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<p><a href="https://www.osgeo.org/member/tom-kralidis/">Tom Kralidis</a>
was honoured with the 2024 Sol Katz Award, presented on 6 December
2024 at FOSS4G 2024 in Belém, Brazil.</p>
<p>This was the 20th year of the award.</p>
<p>2024-12-09</p>
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alt="" title="Tom receiving the award in Betlem"
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<p>We are honoured to announce that Tom Kralidis is the recipient of
the 2024 Sol Katz Award.
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<p>You may know Tom through his activities within the GeoPython
community, specifically through pygeoapi, pycsw, OWSLib,
GeoHealthCheck, pygeometa, and the list goes on. Tom also plays a
critical role in promoting OGC standards, throughout FOSS4G
projects and also connecting the OGC + OSGeo communities.</p>
<p>Tom is very active at the OSGeo Board level, and other committees
within the foundation. He is also active in the World
Meteorological Organization (WMO).</p>
<p>But you will most likely know him from various FOSS4G workshops
around the world, where he helps users share their spatial
information through known standards and Open Source software.</p>
<p>Tom Kralidis is a longtime leader in the FOSS4G community, and it
warms our heart to finally thank him for his decades of tireless
effort, in promoting sharing.</p>
<p>The FOSS4G community is full of people doing amazing work, and
today we take a moment to shine the spotlight on one person, who
has long deserved a thank-you, Tom Kralidis.</p>
<p>Thanks Tom!</p>
<p><a
href="https://www.osgeo.org/wp-content/uploads/Sol-Katz-Award-2024-plaque.jpg"><img
class="alignnone size-large wp-image-27893"
src="https://www.osgeo.org/wp-content/uploads/Sol-Katz-Award-2024-plaque-507x380.jpg"
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vspace="25" height="380" border="0"></a></p>
<p><strong>About the award</strong></p>
<p>The Sol Katz Award for Free and Open Source Software for
Geospatial (FOSS4G) is awarded annually by OSGeo to individuals
who have demonstrated leadership in the FOSS4G community.
Recipients of the award have contributed significantly through
their activities to advance open source ideals in the geospatial
realm. The award acknowledges both the work of community members,
and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come.</p>
<p>Read more about Sol Katz at <a
href="https://www.osgeo.org/community/awards/">Awards</a></p>
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src="https://www.osgeo.org/wp-content/uploads/Solomon-Katz2.jpg"
alt="" width="231" height="185"></p>
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