Election 2019 Candidate Manifestos - Revision history

Wiki-Nbozon at 17:51, 23 November 2019

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Cvvergara: /* My vision */

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My vision

Codrina: /* What role you would wish to fulfil on the board (if any) */

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What role you would wish to fulfil on the board (if any)

Codrina: /* Any things that you would like to change or introduce */

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Any things that you would like to change or introduce

Codrina: /* What your interests are in terms of the board */

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What your interests are in terms of the board

Codrina: /* What you have done within the community in the past */

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What you have done within the community in the past

Codrina: /* My vision */

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Codrina: /* About me */

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About me

Wiki-Adamsteer: /* About me */

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astrid_emde: /* My vision */

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+I am ready for any role.

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 * members from everywhere,
 * users who live in any country
-* volunteers from any part of the world.
+* volunteers & collaborators from any part of the world.
 I have being one of the fortunate that has met many of them

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+I consider that, at this time, I can best contribute as a regular board member.
 == 7. Till Adams, Germany ([https://www.osgeo.org/member/till-adams/ OSGeo profile)] ==

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	=== Any things that you would like to change or introduce ===		=== Any things that you would like to change or introduce ===
		+	I am keen in investing my time spent working within OSGeo as to bring this community, its values and principles, its activities and solutions closer to my part of the world, as well as to Europe. I also believe that together we accomplish more, so I am interested in developing synergies with other communities that use geospatial knowledge in their activities - and who doesn’t love a map, right? Over the years, I had the pleasure of working with organisations such as the [https://okfn.org/ Open Knowledge Foundation] for various projects, like the [https://index.okfn.org/ Global Open Data Index] or the [https://blog.okfn.org/2019/03/05/how-open-is-government-data-in-africa/ Africa Open Data Index], and I always wondered how was it possible that collaborations weren’t already happing as we had so much in common, from values and principles to technical challenges and drives.

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	=== What your interests are in terms of the board ===		=== What your interests are in terms of the board ===
		+	I find that the open source for geospatial ecosystem is mature from the technical point of view, with robust solutions for each part of a generic geospatial workflow - from data storage and management, to processing to visualisations. I also believe that the OSGeo community has reached a stable and mature point - the numbers of participants to the global FOSS4Gs (approximately 1000 people) together with the many regional events stand proof of that reality. Yet, even within this well shaped context, open source for geospatial has not fully breached into important sectors for our everyday lives, such as the public sector, no matter the level. These are conclusions I have formed over the last 3 years, while being involved, through my daytime job, into organisations such as [http://earsc.org/ The European Association of Remote Sensing Companies] - where I’ve coordinated their Open Source Initiative - and the [http://www.bdva.eu/ European Big Data Value Association] - where I’ve been coordinating the Earth Observation working group - as well as working in various projects with institutions such as the European Space Agency. I believe efforts should be made in that direction and I see OSGeo - as an organisation - as the leading figure that can take upon itself the role of opening these front lines with a more coordinated effort.
		+	Why do I think this is important? There are several reasons, but there are 2 that I consider worth mentioning here (1) because, in sectors such as the public one, openness is crucial, including the technical aspects of their activities and (2) because I believe that introducing open source for geospatial in these types of mainstream would prove beneficial for the entire community, maybe even in terms of financial aspects on the long run.

