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The following nominations have been received for the OSGeo Board in 2013 through the <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Election 2013">Election 2013</a> 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.

<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Bart van den Eijnden">Bart van den Eijnden</a>

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 <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Bartvde">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Bartvde</a>

<a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012217.html">Acceptance and thoughts</a> from <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Bart van den Eijnden">Bart van den Eijnden</a>
<a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012207.html">Seconded</a> by <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Michael Gerlek">Michael Gerlek</a>

<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Jáchym Čepický">Jáchym Čepický</a>

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] <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/J%C3%A1chym_%C4%8Cepick%C3%BD">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/J%C3%A1chym_%C4%8Cepick%C3%BD</a>

<a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012227.html">Acceptance and thoughts</a> from <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Jáchym Čepický">Jáchym Čepický</a>
<a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012210.html">Seconded</a> by <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Michael Gerlek">Michael Gerlek</a>
<a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012212.html">Support</a> by <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Daniel Morissette">Daniel Morissette</a>
<a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012211.html">Support</a> by <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Peter Baumann">Peter Baumann</a>
<a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012213.html">Support</a> by <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Maria Brovelli">Maria Brovelli</a>
<a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012214.html">Support</a> by <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Marco Lechner">Marco Lechner</a>

<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Jorge Sanz">Jorge Sanz</a>

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] <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jorge_Sanz">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jorge_Sanz</a>

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

<a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012218.html">Seconded</a> by <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Javier Diaz">Javier Diaz</a>
<a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012219.html">Support</a> by <a _fcknotitle="true" href="María Arias de Reyna">María Arias de Reyna</a>
<a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012221.html">Support</a> by <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Valenty Gonzalez">Valenty Gonzalez</a>
<a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012230.html">Support</a> by <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Gabriel Carrión">Gabriel Carrión</a>
<a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012228.html">Support</a> by <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Jáchym Čepický">Jáchym Čepický</a>
<a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012229.html">Support</a> by <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Oscar Fonts">Oscar Fonts</a>
<a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012231.html">Support</a> by <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Shiguera">Shiguera</a>

<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Ian Edwards">Ian Edwards</a>

Nomination by: Jo Cook

Hi CRO and Discuss,

I'd like to nominate Ian Edwards for the OSGeo board. Ian is a newly elected Charter Member, is the current Chair of the UK local chapter [0], and is a crucial member of the local organising committee for FOSS4G 2013 [1]. He also has lots of extremely useful Drupal skills that he is using on the WebCom committee [2] and is involved with the OSGeo Live Project [3].

   [0] <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/United_Kingdom">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/United_Kingdom</a>
   [1] <a href="http://2013.foss4g.org/">http://2013.foss4g.org/</a>
   [2] <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/webcommittee/index.html">http://www.osgeo.org/webcommittee/index.html</a>
   [3] <a href="http://live.osgeo.org/">http://live.osgeo.org/</a>

Thanks

<a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012225.html">Acceptance and thoughts</a> from <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Ian Edwards">Ian Edwards</a>
<a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012223.html">Seconded</a> by <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Jeff McKenna">Jeff McKenna</a>
<a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012224.html">Support</a> by <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Suchith Anand">Suchith Anand</a>

<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Michael Smith">Michael Smith</a>

Nomination by: Daniel Morissette

I'd like to nominate Michael Smith for the board election.

Mike works for the US Army Corps of Engineers Remote Sensing GIS Center and has been a long time power user, supporter and contributor of MapServer, GDAL/OGR and other OSGeo projects. He is a member of the MapServer PSC and is also one of the instigators behind the PDAL project, the GDAL of Point Clouds. In addition to his experience with the OSGeo projects and community, he would bring to the board the perspective of government organizations.

He is a FOSS4G regular (he has not missed one since the 2003 MapServer Users Meeting), and an active participant and supporter of the FOSS4G WMS Benchmarking exercise each year.

Finally, Mike has been following the activities of the board for the last few years (at least), often present as a quiet observer in IRC board meetings and even in one of the face to face meetings, so I believe he is well aware of the way OSGeo operates and prepared for the challenges of serving on the board.

<a _fcknotitle="true" href="Gérald Fénoy">Gérald Fénoy</a>

Nomination by: Maria Brovelli

Dear All

I would like to nominate Gérald FENOY for the OSGeo Board of Directors

elections.

Gérald is promoting, using and developing FOSS4G with passion since 2004.

He has a very global and generic vision of both the Foundation activities and its software projects. Gérald has a keen interest in technical innovation which he manages to leverage for both community and business related issues.

