Five minutes ago, I received a great announcement saying the OSGeo hired Tyler Mitchell as an executive director:

Seattle, Washington, Oct. 19, 2006- The Open Source Geospatial Foundation, or OSGeo, today announced that Tyler Mitchell has been hired as its new executive director. Mitchell-who has a decade of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) experience as an Analyst, Manager, open source advocate and author-will be responsible for the Foundation’s day-to-day operations, supporting development and promotion.

Here is the official news about it – Open Source Geospatial Foundation Selects Tyler Mitchell, Open Source Advocate, as Executive Director

I’m absolutely happy of Tyler’s nomination!