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Naturepedic Joins "Companies for Safer Chemicals Coalition"
Naturepedic Joins "Companies for Safer Chemicals Coalition"When Lisa Jackson took over as EPA administrator in 2009, she expressed strong views about exposure to toxins.
"A child born in America today will grow up exposed to more chemicals than a child from any other generation in our history…Our kids are getting steady infusions of industrial chemicals before we even give them solid food…Today, advances in toxicology and analytical chemistry are revealing new pathways of exposure…There are subtle and troubling effects of chemicals on hormone systems, human reproduction, intellectual development and cognition."
Jackson promised to focus on reforming the Toxic Substance Control Act of 1976, also known as TSCA, which regulates the introduction of chemicals into the marketplace. She said "The law and the structure of the law in no way is modern enough or has enough teeth."
Unfortunately, Ms. Jackson resigned from her position without seeing the reform she had envisioned, and forward motion on getting control over the chemicals we're ingesting, inhaling and absorbing is currently rife with opposition.
To spark forward momentum for TSCA reform, Seventh Generation and the American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC) formed the Companies for Safer Chemicals Coalition. As of the publishing of this post, more than 70 companies and organizations had already joined the coalition. The group has been supporting and promoting passage of new legislation to help protect the public from harmful chemicals.
Naturepedic is proud to be a founding member of the coalition.
A major reason for opposition to reform is the belief that changing ingredients to less harmful alternatives will be cost prohibitive. The Coalition is working to present a business case that shows other companies that it can be done -- and to the benefit of each company, their customers, and the environment.
According to a recent poll conducted by the ASBC, small business is behind making these changes.
"Most business owners explicitly support government regulations of the products companies buy and sell, and nearly three out of four support a proposed reform of the Toxic Substances Reform Act requiring manufacturers to show their chemicals are safe."
For more information, or to join the coalition, see the ASBC website.


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Anyone fitting one of the [[OSGeo_Advocate#Understanding_OSGeo_roles|OSGeo Advocate categories]], may put themselves forward as an OSGeo Advocate. To do so, you will need to:
Anyone fitting one of the [[OSGeo_Advocate#Understanding_OSGeo_roles|OSGeo Advocate categories]], may put themselves forward as an OSGeo Advocate. To do so, you will need to:
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Links to other organizations running a similar process.
Links to other organizations running a similar process.
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* http://www.ogcnetwork.net/node/1585
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- 1 Introduction
- 2 Process for becoming an OSGeo Advocate
- 3 Annual Refresh of Advocate list
- 4 Advocates Map
- 5 Advocates List
- 5.1 (Hans) Gregers Hedegaard Petersen
- 5.2 Adam Steer
- 5.3 Agustín Diez Castillo
- 5.4 Aleda Freeman
- 5.5 Alessio Fabiani
- 5.6 Alessio Fabiani
- 5.7 Alex Mandel, Phd
- 5.8 Alexander Bruy
- 5.9 Alexander Kotsev
- 5.10 Alexander Kotsev
- 5.11 Alexander Salveson Nossum
- 5.12 Alexandre Neto
- 5.13 Andrea Aime
- 5.14 Andrea Antonello
- 5.15 Andrea Ross
- 5.16 Andy Anderson
- 5.17 Angelos Tzotsos
- 5.18 Anita Graser
- 5.19 Anna Petrasova
- 5.20 Anne Ghisla
- 5.21 Ant Scott
- 5.22 Argyros Argyridis
- 5.23 Ari Jolma
- 5.24 Ariel Anthieni
- 5.25 Ariel Nuñez
- 5.26 Arne Schubert
- 5.27 Arnulf Christl
- 5.28 Asger Sigurd Skovbo Petersen
- 5.29 Astrid Emde
- 5.30 Aurélio Pires
- 5.31 Bandara
- 5.32 Baovola
- 5.33 Barend Köbben
- 5.34 Barry Rowlingson
- 5.35 Bastian Drees
- 5.36 Björn Harrtell
- 5.37 Bogdan Grama
- 5.38 Brent Wood
- 5.39 Brian M Hamlin
- 5.40 Byeong-Hyeok Yu
- 5.41 Cameron Green
- 5.42 Cameron Shorter
- 5.43 Candan Eylül Kilsedar
- 5.44 Carmen Díez
- 5.45 Cayetano Benavent
- 5.46 Celia Virginia Vergara Castillo
- 5.47 Chaitanya Kumar CH
- 5.48 Charles Schweik
- 5.49 Christian Mayer
- 5.50 Christian Willmes
- 5.51 Christos 'Chiossif' Iosifidis
- 5.52 Cristian R. Zamar
- 5.53 Daniel Kastl
- 5.54 Daniel Morissette
- 5.55 Daniele Oxoli
- 5.56 Daria Svidzinska
- 5.57 David Bitner
- 5.58 David Mateos
- 5.59 David Mateos
- 5.60 Didier Richard
- 5.61 Dimitar Misev
- 5.62 Dimitris Kotzinos
- 5.63 Dirk Frigne
- 5.64 Doug Newcomb
- 5.65 Dražen Tutić
- 5.66 Dražen Tutić
- 5.67 Eli L Adam
- 5.68 Elżbieta Wołoszyńska-Wiśniewska
- 5.69 Emmanuel "Maning" Sambale
- 5.70 Enock Seth Nyamador
- 5.71 Erik Meerburg
- 5.72 Etienne DELAY
- 5.73 Eva Jelínková
- 5.74 Felipe Costa
- 5.75 Feng Amy Gao
- 5.76 Florin Iosub
- 5.77 Frank Sokolic
- 5.78 Frank Warmerdam
- 5.79 Franz-Josef Behr
- 5.80 Gabriele Prestifilippo
- 5.81 Geoff Zeiss
- 5.82 Gert-Jan van der Weijden
- 5.83 Giovanni Manghi
- 5.84 Guido Stein
- 5.85 Guillaume Pasero
- 5.86 Gérald Fenoy
- 5.87 Harish Kumar Solanki
- 5.88 Heegu Park
- 5.89 Helena Mitasova
- 5.90 Helmut Kudrnovsky
- 5.91 Helmut Kudrnovsky
- 5.92 Henry Addo
- 5.93 Horacio Castellaro
- 5.94 Hugo Mercier
- 5.95 Ian Edwards
- 5.96 Ian Turton
- 5.97 J Sena
- 5.98 Jack Reed
- 5.99 Jean-Roc Morreale
- 5.100 Jeff Hamm
- 5.101 Jeroen Ticheler
- 5.102 Jo Cook
- 5.103 Joana Simoes
- 5.104 Jody Garnett
- 5.105 Johan Van de Wauw
- 5.106 John Bryant
- 5.107 Jonah Sullivan
- 5.108 Jonas Eberle
- 5.109 Jorge Samuel Mendes de Jesus
- 5.110 Jorge Sanz
- 5.111 Jorge Sanz
- 5.112 José Santos
- 5.113 Julien Michel
- 5.114 Junyoung Choi
- 5.115 Just van den Broecke
- 5.116 Just van den Broecke
- 5.117 Jáchym Čepický
- 5.118 Jérôme Jacovella-St-Louis
- 5.119 Karel Charvat
- 5.120 Kate Chapman
- 5.121 Kevin Smith
- 5.122 Kurt Menke
- 5.123 Landon Blake
- 5.124 Lars Lingner
- 5.125 Lluís Vicens
- 5.126 Luca Congedo
- 5.127 Luca Delucchi
- 5.128 Luigi Pirelli
- 5.129 Malena Libman
- 5.130 Manuel Grizonnet
- 5.131 Marc Vloemans
- 5.132 Marco Bernasocchi
- 5.133 Margherita Di Leo
- 5.134 Mark Iliffe
- 5.135 Mark Lucas
- 5.136 Markus Metz
- 5.137 Markus Neteler
- 5.138 Martin Davis
- 5.139 Martin Landa
- 5.140 María Arias de Reyna Domínguez
- 5.141 Massimiliano Cannata
- 5.142 Massimo Di Stefano
- 5.143 Matt Walker
- 5.144 Matt Wilkie
- 5.145 Matthew Hanson
- 5.146 Matthew Travis
- 5.147 Matthias Kuhn
- 5.148 Mauricio Miranda
- 5.149 Maëlle Vercauteren Drubbel
- 5.150 Micah Wengren
- 5.151 Michael P. Gerlek
- 5.152 Michael Smith
- 5.153 Michael Smith
- 5.154 Michele Tobias
- 5.155 Micho Garcia
- 5.156 Micho Garcia
- 5.157 Mike Saunt
- 5.158 Mikel Maron
- 5.159 Milena Nowotarska
- 5.160 Milo van der Linden
- 5.161 Miriam Gonzalez aka Mapanauta
- 5.162 Mohammed Zia
- 5.163 Moritz Lennert
- 5.164 Mr Thomas Starnes
- 5.165 Msilikale Msilanga
- 5.166 Nathan Woodrow
- 5.167 Nicolas Bozon
- 5.168 Nicolas Roelandt
- 5.169 Nikos Alexandris
- 5.170 Nimalika Fernando
- 5.171 Nobusuke Iwasaki
- 5.172 Nuno Oliveira
- 5.173 Nyall Dawson
- 5.174 Oliver May
- 5.175 Oliver Tonnhofer
- 5.176 Paul Meems
- 5.177 Paul Ramsey
- 5.178 Paul van Genuchten
- 5.179 Paulo van Breugel
- 5.180 Pedro Pereira
- 5.181 Pedro Pereira
- 5.182 Pedro-Juan Ferrer Matoses
- 5.183 Pedro-Juan Ferrer Matoses
- 5.184 Peter Batty
- 5.185 Peter Baumann
- 5.186 Peter Löwe
- 5.187 Peter Mooney
- 5.188 Pieter De Graef
- 5.189 Pirmin Kalberer
- 5.190 Rafael Moreno
- 5.191 Ragi Yaser Burhum
- 5.192 Rajat Shinde
- 5.193 Randal Hale
- 5.194 Ravi Kumar Vundavalli
- 5.195 Remi Cresson
- 5.196 Rob Emanuele
- 5.197 Sanghee Shin
- 5.198 Sanghee Shin
- 5.199 Sankepally Rohith Reddy
- 5.200 Santiago Higuera de Frutos
- 5.201 Sara Safavi
- 5.202 Scott Clark
- 5.203 Selene Yang
- 5.204 Simon Mercier
- 5.205 Stefan Steiniger
- 5.206 Stefan Tzeggai
- 5.207 Stephan Meißl
- 5.208 Stephan Meißl
- 5.209 Stephen Vincent Mather
- 5.210 Stephen Woodbridge
- 5.211 Steve Lime
- 5.212 Steven Feldman
- 5.213 Steven Ottens
- 5.214 Suchith Anand
- 5.215 Thomas Baschetti
- 5.216 Thomas Gratier
- 5.217 Tim Sutton
- 5.218 Tina Cormier
- 5.219 Tina Cormier
- 5.220 Tom Chadwin
- 5.221 Tommy Oozeer
- 5.222 Torben Barsballe
- 5.223 Toshikazu Seto
- 5.224 Tuong-Thuy Vu
- 5.225 Tõnis Kärdi
- 5.226 Vaclav Petras
- 5.227 Vasile Crăciunescu
- 5.228 Veronica Andreo
- 5.229 Victor Olaya
- 5.230 Victoria Rautenbach
- 5.231 Vidhan Jain
- 5.232 Vivien Deparday
- 5.233 Werner Macho
- 5.234 Yoichi Kayama
- 5.235 Yoichi Seino
- 5.236 Zoltan Siki
- 5.237 alex borrell
- 6 Past OSGeo Advocates
- 7 Understanding OSGeo roles
- 8 Expenses
- 9 Other Resources
OSGeo Advocates are authoritative OSGeo personalities who have volunteered to talk on behalf of the OSGeo foundation. Advocates should be able to speak well, even better if they are entertaining.
