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Re:I Learned French in 12 Months by Mediterraneo10 on Monday February 17, 2020 @10:02AM (#22348106)
Alan Mustard, former US ambassador to Turkmenistan and trained in agriculture, is a well-known OpenStreetMap geek and quite familiar with GIS issues. Diplomats can have hobbies, you know.

I myself am a linguist and translator, no professional background in the hard sciences or IT at all, but I have still been involved in Free Software for many years and so HN is a natural news channel to read.

Re:I Learned French in 12 Months by rmc on Monday February 17, 2020 @11:10AM (#22348640)
And Allan Mustard is now Chairperson of the OpenStreetMap Foundation Board of Directors

https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Board_Member_Bios