Gérald is committed to Open Source and is very willing to help the OSGeo

projects grow. As an example, he frequently funds OSGeo developers to add enhancements to their software, for using in his personal projects or those from GeoLabs, his geospatial consulting company based in France (<a href="http://geolabs.fr">http://geolabs.fr</a>).

Gérald co-founded the ZOO-Project (<a href="http://zoo-project.org">http://zoo-project.org</a>) WPS plateform

back in 2008, is PSC chair and main developer of this innovative and incubating OSGeo project. He also contributed to several projects through the years including GDAL/OGR, MapServer and PostGIS, with patches, translations, ideas and more.

Gérald is also a regular at the FOSS4G conference since 2006, where he

often gives workshops and talks. He also participated and helped many times in several local chapters in Europe, Asia and Africa.

Gérald collaborates passionately with many Universities both in Europe

and in Asia.

Gérald will be a great addition to the OSGeo Board of Directors. He

brings a wealth of experience and knowledge, regarding both coding and open source good practices, but also about international collaborations and community management.

More info on Gérald:

<a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate#G.C3.A9rald_Fenoy">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate#G.C3.A9rald_Fenoy</a>

Elections
Election 2013

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-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.'''
+<p>The following nominations have been received for the OSGeo Board in 2013 through the <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Election 2013">Election 2013</a> process. <b>The nomination period ends on 20 August 2013.</b>
+</p><p>This list is presented in the order nominations were received.
-This list is presented in the order nominations were received.
+</p><p>Incumbent board members are marked with an asterisk (*).
+</p><p>Candidate statements and support by OSGeo participants or members, if they have been provided, provided immediately after the candidate name as a bulleted list.
-Incumbent board members are marked with an asterisk (*).
+</p><p><br />
+</p>
-Candidate statements and support by OSGeo participants or members, if they have been provided, provided immediately after the candidate name as a bulleted list.
+<h2> <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Bart van den Eijnden">Bart van den Eijnden</a> </h2>
+<dl><dt> Nomination by</dt><dd> Daniel Morissette
+</dd></dl>
+<p>I'd like to nominate Bart van den Eijnden for the OSGeo board election.
-== [[Bart van den Eijnden]] ==
+</p><p>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.
+</p><p>See also his profile at <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Bartvde">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Bartvde</a>
-; Nomination by: Daniel Morissette
+</p>
+<ul><li> <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012217.html">Acceptance and thoughts</a> from <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Bart van den Eijnden">Bart van den Eijnden</a>
-I'd like to nominate Bart van den Eijnden for the OSGeo board election.
+</li><li> <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012207.html">Seconded</a> by <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Michael Gerlek">Michael Gerlek</a>
+</li></ul>
-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.
+<hr />
+<p><br />
-See also his profile at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Bartvde
+</p>
+<h2> <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Jáchym Čepický">Jáchym Čepický</a> </h2>
-* [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012217.html Acceptance and thoughts] from [[Bart van den Eijnden]]
+<dl><dt> Nomination by</dt><dd> Jeff Jeff McKenna
-* [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012207.html Seconded] by [[Michael Gerlek]]
+</dd></dl>
+<p>I would like to nominate Jáchym Čepický[1] for the 2013 OSGeo Board
-------
-== [[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
@@ Line 36: / Line 28: @@
 active at the project level, and has been one of the community leaders
 helping to create and bring FOSS4G-CEE around the region.
+</p><p>I strongly recommend that we bring Jáchym back onto the OSGeo Board.
-I strongly recommend that we bring Jáchym back onto the OSGeo Board.
+</p><p>[1] <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/J%C3%A1chym_%C4%8Cepick%C3%BD">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/J%C3%A1chym_%C4%8Cepick%C3%BD</a>
+</p>
-[1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/J%C3%A1chym_%C4%8Cepick%C3%BD
+<ul><li> <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012227.html">Acceptance and thoughts</a> from <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Jáchym Čepický">Jáchym Čepický</a>
+</li><li> <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012210.html">Seconded</a> by <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Michael Gerlek">Michael Gerlek</a>
-* [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012227.html Acceptance and thoughts] from [[Jáchym Čepický]]
+</li><li> <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012212.html">Support</a> by <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Daniel Morissette">Daniel Morissette</a>
-* [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012210.html Seconded] by [[Michael Gerlek]]
+</li><li> <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012211.html">Support</a> by <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Peter Baumann">Peter Baumann</a>
-* [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012212.html Support] by [[Daniel Morissette]]
