, and has been one of the community leaders helping to create and bring FOSS4G-CEE around the region.

I strongly recommend that we bring Jáchym back onto the OSGeo Board.

[1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/J%C3%A1chym_%C4%8Cepick%C3%BD

• Seconded by Michael Gerlek
• Support by Daniel Morissette
• Support by Peter Baumann
• Support by Maria Brovelli
• Support by Marco Lechner

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Jorge Sanz

Nomination by

Jeff McKenna

I would like to nominate Jorge Sanz[1] for the 2013 OSGeo Board elections. Jorge is a very active community member from Spain, with his hands into many different parts of OSGeo. Not only at the project level, but he is an active representative and speaker of the Spanish Language Local Chapter (OSGeo-ES), as well as through his local area of Valencia.

I've had the pleasure of listening to some of his presentations, and I see Jorge as an excellent global representative of OSGeo. I have no doubt that through his experience, his confidence, and his leadership, that he will be able to give important input into the shape of the OSGeo foundation.

I strongly recommend that Jorge become a member of the OSGeo Board.

[1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jorge_Sanz

PS. thank you to Jorge for accepting this nomination during his vacation. A sign of his dedication