There are hundreds, if not thousands of conferences around the world which have an interest in seeing presentations from authoritative speakers, with deep insights into topics related to Open Source Geospatial Software. Luckily, OSGeo is fortunate to draw extensive membership from around the world, and has access to such authoritative figures within most countries.
Process for becoming an OSGeo Advocate
Anyone fitting one of the OSGeo Advocate categories, may put themselves forward as an OSGeo Advocate. To do so, you will need to:
- Login or create an OSGeo wiki account (See "login" link in top right of this page).
- Add yourself to the OSGeo Members directory, by filling out the OSGeo Member Form, editing your User:<Username> page. More details about adding yourself to the Member Map can be found here.
- Finally, add your User:<Username> page to the OSGeo Advocate Category, by including
[[Category:OSGeo_Advocate]]at the bottom of your User:<Username> page (editing the wikitext).
- You will then be listed under the OSGeo Advocates.
Annual Refresh of Advocate list
- As part of the annual OSGeo Charter Membership and Board Update cycle, OSGeo Advocates will be invited to update their Advocate profile.
Advocates Map
Advocates List
(Hans) Gregers Hedegaard Petersen
Name: (Hans) Gregers Hedegaard Petersen
Greg is an open source and open data advocate. Though he started as a statistical consultant and developer (using FOSS like Debian, R, etc), he ended up in the geo business. Now he consults clients on several areas regarding geodata - mostly within the use of geodata and GIS at public admin clients. He has a strong belief in Open Data, and co-founded the company Septima in January 2013 to utilize the newly released national data. Greg is an avid speaker on the subject of Open Data.
Adam Steer
Name: Adam Steer
I'm a freelance consultant available to work on strategic and technical geospatial projects, with a good helping of reproducible science in the mix.
I have a doctorate in surveying technology from the University of Tasmania, based on estimating sea ice thickness at high resolution by combining airborne LiDAR, digital photogrammetry, field observations (yes! I love to drill holes in ice!), and upward looking sonar from an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle.
I'm very strongly motivated to promote the use of open geospatial tools for developing geospatial strategies, research and development - removing barriers to serious data analysis.
I also like to ski, climb rocks and ride mountain bikes as fast as possible. And sit under trees and watch the sky.
I'm an OSGeo charter member, and have helped as part of the local organising committee for FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2018 and 2019.
Agustín Diez Castillo
Name: Agustín Diez Castillo
Agustín is a GIS specialits at the University of Valencia, Spain. Agustín teaches Geographic Information Systems in the Master program of the Departament de Prehistòria i Aruqeologia.
Aleda Freeman
Name: Aleda Freeman
Alessio Fabiani
Name: Alessio Fabiani
Alessio Fabiani
Name: Alessio Fabiani
Alex Mandel, Phd
Name: Alex Mandel, Phd
Alex is a geographer with a background in natural resource sciences. He studies geospatial software development and applications working with many government agencies and other small organizations to implement geospatial solutions. He is an active advocate of OSGeo in the Western US at related academic conferences and local un-conferences.
Alexander Bruy
Name: Alexander Bruy
Alexander is a microelectronics engineer who got interested in GIS and open source programming during university. He started with OSGeo4W and QGIS, first met the OSGeo community by helping on translation. Then he became QGIS contributor, later — core developer and translation team lead. Is a GFOSS enthusiast and a active member of both the international and Ukrainian OSGeo communities, in particular the QGIS one.
Alexander Kotsev
Name: Alexander Kotsev
I graduated in GIScience at the University of Sofia and started an academic career at the same university in 2004. In 2011 I was awarded a senior Fulbright scholarship at the Ohio State University where I worked with geocomputation and geovisualisation of spate-time data. Since 2012 I work at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. I have accomplished many consultancies in data management in EU, Africa and Asia. My research interests include data analysis, sensor web, open source technology and architectures for knowledge management. I have extensively been using OSGEO products for teaching and research since 15 years.
Alexander Kotsev
Name: Alexander Kotsev
I graduated in GIScience at the University of Sofia and started an academic career at the same university in 2004. In 2011 I was awarded a senior Fulbright scholarship at the Ohio State University where I worked with geocomputation and geovisualisation of spate-time data. Since 2012 I work at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. I have accomplished many consultancies in data management in EU, Africa and Asia. My research interests include data analysis, sensor web, open source technology and architectures for knowledge management. I have extensively been using OSGEO products for teaching and research since 15 years.
Alexander Salveson Nossum
Name: Alexander Salveson Nossum
Alexandre Neto
Name: Alexandre Neto
Alexandre Neto is a IT and GIS enthusiast working at a local government environment agency as GIS Manager and Cartographer. Since 2009 he is being using OSGeo software in his projects. To repay is debts to OSGeo, he has been an active member of Portuguese local chapter events and mailing list, has been translating QGIS GUI and Documentation to Portuguese, is one of the founders of the Portuguese QGIS User Group, and since 2013 has been writing a blog with Portuguese and English articles about the use o OSGeo software.
Andrea Aime
Name: Andrea Aime
Andrea Antonello
Name: Andrea Antonello
Andrea Ross
Name: Andrea Ross
Andrea Ross has worked with open technologies and open communities for most of the last 20 years. Her roles during that time involved developing healthcare, telecom, database, and geospatial systems. Currently, as Director of Ecosystem Development for the Eclipse Foundation, nurturing open communities is what she does for a living. Andrea is a founder and inaugural Director of LocationTech.
Andy Anderson
Name: Andy Anderson
I have been using open-source software since the early 1980s, and specifically FOSS4G since 2007. I have been programming since the mid-1970s, primarily for scientific applications but also including open-source software, beginning with Fortran and C and continuing most recently with JavaScript, Python, R, and SQL. I currently teach occasional classes with FOSS4G and write documentation for using FOSS4G in my position as Academic Technology Specialist for Mathematical and Spatial Data Analysis at Amherst College, in my role as Adjunct Assistant Professor in Environmental Conservation at the University of Massachusetts, and as a member of GeoForAll. I also served on the Boston Local Organizing Committee for FOSS4G 2017, in particular as chair of the Program Committee.
Angelos Tzotsos
Name: Angelos Tzotsos
Angelos is a remote sensing expert with background in surveying engineering and software development. He is involved in numerous activities around free and open source software and has great experience in geospatial applications, geospatial data catalogues and metadata. His research involves remote sensing, machine learning, computer vision and object-based image analysis. He is an active advocate of OSGeo in Greece at related conferences. He is also an individual OGC member. His recent activity involved implementation of data.gov catalog service and implementation of the Greek national open data portal geodata.gov.gr
Anita Graser
Name: Anita Graser
QGIS PSC member, author of 'Learning QGIS' and co-author of 'QGIS Map Design' and 'QGIS 2 Cookbook'.
Anna Petrasova
Name: Anna Petrasova
Anna is an active GRASS GIS developer since 2011. She promotes free and open source geospatial software for research and education among students and colleagues and supports its users both in person and on mailing lists.
Anne Ghisla
Name: Anne Ghisla
Anne is a natural scientist who got interested in GIS and open source programming during university. She started with GRASS GIS and QGIS, first met the OSGeo community by helping on documentation. Then she started programming in 2008 thanks to Google Summer of Code, and became mentor and administrator for OSGeo in following years. She doesn't code much anymore, as she is now focused on connecting people and communities of different software projects.
Ant Scott
Name: Ant Scott
Argyros Argyridis
Name: Argyros Argyridis
Argyros finished his master thesis on Rural and Surveying Engineering at NTUA. His research is regarding the development and investigation of computer vision techniques and artificial inteligence methods for remote sensing applications.
Ari Jolma
Name: Ari Jolma
Ariel Anthieni
Name: Ariel Anthieni
Founder Member of Geoinquietos Argentina, Coordinator of the IDERA Metadata Team (Spatial Data Infrastructure of the Argentine Republic). Chairman of FOSS4G-AR 2016. Collaborator in the OSM Argentina community, and participant in the organization of SOTM LATAM 2018. With great interest in metadata and geomatics and their application with new technologies.
Ariel Nuñez
Name: Ariel Nuñez
Ariel is an electronic engineer with experience in sensor networks and software development. He has contributed to many open source software projects centered around web development and GIS. His work in disaster risk reduction centers around the use of open source geospatial tools to improve resilience to natural hazards. He is doing a masters degree on Electronic Engineering and his research involves finding abnormal patterns using computer vision and machine learning.
Arne Schubert
Name: Arne Schubert
Arnulf Christl
Name: Arnulf Christl
Agile Coach with expertize in software architecture, Open Source and geospatial software. Currently building and managing agile teams at Telekom AG and providing SDI consultancy for the Computing Center of Minden Ravensberg Lippe (KRZ).
Asger Sigurd Skovbo Petersen
Name: Asger Sigurd Skovbo Petersen
Asger is an open source and open data advocate. Open source geospatial software has played a central role in his professional life since 2000, where he does development, consulting and training on open source geospatial software. Asger co-founded the company Septima in 2013 with the aim to help Danish clients to utilize newly released open governmental geodata using open source software.
Astrid Emde
Name: Astrid Emde
Aurélio Pires
Name: Aurélio Pires
Aurélio Pires is a Software Engineer and works as a senior GIS consultant in Portugal.
Name: Bandara
Name: Baovola
Baovola is a Computer Scientist by training. She works at the National Geographic and Hydrographic Institute of Madagascar as an Information System Officer. In 2017, she studied GIS in Brussels. She is a promoter of Open Source and Open Data. She has established the new OSGeo Madagascar Chapter during the FOSS4G 2018.
Barend Köbben
Name: Barend Köbben
Barry Rowlingson
Name: Barry Rowlingson
Barry is a research fellow in CHICAS, a group of statisticians, epidemiologists, and geneticists at Lancaster University. He has used GIS for over 25 years, and open source exclusively since Y2K. He has served on FOSS4G and OSGeoUK conference committees and contributes to spatial software in R and QGIS.
Bastian Drees
Name: Bastian Drees
Björn Harrtell
Name: Björn Harrtell
Bogdan Grama
Name: Bogdan Grama
Brent Wood
Name: Brent Wood
Brent Wood has worked in fisheries/marine/environmental research for 40 years, and for almost half of this time he used Open Source tools for spatial data management, analysis and visualisation. He has been a NZ Open Source Society Council member for several years, as well as an active Wellington Linux User Group member and Installfest organiser. He has been a regular presenter at FOSS4G since 2009, and was a finalist in the 2010 NZOSA awards for a web mapping portal using Silverstripe, Postgis. mapserver and Geonetwork which provided public access to research data and reports.