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		+	10 years ago, when I was in my second year at the University of Bucharest, I stumbled upon a webpage, in Romanian (!) - geo-spatial.org - filled with geospatial articles, tutorials, book reviews etc. in a time when any information on related technical literature was scarce and expensive, that was if you were lucky enough to find any. Immediately, I joined the mailing list (one of the first I ever did) and then, boldly joined a hands-on workshop on web mapping some months later. And I never left the group. It was my very first encounter with open source, but equally important, it was the first time I had ever met people that would openly and happily, within no official framework, spend their free time and resources to share their knowledge with strangers, lead by the belief that together we can do more, we can do better. The impact was incisive. Years passed and from the student in the auditorium, I slowly transitioned to presenting my work and giving my own hands-on workshops. Today, I humbly serve geo-spatial.org as vice-president.
		+	My active contribution to OSGeo came, of course, via geo-spatial.org. After I participated at my first FOSS4G conference - Central Eastern Europe 2012 in Prague, in 2013, geo-spatial.org organised FOSS4G Central Eastern Europe in Bucharest and I was part of the active core of organisers. And what a wonderful, full of work and new experiences that time was! 2013 was also the year when I become a OSGeo Charter Member.
		+	In 2015, I was the chair of the Open Data track at FOSS4G 2015 in Como, in 2016 I was part of the LOC for the global FOSS4G in Bonn. However, I believe that my biggest yet contribution to the community I’ve made in 2019, when I served as Chair of the Program Committee of FOSS4G 2019 Bucharest. It was by far the most substantial responsibility I have carried on behalf of OSGeo for the geospatial community and I am deeply honoured for the trust I have been invested with by my peers. Additionally, as I understand - including from a personal perspective - the intricacies in communication that can arise from cultural differences or diversity in all forms, I have supported organising side events at FOSS4G 2019 aimed at creating a welcoming environment - such as the [https://twitter.com/geospatialwomen Women in Geospatial] Bof and ‘[https://www.eventbrite.com/e/geochicas-take-bucharest-tickets-68740991155 Geochicas take over Bucharest!]’. Above all though, at the end of the day, what remains is the strong feeling of belonging to a community which values I share, which products - software - I use everyday and, most important, the feeling that I have too brought a contribution to its further development. And I am not done, as I have humbly and happily taken the role of Program Chair for FOSS4G Europe 2020.

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		+	[http://geo-spatial.org/ geo-spatial.org] - the Romanian OSGeo Local Chapter - and further along the way, the international OSGeo community, has been a crucial pillar of my life and personality. Joining geo-spatial.org as a young student, I have learned from them not only what GRASS and OpenLayers is, but also what it means to offer your time generously to your community, to share your knowledge and data (!) while you benefit from the knowledge and data from others, just as well as what it means to argue with elegance and kindness and to critique in a constructive way. In a more and more complex international climate, my vision is to foster and further expand, thought my activities and contributions, the OSGeo community as the environment where one, anyone, can grow, professionally and personally - just as I did and still do - where one can comfortable continue discussing the technical complexities of a new solution started online, over a beer, in a remote corner of the world at a FOSS4G event.

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	=== About me ===		=== About me ===
		+	By day, I am a technical geographer, an open source GIS/RS power user, actively working in developing geospatial data services at [http://www.terrasigna.com/ Terrasigna], a Romanian based SME, searching to improve by integrating data from non-traditional sources, such as the open data initiative. In the 10 years I’ve spent working, I focused on using open source solutions for geodata processing and visualisation, with a more recent spotlight on standardization and interoperability. By night, I am a loud advocate for open source solutions for geospatial and for the open (geo)data initiative worldwide.

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	My technical world is focussed on airborne remote sensing - lidar and imagery. Outside of technical stuff, I like to adventure and consider deeply how we interact with our planet and each other. And sometimes destroy good songs on a guitar.		My technical world is focussed on airborne remote sensing - lidar and imagery. Outside of technical stuff, I like to adventure and consider deeply how we interact with our planet and each other. And sometimes destroy good songs on a guitar.
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		+	I live in Australia, usually someplace around the southeast corner. I right now operate my own consultancy, and get to work from home or wherever - which is an amazing privilege.

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-Strengthen OSGeo and the visibility of our ogranization and promote open source software for geospatial and open data. Support the projects and community and collaborate with other organisations.
+Strengthen OSGeo and the visibility of our organization and promote open source software for geospatial and open data. Support the projects and community and collaborate with other organisations.
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