<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><span>I second the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">nominating Venkatesh Raghavan for the 2012 Sol</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Katz Award.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>I agree with Jeff. Venka is the inspiration behind FOSS GIS sweeping across Asia and much of the world.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>I have known him from the very First FOSS GIS conference in Asia, and he encouraged us resulting in
the </span></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>FOSS workshop in the Geological Survey of India in 2005.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>He continues to physically visit most of the places where 'FOSSGIS is in action', and connects to young researchers</span></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>readily. </span></div><div style="font-family: 'times new
roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>The projects he promotes are the very building blocks of our FOSS GIS initiative the world over. </span></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>His contributions in FOSS GIS for Geologists, like 3-D models are unique. </span></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>In short Venka is the leading light for FOSS GIS in Asia and the world.</span></div><div style="font-family:
'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>V.Ravi Kumar </span></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span style="background-color: transparent; ">Friend /Fellow Geologist</span><br></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>(Charter member of OSGeo, Ex Board Member, Joint Secy OSGeo India) <br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; "><span><ul class="res-list" style="font-size: 13px;
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normal; ">3D</b> Geologic <b style="font-weight: normal; ">Modeling</b> -. Tatsuya Nemoto*, <b style="font-weight: normal; ">Venkatesh</b> <br><b style="font-weight: normal; ">Raghavan</b>**, Shinji Masumoto*, Kiyoji Shiono*. * Department of Geosciences <b style="font-weight: normal; ">...</b></div><div style="max-width: 550px; "><b style="font-weight: normal; "><br></b></div><div style="max-width: 550px; "><b style="font-weight: normal; "><br></b></div></span></div></li></ul></span></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>Ravi Kumar</span></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times,
serif; font-size: 12pt; "> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Jeff McKenna <jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "SolKatzAward@osgeo.org" <SolKatzAward@osgeo.org> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> osgeo <discuss@lists.osgeo.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, September 17, 2012 8:17 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan<br> </font> </div> <br>I have the honor of nominating Venkatesh Raghavan[1] for the 2012 Sol<br>Katz Award. I would classify Venka as the “builder” of all things<br>FOSS4G. It was Venka who created the term “FOSS4G” back in 2004, using<br>it as the name of an international event in Thailand, and since then he<br>has promoted Free and Open Source
Software for Geomatics all around the<br>world.<br><br>Venka has also been directly involved in OSGeo since its inception, in<br>fact he was on the first OSGeo Board of Directors from 2006 to 2007. He<br>is still very active on the Board mailing list, and often shares his<br>broad experience with the OSGeo Board members.<br><br>A professor at Osaka City University in Japan, Venka constantly<br>encourages his students to leverage FOSS4G in all of their research.<br>His students and research teams have improved FOSS software with<br>international character support and translations for projects such as<br>MapServer, GRASS, and QuantumGIS.<br><br>Venka actively travels around the world promoting FOSS4G, and works<br>closely with various international event committees each year for such<br>events as GIS-IDEAS in Vietnam, FOSS4G-Japan, and FOSS4G-India. In 2010<br>Venka was awarded a Guest Professorship at the China University of<br>Mining and
Technology in Beijing for his “Outstanding contribution to<br>Open Source Geospatial Technologies”.<br><br>As you can see his FOSS4G reach is world-wide. Many people have been<br>touched by his passion. He is a “boots on the ground” kind of a guy,<br>who is a master at connecting geospatial communities. Many of us all<br>around the world have grown our careers and skills through his advice.<br>I believe Venka would be an excellent recipient for the Sol Katz Award.<br><br><a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Venkatesh_Raghavan" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Venkatesh_Raghavan</a><br><br>-Jeff McKenna<br>OSGeo Board member/friend<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Discuss mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org" href="mailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org">Discuss@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss"
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