Brent manages the NIWA QGIS Users Group, which is currently acting as the NZ QGIS User Group, and is an active participant in the Wellington Postgres Users Group (with a focus on Postgis). He is also interested in the use of R as a GIS/spatial analysis & mapping tool. His platform of choice is Linix, and has several years experience is setting up and using Linux based GIS workstations.
Brian M Hamlin
Name: Brian M Hamlin
Byeong-Hyeok Yu
Name: Byeong-Hyeok Yu
Cameron Green
Name: Cameron Green
Cameron Green is a MSc Geoinformatics student in the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology at the University of Pretoria. In 2017, he was selected for the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Science Undergraduate Mentorship Bursary Program under Prof Serena Coetzee and Dr Victoria Rautenbach. The mentorship bursary was awarded based on academic merit and commitment. Through the program, he assisted with various administrative and technical tasks in the departments. At University, he joined the environmental society, called The Greenline Society. He served on the Executive Council for three years as the Marketing and Publications Manager (2015), Vice-Chairperson (2016) and Chairperson and Residence Director (2017). As part of the Executive Council, he had various responsibilities, such as organised and participated events and coordinating marketing. During his term on Greenline, he was privileged to receive two awards on behalf of the University of Pretoria for the work that Greenline has done. Greenline was also nominated for the Talloires Network MacJannet Prize for the work done in 2017. He is currently the president of the University of Pretoria YouthMappers chapter, and has been instrumental in the arrangements of various mapathons that were held at the University of Pretoria and with school learners in Pretoria. He was a DST/NRF intern in the Centre for Geoinformation Science under the supervision of Prof Serena Coetzee. As part of his duties, he is a teaching assistant for GIS310 (Advance GIS), GMT320 (Geoinformatics project) and GIS 311 (Geoinformatics). His main task is to manage and coordinate the practical sessions for the GIS 310 group of 120 students. For GMT 320, he assists with administration and logistical arrangements with the community of Alaska informal settlement and presents practicals to the students. Through the internship and his honour's project, he is involved in the Frontiers of Engineering Seed Funding project with King's College London. The aim of the project is to improve the process for collecting volunteered geographic information by interacting with hackathons. For the project, he has assisted with the arrangement of mapathons and the development of a wiki for reporting on the process. Additionally, he coordinates with postgraduate students at King's College London to analyse the quality of the data. During this time, he was a facilitator in a UN OpenGIS online course and a mentor in the annual Google Code-in. Currently, he is working as a research assistant in the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology at the University of Pretoria.
Cameron Shorter
Name: Cameron Shorter
Cameron has a breadth of practical experience with the numerous facets of Geospatial Open Source and OGC Standards. He has chaired a FOSS4G conference; served on the OSGeo Board, co-founded and co-coordinates the OSGeoLive project; co-authored OSGeo Software Incubation criteria; and consults to governments and industry on Open Source, Open Standards and Spatial Data Systems.
Candan Eylül Kilsedar
Name: Candan Eylül Kilsedar
Eng. Candan Eylül Kilsedar obtained her BSc degree in Computer Science and Engineering at Sabancı University in Turkey in 2012. She obtained her MSc degree in Informatics Engineering at Politecnico di Milano in Italy in 2014. She is interested in Web technologies and started working on geospatial data visualization on the Web while studying for her MSc. Since November 2015, she is a PhD student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and a temporary research fellow at GEOlab in the Leonardo Campus of Politecnico di Milano. Her current research focuses on using free and source software to visualize big and multidimensional open geospatial data in two and three dimensions on the Web. Her recent contributions to FOSS can be found at https://github.com/kilsedar. She was the president from November 2016 to December 2018 and is a faculty advisor since December 2018 of PoliMappers.
Carmen Díez
Name: Carmen Díez
I belong to several groups that support the development of FOSS4G (Geoinquietos Madrid, AESIG as vocal y QGIS España Association as treasurer) and I attempt to contribute to the use of free GIS and creation of Open Databases, as well as participation in humanitarian mapping events or local development. In the last years, I have attended several national events (SIGLibre and Geocamp) and also international ones (FOSS4G and FOSS4G EU) all ones related to Open Sources and Free GIS. I have contributed to the preparation of the FOSS4G EU Sevilla candidacy in 2017 and I've organized Geocamp 2018 in Madrid. In 2019 I was part of the organization committee of International QGIS User Conference & Hackmeeting held in A Coruña (Spain).
Name: Cayetano Benavent
Head of Data, Professional Services - at CARTO, https://carto.com/
Celia Virginia Vergara Castillo
Name: Celia Virginia Vergara Castillo
Vicky is an Economist and Computer Scientist, pgRouting fan and developer, Free Software advocate.
Chaitanya Kumar CH
Name: Chaitanya Kumar CH
Chaitanya is an open source developer. Fell in with OSGeo-India while studying under Prof.K.S.Rajan at IIIT-H. Worked with the GDAL project for a few years. He was among the very few open source freelancers in India. Participated and talked in various conferences promoting FOSS4G. Currently working with Egis Geoplan, India.
Charles Schweik
Name: Charles Schweik
Charlie Schweik is a social scientist who studies commons-based peer production efforts generally, and teaches GIS in his university's Environmental Conservation and Public Policy and Administration programs. He is interested in building OSGeo and the GeoForAll effort toward true global collaboration in open source geospatial related research and education.
Christian Mayer
Name: Christian Mayer
Chris is involved in the development of several OpenSource Projects. He is one of the co-founders of the GeoExt Mobile (GXM) and SHOGun projects and a committer for GeoExt, GeoExt 2 and GeoExt 3. Furthermore he blogs about tech and is a frequent speaker at international and German conferences (where he shares his love for OpenSource).
Christian Willmes
Name: Christian Willmes
Christian Willmes is a researcher in GIScience & Geography at the University of Cologne. He applies several OSGeo software packages for research and teaching.
Christos 'Chiossif' Iosifidis
Name: Christos 'Chiossif' Iosifidis
Cristian R. Zamar
Name: Cristian R. Zamar
Cristian has been contributing to different FOSS4G projects and events from the beginning of his Developer career. He is a member of Geoinquietos Argentina and a geomatics and OSS enthusiast. He participated in the organization of the FOSS4G-AR Conferences in 2016 and 2017 and leaded the IT team of the SDI of Argentina for six years. Currently, he is also an IT Director and works for the SDI of Formosa Province, Argentina.
Daniel Kastl
Name: Daniel Kastl
Daniel Morissette
Name: Daniel Morissette
Daniele Oxoli
Name: Daniele Oxoli
Environmental Eng. passionate of GIS and FOSS
Daria Svidzinska
Name: Daria Svidzinska
David Bitner
Name: David Bitner
David Bitner is the founder of dbSpatial and a consultant specializing in open source geospatial application and database development. David is an OSGeo Charter Member and a member of the Sahana Software Foundation Board of Directors. David has served on several conference committees and was the chair of the 2013 FOSS4GNA event in Minneapolis.
David Mateos
Name: David Mateos
David Mateos
Name: David Mateos
Didier Richard
Name: Didier Richard
I have been a supporter of OpenSource software for Geomatics for long. I am working at IGN (French National Mapping Agency) and promotes openness and free software internally (e.g., at IGN's school, namely ENSG -- École Nationale des Sciences Géographiques, Géomatique --) and externally (past contributor to Geoserver, french translations, committer to PROJ.4 and GDAL, user of many OSS). I managed the French Geoportal project, which is based on opensource software like Geoserver, OpenLayer, PROJ.4, GDAL, etc ... and has a big PostgrSQL/PostGIS backend.I am also involved in local chapter's FOSS4G and member of the FOSS4G Europe 2017 organizing committee (logistics, workshops, codesprint and communication).
Dimitar Misev
Name: Dimitar Misev
Dimitris Kotzinos
Name: Dimitris Kotzinos
Dimitris's interests are in the areas of Web Information Systems, Semantic Web, Open Linked Data, Social Networks, etc. Dimitris is a frequent speaker at GI Conferences both national and international and also an organizer of events or special sessions dedicated to Open Geospatial Software/Data/Protocols.
Dirk Frigne
Name: Dirk Frigne
Doug Newcomb
Name: Doug Newcomb
Doug Newcomb has a BS and MA in Geography and is an advocate of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in general and geospatial software specifically. Doug has used Linux (Red Hat, CentOS,Debian,Ubuntu) since 1996. Employed at various government environmental agencies since 1990. Specializes in use of GRASS with incomplete LiDAR data to derive landscape scale (statewide) forest canopy structure data.
Dražen Tutić
Name: Dražen Tutić
Dražen is researcher and teacher in cartography and geoinformatics. His special interest and developing is in the field of map projections and cartographic generalization. He established Open Source Geospatial Lab at the Faculty of Geodesy, University of Zagreb.
Dražen Tutić
Name: Dražen Tutić
Dražen is researcher and teacher in cartography and geoinformatics. His special interest and developing is in the field of map projections and cartographic generalization. He established Open Source Geospatial Lab at the Faculty of Geodesy, University of Zagreb.
Eli L Adam
Name: Eli L Adam
Since 2007, Eli has been using FOSS4G technologies, first in archaeological settings then in local government. Webmapping with MapGuide Open Source and MapServer led to data management with GDAL/OGR (FWTools 0.94) and eventually leading to many other OSGeo Projects covering the full software stack.
Elżbieta Wołoszyńska-Wiśniewska
Name: Elżbieta Wołoszyńska-Wiśniewska
Emmanuel "Maning" Sambale
Name: Emmanuel "Maning" Sambale
As an OSGeo member, Maning would like to Strengthen the OSGeo-PH Local Chapter and promote OSGeo in the Philippines through training and material development. His area of focus is Mindanao Island.
Enock Seth Nyamador
Name: Enock Seth Nyamador
Passionate about FOSS and Communities of Practice.
Erik Meerburg
Name: Erik Meerburg
Founded the Geo Academie, based a strong belief that education in geo-information is more than 'knowing which buttons to push'. Sees developments like open source software, neographers and crowdsourcing as the most promising in years and recognizes the challenge that it provides to traditional geo-information science.
Organizer of the (only?) Maptime Summercamp @GeoFort. Doing voluntary work for MissingMaps. Rotarian. Husband, father, cat owner. Guitar and bass player. Quite forgetful.
Etienne DELAY
Name: Etienne DELAY
He realized his Phd in Geography about modelisation of landscape dynamics and prospective for steep slope vineyard. He've developed a research methodology based on field work and companion modeling, combined with the formalization of the observed processes and agents based models. This approach offer the possiblity to understand : spatials, social, cultural and / or economic conditions than take place on territorial scale to provide prospective scenarios.
Eva Jelínková
Name: Eva Jelínková
In 2013 graduated Master's degree of Geoinformatics at Palacký University, Olomouc. Since school years using FOSS GIS software. Advanced user of MapServer, MapCache, QGIS Desktop + Server, PostGIS, pycsw, etc.