+</li><li> <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012213.html">Support</a> by <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Maria Brovelli">Maria Brovelli</a>
-* [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012211.html Support] by [[Peter Baumann]]
+</li><li> <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012214.html">Support</a> by <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Marco Lechner">Marco Lechner</a>
-* [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012213.html Support] by [[Maria Brovelli]]
+</li></ul>
-* [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012214.html Support] by [[Marco Lechner]]
+<hr />
+<p><br />
------------------
+</p>
+<h2> <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Jorge Sanz">Jorge Sanz</a> </h2>
+<dl><dt> Nomination by</dt><dd> Jeff McKenna
+</dd></dl>
-== [[Jorge Sanz]] ==
+<p>I would like to nominate Jorge Sanz[1] for the 2013 OSGeo Board
-; 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
@@ Line 62: / Line 50: @@
 Language Local Chapter (OSGeo-ES), as well as through his local area of
 Valencia.
+</p><p>I've had the pleasure of listening to some of his presentations, and I
-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.
+</p><p>I strongly recommend that Jorge become a member of the OSGeo Board.
-I strongly recommend that Jorge become a member of the OSGeo Board.
+</p><p><br />
+[1] <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jorge_Sanz">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jorge_Sanz</a>
+</p><p><br />
-[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
+</p>
-* [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012218.html Seconded] by [[Javier Diaz]]
+<ul><li> <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012218.html">Seconded</a> by <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Javier Diaz">Javier Diaz</a>
-* [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012219.html Support] by [[María Arias de Reyna]]
+</li><li> <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012219.html">Support</a> by <a _fcknotitle="true" href="María Arias de Reyna">María Arias de Reyna</a>
-* [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012221.html Support] by [[Valenty Gonzalez]]
+</li><li> <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012221.html">Support</a> by <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Valenty Gonzalez">Valenty Gonzalez</a>
-* [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012230.html Support] by [[Gabriel Carrión]]
+</li><li> <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012230.html">Support</a> by <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Gabriel Carrión">Gabriel Carrión</a>
-* [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012228.html Support] by [[Jáchym Čepický]]
+</li><li> <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012228.html">Support</a> by <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Jáchym Čepický">Jáchym Čepický</a>
-* [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012229.html Support] by [[Oscar Fonts]]
+</li><li> <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012229.html">Support</a> by <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Oscar Fonts">Oscar Fonts</a>
-* [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012231.html Support] by [[shiguera]]
+</li><li> <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012231.html">Support</a> by <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Shiguera">Shiguera</a>
-------------------------------------------------
+</li></ul>
+<hr />
+<p><br />
+</p>
-== [[Ian Edwards]] ==
+<h2> <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Ian Edwards">Ian Edwards</a> </h2>
+<dl><dt> Nomination by</dt><dd> Jo Cook
-; Nomination by: Jo Cook
+</dd></dl>
+<p>Hi CRO and Discuss,
-Hi CRO and Discuss,
+</p><p>I'd like to nominate Ian Edwards for the OSGeo board. Ian is a newly elected Charter Member, is the current Chair of the UK local chapter [0], and is a crucial member of the local organising committee for FOSS4G 2013 [1]. He also has lots of extremely useful Drupal skills that he is using on the WebCom committee [2] and is involved with the OSGeo Live Project [3].
+</p>
-I'd like to nominate Ian Edwards for the OSGeo board. Ian is a newly elected Charter Member, is the current Chair of the UK local chapter [0], and is a crucial member of the local organising committee for FOSS4G 2013 [1]. He also has lots of extremely useful Drupal skills that he is using on the WebCom committee [2] and is involved with the OSGeo Live Project [3].
+<pre class="_fck_mw_lspace">   [0] <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/United_Kingdom">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/United_Kingdom</a>
+   [1] <a href="http://2013.foss4g.org/">http://2013.foss4g.org/</a>
-    [0] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/United_Kingdom
+   [2] <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/webcommittee/index.html">http://www.osgeo.org/webcommittee/index.html</a>
-    [1] http://2013.foss4g.org/
+   [3] <a href="http://live.osgeo.org/">http://live.osgeo.org/</a>
-    [2] http://www.osgeo.org/webcommittee/index.html
+</pre>
-    [3] http://live.osgeo.org/
+<p>Thanks
+</p>
-Thanks
+<ul><li> <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012225.html">Acceptance and thoughts</a> from <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Ian Edwards">Ian Edwards</a>
+</li><li> <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012223.html">Seconded</a> by <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Jeff McKenna">Jeff McKenna</a>
-* [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012225.html Acceptance and thoughts] from [[Ian Edwards]]
