From 885559c543c1611022459f45162dd28152242bc2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anita Graser Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2018 15:15:50 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Updated 2018 PSC Election Candidates (markdown) --- 2018-PSC-Election-Candidates.md | 16 ++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/2018-PSC-Election-Candidates.md b/2018-PSC-Election-Candidates.md index 4748eb0..9c783e3 100644 --- a/2018-PSC-Election-Candidates.md +++ b/2018-PSC-Election-Candidates.md @@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ Candidates please copy and paste the section below, adding your own details. --- ---- **Candidate name:** Giovanni Manghi **Introduction / main QGIS related activities:** @@ -23,4 +22,17 @@ Italian native, I'm living and working in Portugal since 2002. I'm a wildlife bi Within the QGIS project I'm known as the bug tracker maintainer (even if I'm not sure this "position" officially really exist) with thousands of replies/comments in tickets and countless hours spent doing bug triage/testing on multiple platforms and multiple QGIS versions. Because of my activity as trainer I'm also a prolific bug reporter, in fact I'm the most prolific one. From time to time I also like to do some simple contribution for the QGIS Processing toolbox. **Motivation:** -Help keep up the good things going! Personally I think that the actual PSC did an amazing job and I would have re-elected it entirely. As a spot as opened I accepted with enthusiasm when I was asked I was available to eventually fill this hole. \ No newline at end of file +Help keep up the good things going! Personally I think that the actual PSC did an amazing job and I would have re-elected it entirely. As a spot as opened I accepted with enthusiasm when I was asked I was available to eventually fill this hole. + +--- + +**Candidate name:** Anita Graser + +**Introduction / main QGIS related activities:** +I am a scientist, open source GIS advocate, and author. +My background is in computer science with a specialization in geographic information science and I am currently working with the Center for Mobility Systems at the Austrian Institute of Technology in Vienna. I’m teaching QGIS classes at UNIGIS Salzburg and, since 2013, I serve on the QGIS project steering committee. From 2015 to 2017, I served on the OSGeo board of directors. I’ve published several books about QGIS, including “Learning QGIS” (currently 3rd edition), “QGIS Map Design”, and “QGIS 2 Cookbook”. Furthermore, I develop tools such as Time Manager and pgRoutingLayer plugin for QGIS. As PSC Design Advisor, I take care of release name selection and preparing related graphics for installers, splash screens, and website. + +**Motivation:** +My goal is to continue my work on the PSC. At the monthly meetings, I aim to be a voice of our user community, being a power user myself, as well as a moderator on GIS.stackexchange.org where I get a good overview of the issues users encounter on a regular basis. + +--- \ No newline at end of file