Felipe Costa
Name: Felipe Costa
Feng Amy Gao
Name: Feng Amy Gao
Amy is the President of Spatial Front Inc, a fast-growing IT consulting company. She has extensive experience with the design and development of enterprise geospatial information systems. She has worked for all levels of US governments (federal, state, and local), companies from IBM to start-ups, and as Adjunct Professor in college. One of her latest projects - National Broadband Map, a high-profile project funded by Recovery Act - was built on an open source stack. She is enthusiastic about open source geospatial technologies and interested in using more and helping people learn more about them.
Florin Iosub
Name: Florin Iosub
Frank Sokolic
Name: Frank Sokolic
Frank runs a GIS consultancy called GIS Solutions which offers GIS and spatial analysis services to a wide range of clients in South Africa and neighbouring countries. He has been actively promoting open source GIS software since 2009 via workshops and training courses. He also provides business solutions using open source GIS software.
Frank Warmerdam
Name: Frank Warmerdam
Franz-Josef Behr
Name: Franz-Josef Behr
Gabriele Prestifilippo
Name: Gabriele Prestifilippo
Gabriele Prestifilippo obtained a B.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering at Università degli Studi di Catania in 2014. In 2016 he obtained a M.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering at Politecnico di Milano with a thesis on Geographic Information Systems (GIS), creating a web application to visualize and analyze multidimensional datasets in more than three dimensions. He is a contributor to FOSS community. He is interested in full-stack web development and he is researching about web technologies involved in the GIS field.
Geoff Zeiss
Name: Geoff Zeiss
Geoff has more than 20 years experience in the geospatial software industry and 15 years experience developing enterprise geospatial solutions for the utilities, communications, and public works industries. His particular interests include streamlining the infrastructure management workflow, open source geospatial, and converged BIM/CAD/GIS/3D solutions.
Gert-Jan van der Weijden
Name: Gert-Jan van der Weijden
Giovanni Manghi
Name: Giovanni Manghi
Giovanni is conservation biologist with 10+ years of GIS experience, Italian but lives and work in Portugal. Is a GFOSS enthusiast and a active member of both the international and Portuguese OSGeo communities, in particular the QGIS (Quantum GIS) one.
Guido Stein
Name: Guido Stein
Guillaume Pasero
Name: Guillaume Pasero
Gérald Fenoy
Name: Gérald Fenoy
Harish Kumar Solanki
Name: Harish Kumar Solanki
Heegu Park
Name: Heegu Park
Heegu Park is a member of OSGeo Korean Chapter and loves the spirit of Opensource. He is one of the LOC members of FOSS4G 2015 event.
Helena Mitasova
Name: Helena Mitasova
Helena has participated in the GRASS GIS development since 1991 and co-authored the first book on GRASS. She is an associate director for geovisualization at the Center for Geospatial Analytics at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC and she leads NCSU GeoForAll lab, one of the founding labs of the OSGeo research and education initiative. She is a member of editorial boards for Geomorphology and Computers & Geosciences and has published numerous publications on tools and applications of GRASS GIS. She has developed methods for spatial interpolation, terrain analysis, hydrologic and erosion modeling and visualization. She received her PhD from the Slovak Technical University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Helmut Kudrnovsky
Name: Helmut Kudrnovsky
Focuses on vegetation science, alpine rivers, GIS, nature conservation and sustainable development in the Alps by using and promoting open data and open GIS software.
Contributes to GRASS GIS on ML, by improvements for WinGRASS and coding some addons
Helmut Kudrnovsky
Name: Helmut Kudrnovsky
Focuses on vegetation science, alpine rivers, GIS, nature conservation and sustainable development in the Alps by using and promoting open data and open GIS software.
Contributes to GRASS GIS on ML, by improvements for WinGRASS and coding some addons
Henry Addo
Name: Henry Addo
Henry Addo is an open source software developer. He is an active contributor to the open source community and develops core features for the Ushahidi platform, a free and open source software for crowdsourcing information through multiple channels including SMS, the web, email and twitter and visualizing the information on a map.
Horacio Castellaro
Name: Horacio Castellaro
Hugo Mercier
Name: Hugo Mercier
Ian Edwards
Name: Ian Edwards
Ian's GIS career has spanned academia, business and government, including research positions at the universities of Cambridge and Exeter, director of a GIS company and also working for the UK government as a lead software engineer at the Met Office. Ian is an honorary fellow of the University of Exeter, and continues to be a regular speaker at the University of Cambridge. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
Ian Turton
Name: Ian Turton
J Sena
Name: J Sena
Software Engineer and postgraduate in UX.
She has been working actively in the geo field for 6 years, with a wide experience in the design and development of geo-themed mobile and web applications, betting on the use of open technologies and open data.
Jack Reed
Name: Jack Reed
I work at the Stanford Libraries increasing access to geospatial data. I'm a co-founder of the GeoBlacklight and OpenGeoMetadata projects and work on a variety of other open source software projects.
Jean-Roc Morreale
Name: Jean-Roc Morreale
Jean-Roc is an archaeologist specialized in the long-term conservation and exploitation of field data, this task is made much easier when using open data formats and free software. For this reason, he started to localize Quantum GIS and participate as board member of the french OSGeo chapter to the promotion and the diffusion of free and open GIS tools into the labs but also into the public administration.
Jeff Hamm
Name: Jeff Hamm
I graduated as a geographer several datum changes ago, and remember clearly discovering the magic of gdal in my search to become digital and shpless. Now, 40 years later, I don't know anyone that can't find their way through the world using mobile mapping tools.
At a MapServer user meeting in Ottawa in 2004, I found and embraced a vibrant, innovative and sociable community of such diversity, everyone had a place, and a role in growing a movement.
As a participant and presenter at several FOSS4G conferences, I know how passionate OSGeo is about our community. In whatever small way I may have contributed, I have gained far more in return.
I am particularly interested in engaging community in land use decision making, and in mapping the negotiated and overlapping jurisdiction of colonial and indigenous world views.
I am fortunate to call the Yukon home, but I still stay connected with my OSGeo family everywhere. I value and respect diversity; and honour those who give of themselves to further the dreams of others.
Jeroen Ticheler
Name: Jeroen Ticheler
Jo Cook
Name: Jo Cook
Joana Simoes
Name: Joana Simoes
Jody Garnett
Name: Jody Garnett
Serves on the Project Steering Committee of GeoServer, GeoTools and uDig projects. Beyond the Java tribes Jody focuses on outreach to new projects as a member of both the Open Source Geospatial Foundation and LocationTech Industry Working Group. Professionally Jody works as a consultant bringing an enterprise computing / business intelligence background to GIS and standards work, currently working with Boundless as community lead.
Johan Van de Wauw
Name: Johan Van de Wauw
John Bryant
Name: John Bryant
I'm an open source GIS keener, originally from Canada, more recently in Australia. Chair of OSGeo Oceania. Chair of FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2018. Organiser of geogeeks.org and georabble.org. Always keen to meet other spatial enthusiasts. Building a strong open geospatial community in Oceania!
Jonah Sullivan
Name: Jonah Sullivan
Federal sector geospatial analyst in Australia. Specialising in Maritime Boundaries and Marine Spatial Planning.
Board member of FOSS4G SotM 2018.
Jonas Eberle
Name: Jonas Eberle
Research assistant and information scientist at Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena (Germany), Department for Earth Observation. PSC member of PyWPS project. Mentor of Google Summer of Code projects. Interested in Earth Observation, OGC-compliant geoprocessing services, and user-friendly web and mobile applications.
Jorge Samuel Mendes de Jesus
Name: Jorge Samuel Mendes de Jesus
Jorge is a geohacker born in Portugal but living in The Netherlands, with a 4 year stay in Israel in Ben-Gurion University. His work has mainly focus on webservices and Python geo-programming which made him to be come part of the PyWPS community and steering committee. He follows the OsGEO-PT, OsGEO-ES and now OsGEO-NL activities. He currently works for Geocat B.V.
Jorge Sanz
Name: Jorge Sanz
Jorge Sanz
Name: Jorge Sanz
José Santos
Name: José Santos
José Santos is a user and supporter of Open Source Software, namely GIS and WebGIS applications. He worked for two years at the European Space Agency as a GIS Consultant where he used and promoted the use of OSGeo software. Currently, he is developing is own startup company based in the use of Open Source software. He is an active member in the OSGeo mailing lists, OSGeo-Live and member of the OSGeo Portugal.
Julien Michel
Name: Julien Michel
Julien Michel is a many year (9+) contributor to the Orfeo ToolBox (www.orfeo-toolbox.org), an open-source C++ library for remote sensing images processing, which is an incubating OSGeo project. Julien Michel is also a member of the OTB Project Steering Committee.
He occasionnaly contributes to the OSSIM and ITK projects.
Junyoung Choi
Name: Junyoung Choi
Just van den Broecke
Name: Just van den Broecke
Just van den Broecke
Name: Just van den Broecke
Jáchym Čepický
Name: Jáchym Čepický
Jérôme Jacovella-St-Louis
Name: Jérôme Jacovella-St-Louis
Karel Charvat
Name: Karel Charvat
Kate Chapman
Name: Kate Chapman
Kate is Executive Director of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. Her most recent projects have included working in Indonesia leading a team to train disaster managers in using open-source software to better plan for disasters and relaunching of the OpenAerialMap project. Kate has spoken about the benefits of open-source and open data for disaster response and risk reduction all over the world, including giving keynotes at Linux Conf Australia and FOSS4G in 2013.
Kevin Smith
Name: Kevin Smith
Kurt Menke
Name: Kurt Menke
Kurt Menke is a Certified GIS Professional (GISP) who has been working in the field for 19 years. He works largely on spatial analysis in the conservation field. He received a Masters degree (MA) in Geography from the University of New Mexico in 2000. He is a long time advocate of FOSS4G. Recently he has authored Discover QGIS through Locate Press and co-authored Mastering QGIS through Packt Publishing. In 2015 he was part of the GeoAcademy team awarded the GeoForAll Educator of the Year award.
Landon Blake
Name: Landon Blake
Landon Blake is a land surveyor and GIS programmer with a focus on OpenJUMP and CAD customization. He serves as the Vice President of the California Land Surveyors Association Central Valley Chapter, is a member of the California Land Surveyors Association GIS Committee, and also serves as a member of the California Geodetic Control Working Group.
Lars Lingner
Name: Lars Lingner
Lars Lingner is an active member in the local chapter FOSSGIS e.V. since 2007 He is using open source software as well as open data and is promoting several projects on local, national and international events. Such as FOSSGIS Konferenz, AGIT, State of the Map, FOSS4G. He is organizing local regularly events in Berlin, Germany called Stammtisch and Hackweekend for the OpenStreetMap and FOSSGIS community. His focus is the server side software to build an open source map stack, like MapServer, PostgreSQL/Postgis, GDAL/OGR.
