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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Dear All,<br>
<br>
I would like to remind you that the deadline for <br>
sending your nomination for the 2016 Sol Katz <br>
Award is until 23:59 UTC on August
<br>
4th
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=8&day=4&year=2016&hour=23&min=59&sec=59">http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=8&day=4&year=2016&hour=23&min=59&sec=59</a>.<br>
<br>
More info at the Sol Katz Award wiki page<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Sol_Katz_Award">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Sol_Katz_Award</a> <br>
<br>
Best<br>
<br>
Venka<br>
<br>
On 2016/07/22 8:05, Venkatesh Raghavan wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:d1c8f7d1-7fee-2544-356e-47ec119202df@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp"
type="cite">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 class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://donate.cancer.org/index">https://donate.cancer.org/index</a>.
<br>
<br>
Nominations for the Sol Katz Award should be sent to
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:SolKatzAward@osgeo.org">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 class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=8&day=4&year=2016&hour=23&min=59&sec=59">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 class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Sol_Katz_Award">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Sol_Katz_Award</a>
<br>
<br>
Past Awardees:
<br>
<br>
* 2015: Maria Brovelli
<br>
* 2014: Gary Sherman
<br>
* 2013: Arnulf Christl
<br>
* 2012: Venkatesh Raghavan
<br>
* 2011: Martin Davis
<br>
* 2010: Helena Mitasova
<br>
* 2009: Daniel Morissette
<br>
* 2008: Paul Ramsey
<br>
* 2007: Steve Lime
<br>
* 2006: Markus Neteler
<br>
* 2005: Frank Warmerdam
<br>
<br>
Selection Committee 2016
<br>
<br>
* Venkatesh Raghavan (chair)
<br>
* Frank Warmerdam
<br>
* Markus Neteler
<br>
* Steve Lime
<br>
* Paul Ramsey
<br>
* Sophia Parafina
<br>
* Daniel Morissette
<br>
* Helena Mitasova
<br>
* Martin Davis
<br>
* Arnulf Christl
<br>
* Gary Sherman
<br>
* Maria Brovelli
<br>
<br>
Best
<br>
<br>
Venka
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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