+</li><li> <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012224.html">Support</a> by <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Suchith Anand">Suchith Anand</a>
-* [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012223.html Seconded] by [[Jeff McKenna]]
+</li></ul>
-* [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-August/012224.html Support] by [[Suchith Anand ]]
+<hr />
+<p><br />
--------------------------------
+</p>
+<h2> <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Michael Smith">Michael Smith</a> </h2>
+<dl><dt> Nomination by</dt><dd> Daniel Morissette
+</dd></dl>
-== [[Michael Smith]] ==
+<p>I'd like to nominate Michael Smith for the board election.
+</p><p>Mike works for the US Army Corps of Engineers Remote Sensing GIS Center and has been a long time power user, supporter and contributor of MapServer, GDAL/OGR and other OSGeo projects. He is a member of the MapServer PSC and is also one of the instigators behind the PDAL project, the GDAL of Point Clouds. In addition to his experience with the OSGeo projects and community, he would bring to the board the perspective of government organizations.
-; Nomination by: Daniel Morissette
+</p><p>He is a FOSS4G regular (he has not missed one since the 2003 MapServer Users Meeting), and an active participant and supporter of the FOSS4G WMS Benchmarking exercise each year.
+</p><p>Finally, Mike has been following the activities of the board for the last few years (at least), often present as a quiet observer in IRC board meetings and even in one of the face to face meetings, so I believe he is well aware of the way OSGeo operates and prepared for the challenges of serving on the board.
-I'd like to nominate Michael Smith for the board election.
+</p><p>See also <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Msmitherdc">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Msmitherdc</a>
+</p>
-Mike works for the US Army Corps of Engineers Remote Sensing GIS Center and has been a long time power user, supporter and contributor of MapServer, GDAL/OGR and other OSGeo projects. He is a member of the MapServer PSC and is also one of the instigators behind the PDAL project, the GDAL of Point Clouds. In addition to his experience with the OSGeo projects and community, he would bring to the board the perspective of government organizations.
+<hr />
+<p><br />
-He is a FOSS4G regular (he has not missed one since the 2003 MapServer Users Meeting), and an active participant and supporter of the FOSS4G WMS Benchmarking exercise each year.
+</p>
+<h2> <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Gérald Fénoy">Gérald Fénoy</a> </h2>
-Finally, Mike has been following the activities of the board for the last few years (at least), often present as a quiet observer in IRC board meetings and even in one of the face to face meetings, so I believe he is well aware of the way OSGeo operates and prepared for the challenges of serving on the board.
+<dl><dt> Nomination by</dt><dd> Maria Brovelli
+</dd></dl>
-See also http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Msmitherdc
+<p>Dear All
+</p><p>I would like to nominate Gérald FENOY for the OSGeo Board of Directors
----------------------------------
-== [[Gérald Fony]] ==
-; Nomination by: Maria Brovelli
-Dear All
-I would like to nominate Gérald FENOY for the OSGeo Board of Directors
 elections.
+</p><p>Gérald is promoting, using and developing FOSS4G with passion since 2004.
-Gérald is promoting, using and developing FOSS4G with passion since 2004.
 He has a very global and generic vision of both the Foundation
 activities and its software projects.
 Gérald has a keen interest in technical innovation which he manages to
 leverage for both community and business related issues.
+</p><p>Gérald is committed to Open Source and is very willing to help the OSGeo
-Gérald is committed to Open Source and is very willing to help the OSGeo
 projects grow. As an example, he frequently funds OSGeo developers to
 add enhancements to their software, for using in his personal projects
 or those from GeoLabs, his geospatial consulting company based in France
-(http://geolabs.fr).
+(<a href="http://geolabs.fr">http://geolabs.fr</a>).
+</p><p>Gérald co-founded the ZOO-Project (<a href="http://zoo-project.org">http://zoo-project.org</a>) WPS plateform
-Gérald co-founded the ZOO-Project (http://zoo-project.org) WPS plateform
 back in 2008, is PSC chair and main developer of this innovative and
 incubating OSGeo project. He also contributed to several projects
 through the years including GDAL/OGR, MapServer and PostGIS, with
 patches, translations, ideas and more.
+</p><p>Gérald is also a regular at the FOSS4G conference since 2006, where he
-Gérald is also a regular at the FOSS4G conference since 2006, where he
 often gives workshops and talks. He also participated and helped many
 times in several local chapters in Europe, Asia and Africa.
+</p><p>Gérald collaborates passionately with many Universities both in Europe
-Gérald collaborates passionately with many Universities both in Europe
 and in Asia.
+</p><p>Gérald will be a great addition to the OSGeo Board of Directors. He
-Gérald will be a great addition to the OSGeo Board of Directors. He
 brings a wealth of experience and knowledge, regarding both coding and
 open source good practices, but also about international collaborations
 and community management.
+</p><p>More info on Gérald:
-More info on Gérald:
+<a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate#G.C3.A9rald_Fenoy">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate#G.C3.A9rald_Fenoy</a>
-http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate#G.C3.A9rald_Fenoy
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