Lluís Vicens
Name: Lluís Vicens
Luca Congedo
Name: Luca Congedo
Luca Congedo is an environmental engineer and researcher working in the fields of GIS and Remote Sensing since 2009. He has a Master's Degree in Environmental Engineering (110/110) at Sapienza University (Rome), Engineering Faculty, and he is a Ph.D. student in Landscape and Environment at Sapienza University. Luca Congedo has published over 20 scientific papers and working papers. He is the developer of the Semi-Automatic Classification Plugin for QGIS, an open source plugin that allows for the semi-automatic classification of remote sensing images, including several tools for the pre processing and post processing of images. Since 2013 he is author of the blog "From GIS to Remote Sensing" (https://fromgistors.blogspot.com) that aims to foster the use of open source software for environmental monitoring through tutorials and videos.
Luca Delucchi
Name: Luca Delucchi
Luca is an OSGeo and OSM contributor and advocate. He graduated in Geography applied to the environment, landscape and tourism from University of Genoa (Italy) in 2008. Since the same year he work at Fondazione Edmund Mach, a research center near Trento. He is interested in all features about GIS: desktop, web, geodatabase, developing and geodata. He is core developer and translator of GRASS GIS project, main developer of pyModis library and OSGeoLive and ZOO-Project contributor.
Luigi Pirelli
Name: Luigi Pirelli
Luigi Pirelli is a Computer Science Designer and Developer with several years of experience in Earth Observation Systems and Ground Station segment. He worked with ESA main contractors as Telespazio and Advanced Computer Systems (ACS), covering technical roles in system design, software engineering, software development, systems integration and test. During last years started to contribute to the Italian Geographic Free Software community adding code to the the GRASS and QGIS project and resulting founder of the GFOSS Italian Local Chapter. Latest experience cover activities in Spanish local chapter where he lives and active contributions to QGIS code and to the international community. Actually he works only developing for QGIS platform for Boundless Spatial Inc. mainly focused on PKI infrastructure and Continue Integration.
Malena Libman
Name: Malena Libman
Member of Geoinquietos Argentina, Geochicas OSM and Argentine Cartographic Center. Working in Open Data and the National Spatial Data Infrastructure to spread the word of FLOSS.
Manuel Grizonnet
Name: Manuel Grizonnet
Manuel works at CNES (French Space Agency) and is involved in the Open Source library for remote sensing image processing Orfeo ToolBox.
Marc Vloemans
Name: Marc Vloemans
I am an accomplished market developer cum commercial evangelist for open spatial IT. As an international presenter, lobbyist, writer, marketeer and entrepreneur I have contributed to the dissemination of OSGeo-projects - such as PostGIS, GeoServer and OpenLayers - among end-users and decision makers.
Marco Bernasocchi
Name: Marco Bernasocchi
Margherita Di Leo
Name: Margherita Di Leo
Mark Iliffe
Name: Mark Iliffe
Hello! I'm Mark Iliffe, originally from England and now in New York. I was on the FOSS4G Nottingham LOC in 2013 and am chairing FOSS4G 2018 in Dar es Salaam.
Mark Lucas
Name: Mark Lucas
Markus Metz
Name: Markus Metz
GRASS GIS developer, focussing on efficient processing of large datasets, e.g. hydrological modelling, image segmentation, vector network analysis.
Markus Neteler
Name: Markus Neteler
Martin Davis
Name: Martin Davis
Martin Landa
Name: Martin Landa
Martin contributes to various Open Source GIS projects as a user and mainly as a developer. He is member of GRASS PSC and GRASS development team. Beside the GRASS project he also contributes to GDAL and QGIS.
María Arias de Reyna Domínguez
Name: María Arias de Reyna Domínguez
Massimiliano Cannata
Name: Massimiliano Cannata
Massimiliano received his PhD in Gedoesy and Geomatics after his master degree in environmental engineering at the Politecnico di Milano. Since 2007 he's the head of the geomatic division within the Institute of Earth Sciences (www.ist.supsi.ch) in Switzerland.
He participated in the community since it's inception at various levels. He's a director of the Open Source Geospatial foundation (OSGeo) and member of the project steering committee of the projects and ZOO (http://www.zoo-project.org). From 2006 to 2016 he was also PSC member of the GIS GRASS (http://grass.osgeo.org). He's group lead the developement of the istSOS project (http://istsos.org) implementing open standards for sensor observation services. Co-chair of the UnitedNation committee and of the Open Geoscience committee.
Massimo Di Stefano
Name: Massimo Di Stefano
Matt Walker
Name: Matt Walker
Matt Wilkie
Name: Matt Wilkie
Started with PAMAP GIS in 1992 with Council for Yukon First Nations, bounced around a few other GIS contracting for awhile, mostly for First Nations, and then landed with Yukon Government in 1998. Still there now, much to my surprise. Was heavily involved with Osgeo4W for a number of years as wiki janitor, mailing list mod, and sheparding on the `apt` commandline osgeo4w package manager. Last few years my Osgeo involvement is mostly just a regular ol' tool user, folded in where I can with the Esri stack.
Matthew Hanson
Name: Matthew Hanson
Matthew Travis
Name: Matthew Travis
Open Source advocate currently helping Dartmoor National Park with all things spatial. I have experience with an open source stack consisting of: QGIS, PostGIS, Leaflet, & Geoserver
I also help to run the UK QGIS user group; specifically in the South West. Looking to hold more meet ups around open source tools in general. If you're interested please get in touch.
Matthias Kuhn
Name: Matthias Kuhn
Mauricio Miranda
Name: Mauricio Miranda
Mauricio has been a Board Member of the Spanish Local Chapter since 2011, and is very active inside the community, leading and pushing the community in Argentina and Latin America, among others. He organizes and manages meetings and events in Latin America with the aim to spread the word with newcomers and privative software users.
Maëlle Vercauteren Drubbel
Name: Maëlle Vercauteren Drubbel
Micah Wengren
Name: Micah Wengren
Micah works for the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and has been a user and supporter of open source geospatial software since the mid-2000's. Micah has worked to integrate GeoServer and GeoNode into NOAA geospatial data publishing workflows. He led a project to enable better multi-user, enterprise deployment for GeoServer with NOAA and OpenGeo in 2012, and contributed code to GeoNode to prototype a data discovery portal as an add on to the NOAA GeoServer hosting system. Since then, Micah has worked primarily in the open data field, supporting the NOAA Data Catalog (https://data.noaa.gov) and the Integrated Ocean Observing Systems (IOOS) Catalog (https://data.ioos.us). Micah currently works for the NOAA IOOS office helping manage the data publishing framework for IOOS' ocean observation and forecast data throughout the coastal United States, Pacific Islands and Great Lakes.
Michael P. Gerlek
Name: Michael P. Gerlek
Michael P. Gerlek (mpg) has been in the geospatial industry for too many years and has been involved with OSGeo since its inception. He currently works at RadiantBlue in the Washington, DC area.
Michael Smith
Name: Michael Smith
Michael Smith is a Physical Scientist with the Remote Sensing GIS Center of Expertise at the Cold Regions Research Engineering Laboratory of the US Army Corps of Engineers. He has been working as a GIS Specialist for 25 years with the last 13 years very involved with Open Source Geospatial.
Michael Smith
Name: Michael Smith
Michael Smith is a Physical Scientist with the Remote Sensing GIS Center of Expertise at the Cold Regions Research Engineering Laboratory of the US Army Corps of Engineers. He has been working as a GIS Specialist for 25 years with the last 13 years very involved with Open Source Geospatial.
Michele Tobias
Name: Michele Tobias
Micho Garcia
Name: Micho Garcia
Micho Garcia
Name: Micho Garcia
Mike Saunt
Name: Mike Saunt
I've been using Open Source GeoSpatial software since 2003, originally with TAB2TAB. In 2005 I setup Astun Technology with the goal of being the leading Open Source GeoSpatial business in the UK.
Working as part of a wide community of developers and users has enriched Astun, so we want to put something back. Astun is committed to supporting the community whether through sponsorship of the OSGeo Foundation or providing support to local chapters such as OSGeo:UK and the events they organise such as the FOSS4G:UK conference and QGIS User Groups.
I believe that the community needs to be well funded to be sustainable and in 2017 Astun contributed in excess of £10,000 to various Open Source projects as sponsorship and / or funding code development. Astun also contributed over 90 man days of our staff's time in helping with events, code sprints, hacks and other activities.
Mikel Maron
Name: Mikel Maron
Mikel leads the Community Team, building diverse collaborations centered on amazing mapping tools and open data, to make positive change on complex, global problems.
As Presidential Innovation Fellow at the US State Department Mikel drove OpenStreetMap adoption across federal agencies. He is co-founder of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, co-founder of Map Kibera and GroundTruth Initiative and Board member of the OpenStreetMap Foundation. He holds a master's degree in Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems from the University of Sussex, and bachelor's degree in Computer Science from UC Santa Cruz.
Milena Nowotarska
Name: Milena Nowotarska
Milo van der Linden
Name: Milo van der Linden
Miriam Gonzalez aka Mapanauta
Name: Miriam Gonzalez aka Mapanauta
Mohammed Zia
Name: Mohammed Zia
Moritz Lennert
Name: Moritz Lennert
Moritz is a researcher at the Institute for Environmental Management and Spatial Planning (IGEAT) in the Department of Geosciences, Environment and Societies of the Free University of Brussels (ULB). He has taught practical courses in GIS, remote sensing, spatial databases and spatial modelling, all using exclusively free software. His research focuses on remote sensing, GIS and spatial modeling.
Mr Thomas Starnes
Name: Mr Thomas Starnes
Spatial analyst committed to wildlife conservation and humanitarian causes. Interests in remote sensing, drones, AI, open data and data sharing.
Msilikale Msilanga
Name: Msilikale Msilanga
Msilikale Msilanga is a spatial planner by professional from Tanzania but have more experiences from Europe and Latin America based on the same field. He has been working at the World Bank since 2011 as the Geospatial consultant before he went to have his Masters for two years. Now he is back at the World Bank supporting the open data team and more mapping projects in Tanzania Zambia and Mozambique. For more than five years, he has been working with the local communities in Dar es salaam helping them to map their own areas using OSM. Through these maps which are mostly in the informal settlements, more issues facing the community has been identified and more projects have been identified one of them being Ramani Huria. He is currently a Co-chair for FOSS4G 2018 which will be conducted in Dar es Salaam in 2018.
Nathan Woodrow
Name: Nathan Woodrow
Nathan is a active core developer and promoter of QGIS. He is an advocate of using open source solutions in local government, promoting its use to save money, add flexibility in workflows, and allow greater freedom from vendor lock in.
Nicolas Bozon
Name: Nicolas Bozon
Nicolas Bozon is an open source geospatial enthusiast. He specializes in map design, webmapping and UI/UX design. He is a GIS expert, cartographer and designer with complementary research, development and business experiences.
