Spotlight on Markus Neteler

Submitted by FrankW on Fri, 2006-12-29 15:11. ::

Profile - Markus Neteler

October 2006

Markus is the leader of the GRASS GIS project, and has played a pivotal role in the revitalization of the project and it's community. Markus is also a founding member of OSGeo and has been active in building the broader FOSS4G community for many years. At the FOSS4G 2006 conference, Markus Neteler was honored with the Sol Katz GFOSS Award for 2006.

Personalia

Name: Markus Neteler
Location: Trento, Italy
Company: L'Istituto Trentino di Cultura/Centro per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica (ITC-irst) + Centro di Ecologia Alpina (CEA), both research institutes, and the Gesellschaft für Datenanalyse und Fernerkundung (GDF), Hannover company.

Interview

  1. Tell us a bit about yourself?

Developer Spotlight: Andrew Morsell, P.E.

Submitted by FrankW on Fri, 2006-12-29 15:05. ::

Developer Spotlight - Andrew Morsell, P.E.

Andrew Morsell is a MapGuide user and part of the Autodesk developer network. Andrew is not just an ordinary fellow, he owns Spatial Integrators, Inc., a GIS consulting company located in Spokane, Washington. Let's learn some more about this very interesting member of our OSGeo community.

Andrew Morsell
OSGeo.org ID: amorsell
Location: Spokane, Washington
Company: Spatial Integrators, Inc.

Developer Spotlight: Paul Spencer

Submitted by FrankW on Fri, 2006-12-29 15:04. ::
Developer Spotlight: Paul Spencer

Developer Spotlight: Paul Spencer (pagameba)

Paul Spencer (pagameba) is one of the voting members of the OSGeo Foundation. Paul is participating in the gogernance through the incubation committee. Read on for our Developer Spotlight interview:

Q: Tell us a bit about yourself (what you do, experience, hobbies, family, interesting things about you).

Spotlight on Tom Kralidis

Submitted by FrankW on Fri, 2006-12-29 15:01. ::

Tom Kralidis Name: Tom Kralidis
OSGeo.org ID: tomkralidis
Tom Kralidis is a participant at OSGeo.org and an employee of Environment Canada. Tom is primarily a user of MapServer (and underlying packages) and mapbuilder and also supports OGC specifications for open source projects. Read on for more of the Tom Kralidis Developer Spotlight.

Open Source Projects: MapServer (http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/), mapbuilder (http://communitymapbuilder.org/), chameleon (http://www.maptools.org/chameleon/ )

City: Toronto
Province: Ontario
Country: Canada
Company: Environment Canada

Fundraising Committee Motion

Submitted by tmitchell on Fri, 2006-12-29 10:59. ::

Fundraising Committee Motion

I, Frank Warmerdam, move that a Fundraising Committee be formed to manage the development of a sponsorship program, solication of sponsorships, and pursue of other fundraising efforts.

The initial committee will include:

  • Frank Warmerdam (Chair)
  • Ed McNierney
  • Gary Lang
The Fundraising Committee has responsibilities to:

  • Preparing and recommending a sponsorship program to the board.
  • Soliciting sponsorship for organizations.
  • Proposing and pursuing other fundraising options.
  • Pursue contributions in kind (equipment, manpower).

Fundraising Committee

Submitted by tmitchell on Fri, 2006-12-29 10:58. ::
The OSGeo Fundraising Committee is responsible for raising funds for the operation of OSGeo and the support of OSGeo projects.

Current members:

  • Frank Warmerdam (chair)
  • Gary Lang
  • Ed McNierney
  • Alain Grignon
  • Dave Mclhagga
  • R. Paul Warriner
  • Michael Gerlek

Fundraising Documents

Education Commitee: Meeting - April 13, 2006

Submitted by tmitchell on Fri, 2006-12-29 10:47. ::
MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE EDUCATION AND CURRICULUM COMMITTEE OF THE OPEN
SOURCE GEOSPATIAL FOUNDATION

On April 13, 2006, at 8:00 am GMT-6, pursuant to notice duly given, the
Education and Curriculum Committee (the "Committee") of the Open Source
Geospatial Foundation (the "Foundation" or "OSGeo") held a meeting by Internet
Relay Chat (#osgeo on irc.freenode.net).

Present at the meeting were the following members of the "Committee":
Puneet Kishor, Puneet Kishor, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
Gary Watry, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies
Helena Mitasova, North Carolina State University
  

Education Commitee: Meeting - June 9, 2006

Submitted by tmitchell on Fri, 2006-12-29 10:45. ::
MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE EDUCATION AND CURRICULUM COMMITTEE OF THE OPEN
SOURCE GEOSPATIAL FOUNDATION

On June 9, 2006, at 8:00 am GMT-6, pursuant to notice duly given, the Education
and Curriculum Committee (the "Committee") of the Open Source Geospatial
Foundation (the "Foundation" or "OSGeo") held a meeting by Internet Relay Chat
(#osgeo on irc.freenode.net).

Present at the meeting were the following members of the "Committee":
  Helena Mitasova
  Ari Jolma
  Tyler Mitchell
  Perry Nacionales
  Markus Neteler
  Puneet Kishor
  Venkatesh Raghavan
  Charlie Schweik

  

Education Commitee: Meeting - May 12, 2006

Submitted by tmitchell on Fri, 2006-12-29 10:44. ::
MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE EDUCATION AND CURRICULUM COMMITTEE OF THE OPEN
SOURCE GEOSPATIAL FOUNDATION

On May 12, 2006, at 8:00 am GMT-6, pursuant to notice duly given, the
Education and Curriculum Committee (the "Committee") of the Open Source
Geospatial Foundation (the "Foundation" or "OSGeo") held a meeting by
Internet Relay Chat (#osgeo on irc.freenode.net).

Present at the meeting were the following members of the "Committee":
Helena Mitasova
Ari Jolma
Tyler Mitchell
Markus Neteler
Puneet Kishor
Venkatesh Raghavan

Additionally, the following were observing/"lurking" --
  

Education Commitee: Meeting - July 7, 2006

Submitted by tmitchell on Fri, 2006-12-29 10:42. ::
MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE EDUCATION AND CURRICULUM COMMITTEE OF THE OPEN SOURCE GEOSPATIAL FOUNDATION

On July 7, 2006, at 8:00 am GMT-6, pursuant to notice duly given, the Education and Curriculum Committee (the "Committee") of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (the "Foundation" or "OSGeo") held a meeting by Internet Relay Chat (#osgeo on irc.freenode.net).

Present at the meeting were the following members of the "Committee":
  • Perry Nacionales
  • Markus Neteler
  • Puneet Kishor
  • Venkatesh Raghavan
  • Jason Jorgenson
  • Aaron Racicot
  • Gary Watry
  • Allan Doyle
  • Christopher Schmidt
  • Ned Horning