<div dir="ltr">I'd like to nominate Vladimir Agafonkin, who<div><br></div><div><a href="https://github.com/mourner">https://github.com/mourner</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>- birthed the most popular open source Javascript interface for mapping, which has been a gateway drug for javascript and web UI folks around the internet</div><div>- continues to add important javascript geospatial pieces to the open source world, like the rbush, the simpleheat, and many other small and useful utilities that people assemble into their solutions in the open source tradition</div><div>- has become a spokes-person for doing lightweight spatial and simple web development patterns as a means to solving spatial access problems</div><div>- killed the chorus in "we're up all night to get mappy" in Nottingham</div><div><br></div><div>A community member already with a huge record of contribution and seemingly no end in sight!</div><div><br>P.</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 4:05 PM, Venkatesh Raghavan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:raghavan@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp" target="_blank">raghavan@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Dear All,<br>
<br>
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation would like to open nominations
<br>
for the 2016 Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source <br>
Software. <br>
<br>
The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software <br>
(GFOSS) will be given to individuals who have demonstrated
leadership <br>
in the GFOSS community. Recipients of the award will have
contributed <br>
significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals
<br>
in the geospatial realm. <br>
<br>
Sol Katz was an early pioneer of GFOSS and left behind a large body
of <br>
work in the form of applications, format specifications, and
utilities <br>
while at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. This early GFOSS
archive <br>
provided both source code and applications freely available to the <br>
community. Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial
list <br>
servers, providing much guidance to the geospatial community at
large. <br>
<br>
Sol unfortunately passed away in 1999 from Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma,
but <br>
his legacy lives on in the open source world. Those interested in <br>
making a donation to the American Cancer Society, as per Sol's <br>
family's request, can do so at <a href="https://donate.cancer.org/index" target="_blank">https://donate.cancer.org/index</a>.
<br>
<br>
Nominations for the Sol Katz Award should be sent to <br>
<a href="mailto:SolKatzAward@osgeo.org" target="_blank">SolKatzAward@osgeo.org</a>
with a description of the reasons for this <br>
nomination. Nominations will be accepted until 23:59 UTC on August <br>
4th
<a href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=8&day=4&year=2016&hour=23&min=59&sec=59" target="_blank">http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=8&day=4&year=2016&hour=23&min=59&sec=59</a>.<br>
<br>
A recipient will be decided from the nomination list by the OSGeo <br>
selection committee. <br>
<br>
The winner of the Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source
<br>
Software will be announced at the FOSS4G-Bonn event in August. The <br>
hope is that the award will both acknowledge the work of community <br>
members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come.
<br>
<br>
It should be noted that past awardees and selection committee
members <br>
are not eligible. <br>
<br>
More info at the Sol Katz Award wiki page <br>
<a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Sol_Katz_Award" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Sol_Katz_Award</a>
<br>
<br>
Past Awardees: <br>
<ul>
<li> 2015: Maria Brovelli</li>
<li> 2014: Gary Sherman</li>
<li> 2013: Arnulf Christl</li>
<li> 2012: Venkatesh Raghavan</li>
<li> 2011: Martin Davis</li>
<li> 2010: Helena Mitasova</li>
<li> 2009: Daniel Morissette</li>
<li> 2008: Paul Ramsey</li>
<li> 2007: Steve Lime</li>
<li> 2006: Markus Neteler</li>
<li> 2005: Frank Warmerdam</li>
</ul>
Selection Committee 2016<br>
<ul>
<li> Venkatesh Raghavan (chair)</li>
<li> Frank Warmerdam</li>
<li> Markus Neteler</li>
<li> Steve Lime</li>
<li> Paul Ramsey</li>
<li> Sophia Parafina</li>
<li> Daniel Morissette</li>
<li> Helena Mitasova</li>
<li> Martin Davis</li>
<li> Arnulf Christl</li>
<li> Gary Sherman</li>
<li> Maria Brovelli</li>
</ul>
<p>Best</p>
<p>Venka<br>
</p>
<ul>
</ul>
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