Nicolas Roelandt
Name: Nicolas Roelandt
Nikos Alexandris
Name: Nikos Alexandris
- Contributed GRASS-GIS Add-Ons:
(Feb - Mar. 2014)
Nimalika Fernando
Name: Nimalika Fernando
Nimalika has moved to Open source GIS in 2006 as a novice user and application developer in her research studies related to web-mapping. Since then she has been involved in adopting OSGeo tools in teaching, research and spreading the use of them (particularly QGIS, MapServer, PostgreSQL, OSM ) in Sri Lanka. She is interested in integrating open source GIS solutions in solving locally important problems and linking different organizations with OSGeo products. she is an academic with more than 14 years experience. At present she is a Phd candidate at Curtin University, Perth, Australia
Nobusuke Iwasaki
Name: Nobusuke Iwasaki
Nuno Oliveira
Name: Nuno Oliveira
Nuno earned his BS and MS in Software Engineering from University of Minho. He started is career in the telecommunications industry by developing solutions for managing and monitoring telecommunications infrastructures. Currently he works at GeoSolutions were he develops advanced solutions for GIS challenges using open source software. In the last years he focused on distributed systems, big data technologies and GIS. He contributes to several open source projects and is a commiter of GeoServer, MapStore and GeoTools.
Nyall Dawson
Name: Nyall Dawson
Nyall has been a core developer with the QGIS project since 2013. During this time he has contributed over 5000 commits to the project, and today is one of the most active developers on the project. Nyall's contributions to QGIS cover a wide range of areas - from improvements to the map rendering and symbology engines, enhancements to labeling and print layout functionality, right through to optimisations of the underlying spatial processing algorithms utilised by QGIS. He is dedicated to making QGIS a unique tool capable of creating cartographic effects which to date have not been available in GIS software applications.
Nyall is currently the proprietor and lead developer at North Road Consulting, an Australian spatial development consultancy which predominantly focus on investing in and promoting use of open source GIS applications.
Oliver May
Name: Oliver May
Oliver Tonnhofer
Name: Oliver Tonnhofer
Paul Meems
Name: Paul Meems
Paul Ramsey
Name: Paul Ramsey
Paul van Genuchten
Name: Paul van Genuchten
Paul van Genuchten is a software engineer focussed on creating easy-to-use sensible spatial applications based on standards. Besides (mostly web) development you'll find him at events spreading the word on ease of use of SDI software and use of standards like WMS, WMC, CSW, SOS.
Paulo van Breugel
Name: Paulo van Breugel
My main research interests are forest and landscape ecology, biogeography, and conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and natural resources. I have worked for international research (Bioversity, ICRAF, ILRI) institutes in Syria, Brazil and Kenya. I am currently working as freelance researcher on ecology & biodiversity and GIS/spatial analyst.
Pedro Pereira
Name: Pedro Pereira
Pedro is a Geographer and works as a IT and GIS Technician in the Municipality of Guimarães - Portugal.
Pedro Pereira
Name: Pedro Pereira
Pedro is a Geographer and works as a IT and GIS Technician in the Municipality of Guimarães - Portugal.
Pedro-Juan Ferrer Matoses
Name: Pedro-Juan Ferrer Matoses
Pedro-Juan is a Cartographer and Project Manager that works in a Location Intelligence company. He has been collaborating with different NGOs in spreading the word of the Open Knowledge, Open data and FOSS (and FOSS4G)
Pedro-Juan Ferrer Matoses
Name: Pedro-Juan Ferrer Matoses
Pedro-Juan is a Cartographer and Project Manager that works in a Location Intelligence company. He has been collaborating with different NGOs in spreading the word of the Open Knowledge, Open data and FOSS (and FOSS4G)
Peter Batty
Name: Peter Batty
Peter Baumann
Name: Peter Baumann
Peter Löwe
Name: Peter Löwe
Peter Mooney
Name: Peter Mooney
Pieter De Graef
Name: Pieter De Graef
Pirmin Kalberer
Name: Pirmin Kalberer
Pirmin is an active Geospatial Open Source community member since 2002. He works for Sourcepole, a Swiss based commercial Open Source company.
Rafael Moreno
Name: Rafael Moreno
Rafael Moreno received his B.S. in Forestry from the Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Mexico in 1982 and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Natural Resources Management from Colorado State University in 1987 and1992 respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences at University of Colorado Denver (UCD). He teaches courses in GISscience and Technology, environmental science, land use planning and sustainability in natural resources management. He leads the FOSS4G lab at UCD. His current research concentrates on the analysis of fragmentation and anthropogenic pressure on forest areas, Decision Support Systems for forest management, and the use of FOSS/FOSS4G for creating local and Web-based spatial information systems.
Ragi Yaser Burhum
Name: Ragi Yaser Burhum
Ragi has worked for over 10+years at various companies in the GIS space (ESRI, Microsoft, etc) where he was responsible for designing and architecting geospatial solutions for governments, non-profit and private institutions. During his career, Ragi has created several hybrid (closed source + OS) GIS solutions that have ranged from huge servers, to mobile phones and embedded chipsets. He is a big proponent of OS geospatial technologies and usually does presentations on the topic.
Rajat Shinde
Name: Rajat Shinde
Randal Hale
Name: Randal Hale
Randal Hale is the owner of North River Geographic Systems, Inc. He's been active in the QGIS Community by participating in beta testing and answering questions on the QGIS mailing list. He's also developed QGIS classes that target people active in the GIS Community.
Ravi Kumar Vundavalli
Name: Ravi Kumar Vundavalli
Evangelist of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). FOSS GIS teacher. Trained more than a hundred Geologists of Geological Survey of India, as head of it's training division at Hyderabad, India. Currently developing FOSS GIS for transparent administration in India. 'mana-rajahmundry.org', is a website developed for society with various themes like roads, toilets, schools, drainage etc. A similar website is being prepared for the City of Mysuru, http://www.mana-rajahmundry.org/namma-mysuru/. Being a Geologist mapping the districts of Godavari, Andhra Pradesh for Free Geological Geospatial data. GeoheritageIndia.org, which will generate GIS related locations of Geological significance, is in the making. Present Interest: 'Crowd-sourcing', with Android smart phones, for various societal needs is present endeavour. Open Data Kit (ODK) and OSMAND are used for 'Mobile-GIS', with training workshops. Building specific forms/questionnaires for crowd-sourcing Geospatial data is also in progress. As A Geologist: Experience from mapping Western Himalayas, Sikkim Himalayas, Glacier Mapping and Water Budgeting of Zemu Glacier, North Sikkim started career in early seventies. Mapping eastern Ghats and the Bauxite contained there in Odisha State, is a favorite memory while Exploring Deep-Seas for Poly-Metalic nodules, and near shore Placer Minerals (Monazite, Ilmenite, Garnet)of Bay of Bengal, Off Andhra Pradesh and Odisha coasts is a more recent thrust.
Remi Cresson
Name: Remi Cresson
Remi Cresson has received the M. Sc. in electrical engineering from the Grenoble Institute of Technology (INPG), France, 2009. He is with IRSTEA (french National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture), for research and development in the field of remote sensing image processing, including (but not restricted to) High Performance Computing and geospatial data infrastructures. Involved in open source projects:
Rob Emanuele
Name: Rob Emanuele
Sanghee Shin
Name: Sanghee Shin
Sanghee Shin
Name: Sanghee Shin
Sankepally Rohith Reddy
Name: Sankepally Rohith Reddy
Rohith Reddy is pursuing his Masters in Research in the Lab for Spatial Informatics at the IIIT Hyderabad, India. He is a developer, programmer and a researcher.
Santiago Higuera de Frutos
Name: Santiago Higuera de Frutos
Sara Safavi
Name: Sara Safavi
Sara is a software developer with experience in web and geospatial development, and a frequent speaker in both the Python & geospatial tech communities. Sara is also an active community leader, and has been an organizer for PyLadiesATX, Austin Open Source GIS, and MaptimeATX.
Scott Clark
Name: Scott Clark
I'm a program manager with a background in geospatial analysis and I advocate for the maximum use of open source software in all of the projects I'm responsible for. I've participated in open source projects for a few years now and have an interest in GeoNode, QGIS, GeoWave and GeoGig. One of the projects I worked on is GeoSHAPE (http://geoshape.org). I attend FOSS4G whenever I can for the great community and to keep up on the latest with open source geospatial software.
Selene Yang
Name: Selene Yang
Simon Mercier
Name: Simon Mercier
Stefan Steiniger
Name: Stefan Steiniger
Stefan Tzeggai
Name: Stefan Tzeggai
Stephan Meißl
Name: Stephan Meißl
Stephan Meißl
Name: Stephan Meißl
Stephen Vincent Mather
Name: Stephen Vincent Mather
Stephen has been working in GIS, Planning, and related fields since 1998, working for the last 9 years as the GIS Manager for Cleveland Metroparks. He has been interested in the application of computer vision to geospatial analyses since 2004, and has recently initiated the OpenDroneMap project (http://opendronemap.org), a project to bring together and extend a suite of open source computer vision software for use with UAS (drone) and street level images.
In addition to managing Cleveland Metroparks GIS program and leading OpenDroneMap, Stephen works with the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and Karisoke Research Center (Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International) to research mountain gorillas in Rwanda. Most of that work uses OSGeo tools.
Stephen is also coauthor of the PostGIS Cookbook and blogs all his geospatial and ecological whims at https://smathermather.com.
Stephen Woodbridge
Name: Stephen Woodbridge
Steve Lime
Name: Steve Lime
Steve is one of the principle developers for MapServer and does a fair amount of web application development using MapServer/MapScript, PostGIS, GDAL, GEOS and OpenLayers.
Steven Feldman
Name: Steven Feldman
Steven Ottens
Name: Steven Ottens
Suchith Anand
Name: Suchith Anand
Suchith Anand is a Charter Member of OSGeo and actively involved in OSGeo Education initiatives. He volunteers for GeoForAll with a vision to make geospatial education and opportunities accessible to all and to enable a better future for everyone. He served as the founding chair of the ICA Commission on Open Source Geospatial Technologies and Geospatial IG of Research Data Alliance. He serves in the Program Board of Group on Earth Observations (GEO). He is reviewer for European and international research council applications, and many leading GIS journals . He serves on the Editorial Board of Journal on Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards , GIS Professional . Suchith is from India and now lives in Nottingham with his wife Sajini and their son Sanjay . They all are cricket fans and love travelling.
Thomas Baschetti
Name: Thomas Baschetti
Thomas is a freelancer doing all kind of GIS and database stuff, especially helping people to migrate from proprietary to free software, connecting different systems and getting things to work.
Thomas Gratier
Name: Thomas Gratier
Tim Sutton
Name: Tim Sutton
Tina Cormier
Name: Tina Cormier
Tina is a remote sensing scientist who uses satellite imagery to gain insights into critical challenges facing society, and open source software is central to the work that she does. She actively promotes open source through talks, community events (e.g., maptime), and social media, and she is now working with the OSGeo-Live project on R quickstarts as well as with the author of the lidR package to improve user friendliness.
Sharing her open source experience has always been a part of her work as well; she has taught workshops in countries all over the world, from Peru to Nepal, as well as in her home country, the USA. Workshop topics have ranged from programming in R and using QGIS, to processing lidar with open source tools.
Tina Cormier
Name: Tina Cormier
Tina is a remote sensing scientist who uses satellite imagery to gain insights into critical challenges facing society, and open source software is central to the work that she does. She actively promotes open source through talks, community events (e.g., maptime), and social media, and she is now working with the OSGeo-Live project on R quickstarts as well as with the author of the lidR package to improve user friendliness.
Sharing her open source experience has always been a part of her work as well; she has taught workshops in countries all over the world, from Peru to Nepal, as well as in her home country, the USA. Workshop topics have ranged from programming in R and using QGIS, to processing lidar with open source tools.
Tom Chadwin
Name: Tom Chadwin
Author and maintainer of qgis2web, a QGIS plugin to create webmaps, I have worked for Northumberland National Park Authority for over twelve years, also spending time on secondment managing GIS and web joint working between all the UK National Parks. I have spoken at FOSS4GUK and regional QGIS user groups, and have made several (non-code) contributions to QGIS. I oversaw the migration of Northumberland National Park Authority from proprietary GIS to open source, and advocate its use whenever possible. I co-chaired FOSS4GUK 2018.
Tommy Oozeer
Name: Tommy Oozeer
Torben Barsballe
Name: Torben Barsballe
Committer on the GeoTools, GeoWebCache, and GeoServer projects.
Toshikazu Seto
Name: Toshikazu Seto
Toshikazu Seto is a researcher who has conducted research and analysis related to "GIS and Society". Since OSGeo.JP was formed, he has been supporting the Japanese FOSS4G event held annually in Tokyo and Osaka. He is also interested in community-building for FOSS4G and attends a wide range of activities related to Volunteered Geographic Information and OpenGeoData.
Tuong-Thuy Vu
Name: Tuong-Thuy Vu
A geospatial scientist by training, Thuy has been working as researcher and educator in Vietnam, Thailand, Japan, Sweden and Malaysia. He has been an active user of open-source software for his research and teaching including QGIS, GRASS GIS, and Orfeo Toolbox among others. He is currently leading the OSGEO lab at UNMC, a research unit aiming at promoting OSGEO tools and services in Malaysia and Southeast Asian region.
Tõnis Kärdi
Name: Tõnis Kärdi
Tõnis has been active in the geo field for approximately 15 years but a relative newcomer to the world of osgeo. He has a background in environmental technology specializing in remote sensing but his professional endeavours have led him to pursue goals in the field of geoinformatics instead. Crunching data has been his love for years. He is currently employing himself as a freelance GIS/IT consultant. He has previously worked as a GIS specialist at the Estonian Ministry of Environment IT Center (KEMIT) where he focused on open data and open source GIS solutions in governmental institutions, consulted IT projects that have geo/data/map/services requirements in the Ministry's area of responsibility.
Vaclav Petras
Name: Vaclav Petras
Vasile Crăciunescu
Name: Vasile Crăciunescu
Veronica Andreo
Name: Veronica Andreo
Vero holds a PhD in Biology and a MSc degree in GIS and Remote Sensing. She is mostly interested in GIS and remote sensing uses and applications for public health, environmental monitoring and disaster management. She is a GRASS GIS and FOSS4G enthusiast and a very active promoter of Osgeo/FOSS4G philosophy everywhere: in conferences, courses, workshops and so on. She is mainly involved in GRASS GIS community contributing tutorials, examples, general documentation, user support, translations, etc.
Victor Olaya
Name: Victor Olaya
Victor is the creator and main developer of the SEXTANTE library, a spatial data analysis library currently used by several open source GIS such as gvSIG or QGIS. He is also the main author of the Spanish Free GIS Book, a free (CC BY) book on the fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems.
Victoria Rautenbach
Name: Victoria Rautenbach
Victoria Rautenbach is a senior lecturer in the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Victoria's research focuses on spatial data visualization to support decision making. Her research spans two disciplines: Geographic Information Science (GISc) and Computer Science; multi-dimensional geovisualization, spatial data infrastructure, open source for geospatial software and geoinformation standards.
Victoria is interested in web mapping development and the use of mapping to improve less fortunate communities, and has also been involved in various open data events in South Africa.
Vidhan Jain
Name: Vidhan Jain
Vivien Deparday
Name: Vivien Deparday
Werner Macho
Name: Werner Macho
Werner is coming from water management, hydrology and hydraulics and has been involved in the QGIS project since 2008. Using mainly opensource software since the early 1990 and since about 2004 solving his geospatial problems with opensource GIS software, he tries to help and propagate free software wherever he can. Beside maintaining a few QGIS plugins he is also the translation team leader for QGIS Desktop software and trying to be a helping hand wherever problems arise.
Yoichi Kayama
Name: Yoichi Kayama
Yoichi Kayama is a software engineer and researcher who has conducted research and program development related to geographic information for more than 20 years. Since OSGeo.JP was formed, he has been supporting the Japanese FOSS4G event held annually in Tokyo and Osaka. He co-authored a FOSS4G handbook, he was engaged in the Japanese localization of QGIS, and he has taught how to use QGIS in a number of workshops.
Yoichi Seino
Name: Yoichi Seino
Zoltan Siki
Name: Zoltan Siki
alex borrell
Name: alex borrell
Past OSGeo Advocates
This section lists prior listed Advocates who have not recently updated their profiles.
Understanding OSGeo roles
Below is an explanation of roles which Advocates might have been involved in as part of OSGeo:
OSGeo Board Members
- We only have 9 active OSGeo board members in the world, which have been peer selected based upon their outstanding leadership in the greater OSGeo community.
OSGeo Charter Members
- Charter members are voted into the position based on their positive OSGeo attributes, typically based on their contributions toward the OSGeo community. Members tend to be developers and leaders in one or more OSGeo projects, and/or OSGeo business leaders, and have a deep understanding in many of the OSGeo projects and principles of Open Source.
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- These people have translated documentation for OSGeo-Live, and/or OSGeo projects. They usually have an established understanding of OSGeo topics and can present them in local languages.
This OSGeo Advocate list has been designed to help event organisors find local authoritative speakers. Events wishing to import keynote speakers should anticipate covering expenses of these speakers. Note that OSGeo is a volunteer driven organisation without paid positions of authority and OSGeo doesn't budget to cover travel expenses. Note also that unlike proprietary companies, a company promoting Open Source software don't earn license fees when a delegate is convinced to start using the free software.
When budgeting for keynote speakers expect to cover the following expenses:
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- airfare
- visa
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- standard 3 or 4 star hotel within walking distance of the event
- high speed internet
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- 3 meals a day
- Speakers fee
- typically $US 1000 per day. (Note that OSGeo volunteer speakers usually have a full time job and will be loosing wages for the duration of the event)
For a rough guide of travel costs refer to the US Department of State costs
Individual speakers may waive any of these costs if attracted to the event for other reasons, and final costs are to be negotiated with the selected speaker.
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The Almond Marketing Order
The Almond Marketing Order is a program issued by the Secretary of Agriculture of the U.S. in accordance with authority contained in the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended. All almonds produced in California (except bitter almonds) are under the authority of the Marketing Order. Regulations pertaining to receiving and handling almonds are issued by the secretary of agriculture.
The Role of the Almond Board of California
To assist the Secretary in the operation of this program, the Marketing Order establishes a 10-member Board, selected by March 1 each year, which is composed of five handler members and five grower members. Of the 10 members, two represent cooperative handlers; two represent handlers, other than cooperative; two represent cooperative growers; and two represent growers not associated with a cooperative. The fifth handler member and the fifth grower member are selected by and represent the group (whether cooperative or other than cooperative), which received more than 50% of the almonds delivered by growers in the then-current crop year through Dec. 31.
The Board is responsible for administering the provisions of the Marketing Order. This includes making rules and regulations, investigating complaints of violations, recommending amendments to the Marketing Order, and other functions necessary to the operation of the program.
All actions of the Board are by majority vote, with a quorum requirement of six members. There are two voting exceptions:
- Recommendations to the secretary concerning production research, marketing research and development projects, and marketing promotion, including paid advertising, and crediting the pro-rata expense assessment obligation of handlers require seven affirmative votes; and
- Recommendations concerning salable and reserve percentages and related crop estimates require six affirmative votes.
The Almond Handler (Processors or Packers)
All handlers of almonds are under the jurisdiction of the Marketing Order. A handler is an individual, partnership, corporation, association or any other business unit that uses almonds commercially; that is, to sell, consign, transport, ship (except as a common carrier) or in any other way put almonds into the channels of trade, either within the state of California or outside of the state. Handlers are required to register with the Almond Board of California (ABC) on an annual basis, and agree to abide by the Marketing Order Rules and Regulations.
As requested by the Board and detailed in the Marketing Order, each handler shall file with the Board written reports, certified to the Board and the secretary as to completeness and correctness, such information as may be prescribed by the Board for use in redetermination of kernel weight and marketing policy considerations. All information contained in handler records made available to the Board or to the secretary, or in reports to the Board constituting a trade secret or disclosing the trade position, financial condition or business operations of any handler shall be considered as confidential information.
Almond handlers are required to have an official USDA incoming inspection to determine the amount of edible and inedible kernels in each lot of almonds delivered.
2018/2019 Operations Calendar
Handlers/Processors are required to submit reports of receipts from growers, shipments, commitments, transfers to another handler, dispositions in oil or feed outlets, and other items spelled out in the 2018/2019 Operations Calendar.
Growers Acting as Handlers
The following rules determine whether a grower is also acting as a handler:
- Sale or delivery of almonds to a recognized almond handler within the production area exempts the grower from obligations under the Marketing Order. The handler is required to comply with all the regulations.
- Sales of almonds to consumers from a grower's own production at a roadside stand operated by the grower or at a California certified farmer's market when limited to 100 pounds per person per day are exempt from obligations under the Marketing Order.
- Any grower sale or shipment of almonds (edible or inedible) to a person who is not an almond handler, or the commercial usage of almonds of his or her own production in products, causes such a grower to be a handler, and therefore, they are required to register with the ABC and comply with the rules of the marketing order.
If you would like to know more about becoming a handler, please contact Marketing Order Services.
Almond Board Assessment
The Board is authorized to incur such expenses as the secretary may find reasonable for the maintenance and function of the Board. Each handler pays to the Board, on demand, a sum based on a rate per pound of almonds, kernel weight basis, received for his own account.
Handlers are billed four times per year for assessments: November, January, April and August.
The expenses of production research, market research and development projects, and nutrition research are included in the pro-rata assessment levied on handlers.
The assessment rate for the 2018/2019 crop year is $0.040 per pound. Almond handlers may apply for Credit-Back of up to $0.018 per pound for their own promotion of California Almonds.
Quality Control Program
At the time almonds are received for the handler's own account, either from growers, accumulators or of their own production, handlers are required to have the Federal-State Inspection Service determine the percent of inedible kernels in each variety received. The weight of inedible kernels in excess of 0.5% of kernel weight reported to the Board of any variety received by a handler shall constitute the weight of that handler's disposition obligation to be delivered to the Board, a crusher, feed manufacturer or feeder approved by the Board.
Handler Treatment Plan (HTP)
The California Almond industry, working with the USDA, expanded its food safety program in 2007 to include a mandatory pasteurization program. The purpose of this program is to ensure consumers are provided with safe, wholesome food products, free from potentially harmful levels of unsafe bacteria that can cause illness, without compromising the almond qualities that consumers expect and appreciate. Pasteurization has been proven to reduce the presence of harmful bacteria that can cause foodborne illness. Independent nutritional lab analyses commissioned by the Almond Board indicate that the pasteurization processes adopted do not degrade the taste, quality or nutritional value of almonds.
It is the responsibility of a handler to submit a Handler Treatment Plan for approval by the Almond Board of California.


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I'm not even going to try and list all the reasons why I have been MIA for the past few weeks, but let me just say that life has been very hectic. I haven't forgotten about you or the blog, in fact, everyday in the shower I keep thinking of post ideas, but then I never seem to find the time to actually write the posts. I will try and make the time because I have missed interacting with you.
I mentioned in my Europe travel post that I was using The Body Shop Natrulift Firming Serum. I just finished my first bottle and I will definitely repurchase. This serum is very lightweight and absorbs quickly, which has been a must for me lately because the weather has been so hot and I just don't have tons of time to spend on my beauty routine. This was moisturizing, thought I still used a moisturizer on top, and did even out my skin tone. I can't vouch for the anti-aging benefits but I didn't get any adverse reactions so this is a keeper in my books.
I am also currently loving The Body Shop Cocoa Butter Hand and Body Lotion. This is a great summer alternative to the body butters because it is thinner and absorbs super quickly. It is non-sticky yet still moisturizing. The scent is subtle and doesn't interfere with any perfume that may be worn afterwards.
I finished the Origins Ginger bath products I raved about recently, and decided to use up this deluxe sample of Laura Mercier Creme de Pistachio Scrub. This is quite possible the best body scrub I have ever used! The scrubbing granules are the perfect size....not large and harsh, but not so tiny that you can't feel them. After using this my skin is super soft...kind of like that soft feeling you get when you shave or wax your legs and then wear pants afterwards. I never used this before because I am not the biggest fan of pistachio (shocking for an Indian gal), but surprisingly the scent was very pleasant, not too sweet and not too pistachio-y. If this wasn't so darn pricey ($46 for 12oz) I might actually consider purchasing this. Maybe they will have a gift set during the holidays? I hope so because I'd like to try the creme brulee scent.
That's all for now. Have you tried any of these products? Thoughts?
Friday, June 22, 2012
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Benefit They're Real Mascara Review
I might be one of the last people in the beauty blogging world to try this out, but I finally did it! I tried out the not-so-new Benefit They're Real Mascara:
I can talk on and on about the claims that Benefit makes, but basically this mascara is supposed to give you such glam lashes that they are supposed to look as good as false lashes.
Bare Lashes
Lashes with 1 coat of They're Real on top and bottom lashes
So, while this might not look exactly like false lashes, I think this mascara still looks pretty good! My lashes look longer and more voluminous. Benefit They're Real also does a great job of holding the curl in my lashes when I do use a curler, but it also adds a bit of curl on its own. There is no flaking or smudging either. The only thing I didn't get with this mascara is thickening. The mascara wand coats each lash to make it darker and look longer, but it didn't make my lashes thicker. Overall, this is a great formula with a unique want, but I am not sure if it is $22 great.
Have you tried Benefit They're Real? What are your thoughts?
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Origins Ginger Skincare Review
Labels: cleanser, moisturizer, Origins, reviews, skin care
I have had the Origins Ginger bath products for awhile but just recently started using them....and I am in LOVE!
The Origins Ginger Burst Savory Body Wash is so delicious and fresh smelling! It has a ginger scent but it is not overpowering. It does not smell like the ginger you cook with or like candied ginger. It smells like ginger mixed with a clean, crisp, fresh scent...yeah I know that sounds confusing but it's hard to describe! This lathers extremely well and leaves my skin feeling silky soft. The ginger fragrance lingers slightly, but does not interfere with any other fragrance you layer on afterwards.
The Origins Ginger Souffle Whipped Body Cream is also very luxurious. The scent is a lot stronger and longer-lasting than the body wash, so if you aren't keen on the smell this isn't for you. The texture is a bit thick and very moisturizing, which is why I haven't used nearly as much as I have of the body wash. This is better suited for the winter when I need a thicker moisturizer.
Overall, I love both but am most excited about the body wash. I know it is pricier than drugstore body washes but it feels so good when I use it that I feel it is worth the splurge.
Have you tried either of these ginger products?
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Kiko Cosmetics
While I was in Europe I discovered a European cosmetic store/brand called Kiko Cosmetics. I went in a couple of them and each time the store was packed. Like how a MAC store in the US is on the weekends. Kiko Cosmetics has HUGE line of products, from moisturizer and face masks to mineral shadows and eye primer. The products are also very decently priced...about half the price of MAC but a little more than a drugstore. Since I didn't know too much about the brand and was hesitant to spend a lot of what could be potentially horrible makeup, I only picked up one thing:
This is the Glamorous Eye Pencil in shade 402. I swatched a ton of products, especially the eye liners, and this shade is one that I don't already have in my collections. Yes, I have bronze liners but this one has more red/terracotta tones than anything else I have.
This eyeliner is super pigmented and very smooth and creamy in texture. The formula is just like the Urban Decay 24/7 liners. It lasts about 2 hours on the water line and all day on the upper and lower lash lines. Overall, I really like this liner and now I wish I had purchased more products.
Have you every heard of or tried Kiko Cosmetics?
Friday, May 18, 2012
Vacation Must Haves
Labels: must-haves, my favorites, travel
Since I travel a lot I have learned what beauty items I need to pack and what I probably won't use. On my Europe trip I stuck to the same makeup bag that I usually use and packed it with a lot of neutrals and products I know always work for me. I'm not showing you everything I took but here are the products I used just about everyday:
Makeup Products - I did take more makeup but these were the items I kept using over and over.
My makeup case is a discontinue black MAC case that one of my best friends gifted to me many years ago. I love it because I have used it a LOT and it is in amazing condition. It does get a bit dirty after a few trips so I clean it with a makeup wipe and then its as good as new.
The case is long and thin so it lays flat in my luggage. It has a zippered pouch on the inside and a open pocket on the other side, and best of all it easily fits the large MAC palettes.
I did take some other skin care with me, but these were my absolute can't-live-withouts.
- Philosophy Purity Made Simple - The best face wash ever! I have tried many and always come back to this. Even on lazy evenings this is good enough to remove my makeup and cleanse my skin.
- The Body Shop -Natrulift Firming Serum - I like that this serum is lightweight and absorbs quickly - important for hot weather and when you are in a rush. It helped moisturize my skin and gave it a nice even texture. I will do a full review soon.
- Philosophy Hope in a Jar for Dry Skin with SPF - I use the non-SPF one too, but it was nice having a all-in-one, especially since we were outdoors most of the day.
Face Products - Yes, I know this looks like a MAC haul, but what can I say, MAC products are just so reliable and work for me!
- Fix+ - I am SO glad MAC came out with the mini version last year....I can't live without this product! I used it for setting my makeup everyday, but I also used it as a midday refresher when I was hot or tired, and I also used this in the plane every few hours when my skin felt dry due to plane air.
- MAC Face and Body Foundation - I decanted it into a small travel bottle because the actual F&B bottle is quite large. Also, I mix different shades and so it is easier to just take the mixed version with me. This is my HG foundation.
- MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural Powder - Do I really have to talk about what I like this? It's amazing and everyone needs this powder.
- MAC Blushcreme in Uncommon - Another discontinued product that I wish would come back. This color especially is amazing on medium-dark skin and provides a very natural glow to the skin. It is also so easy to use and blend.
Makeup Products - I did take more makeup but these were the items I kept using over and over.
- Shu Uemera Eyelash Curler - Again, do I really need to talk about how amazing this is?
- MAC Zoom Fast Black Lash Mascara - This was a risky choice because I purchased it right before my trip since I needed a new mascara. Thankfully, this is a great mascara! It holds curl, adds volume, and is very black. I will do a full review on this though because there is a trick to using this so you don't get clumpy lashes.
- MAC Powerpoint Eye Pencil in Engraved - The color is dark, it lasts ALL day and glides on easily. What more do I need from an eyeliner?
- Nars Pro-Prime Eyeshadow Base - Although I didn't wear much shadow on the trip, I used this almost everyday because it helped to make my liner smudge-proof and long-lasting.
- Stila Lip Glaze in Kitten - A great peachy-gold gloss that I could wear on its own. I tossed this in my handbag for midday touch-ups. I also used a MAC Tendertone quite a bit, but I forgot to photograph it.
What are your absolute beauty must-haves for vacation?
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Back from...
Europe! Yes, the hubby and I took a some time off and traveled to Europe! We traveled to several cities in Italy, then made a few stops in Greece, Turkey, and Croatia. Italy has always been my dream location, I've wanted to go since I was young and it was just as beautiful as I imagined. I have thousands of photos that are still on my camera card, but here are a few snaps that I managed to transfer to the computer:
Me outside the Vatican
Me outside the Colosseum
Stopping to smell the roses
The Duomo in Florence - The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore
View from Ponte Vecchio, the oldest bridge in Florence that crosses the Arno River
I hope you have been well during the past few weeks. I have lots to share with you about the trip as well as my makeup adventures. Stay tuned and I will keep you posted!
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Hey dolls! I just wanted to let you know that I will be traveling for the next two weeks and won't be blogging during that time. I tried really hard to do some scheduled posts, but I have been super busy with work and getting ready for my trip, that I just didn't get a chance to draft anything of quality. I hope you can understand!!
In any case, I will definitely let you know all about my travels when I return and hopefully share some of my travel tips and my travel beauty routine. Till then, arrivederci!
In any case, I will definitely let you know all about my travels when I return and hopefully share some of my travel tips and my travel beauty routine. Till then, arrivederci!
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Bobbi Brown Sheer Finish vs. MAC Select Sheer Pressed Powder
Labels: Bobbi Brown, Comparison, MAC, powder, reviews
I really like the texture, feel, and finish of Bobbi Brown's Sheer Finish Pressed Powder as a setting powder and I like having it in my purse for touch ups. However, I hate the packaging. The square shape of the compact makes it larger than I would like and takes up a lot of space in my purse. So, I went to MAC and decided to try out the Select Sheer Powder to see if would be as good of a product as the BB powder, in better packaging.
Both powders are very sheer and don't deposit a lot of color, which is what I wanted. Both powders are very silky, blend in to the skin, are great for setting my face makeup, and control my minimal shine. I really couldn't tell much difference between the two when worn on my face. Considering that I like the MAC packaging and numbering system better, I am now going to stick to the MAC Select Sheer powder. Oh, and the MAC powder costs $23 for 12g of product and the Bobbi Brown powder costs $34 for 11g of product, so clearly MAC wins this battle.
As you can see, the BB compact is larger, pointier, and bulkier than the MAC compact. Also, the numbering of the BB powder is funky. I use the third darkest shade Soft Sand, or number 5. This throws me off because in the foundation range my number is 3.5, Warm Beige. The MAC powder uses the same numbering as the foundation and in both I am an NC25.
Both compacts have a mirror and come with a powder puff.
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