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<p class=MsoNormal>The Open Source Geospatial Foundation would like to open
nominations for the 2010 Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source
Software.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source
Software (GFOSS) will be given to individuals who have demonstrated leadership
in the GFOSS community. Recipients of the award will have contributed
significantly through their activities to advance open source ideals in the
geospatial realm.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Sol Katz was an early pioneer of GFOSS and left behind a
large body of work in the form of applications, format specifications, and
utilities while at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. This early GFOSS archive
provided both source code and applications freely available to the community.
Sol was also a frequent contributor to many geospatial list servers, providing
much guidance to the geospatial community at large.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Sol unfortunately passed away in 1999 from Non-Hodgkin's
Lymphoma, but his legacy lives on in the open source world. Those interested in
making a donation to the American Cancer Society, as per Sol's family's
request, can do so at
https://www.cancer.org/involved/donate/donateonlinenow/index.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Nominations for the Sol Katz Award should be sent to
SolKatzAward@osgeo.org with a description of the reasons for this nomination.
Nominations will be accepted until 23:59 UTC on August 20th
(http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=8&day=20&year=2010&hour=23&min=59&sec=59).
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>A recipient will be decided from the nomination list by an
OSGeo designated selection committee.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The winner of the Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and
Open Source Software will be announced on September 9th at the FOSS4G 2010
conference (http://2010.foss4g.org/) closing plenary in Barcelona, Spain. The
hope is that the award will both acknowledge the work of community members, and
pay tribute to one of its founders, for years to come.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>It should be noted that past awardees and selection
committee members are not eligible.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Past Awardees:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> 2009: Daniel Morissette<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> 2008: Paul Ramsey<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> 2007: Steve Lime<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> 2006: Markus Neteler<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> 2005: Frank Warmerdam<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Selection Committee:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Jeff McKenna (chair)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Daniel Morissette<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Frank Warmerdam<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Markus Neteler<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Steve Lime<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Paul Ramsey<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> Sophia Parafina<o:p></o:p></p>
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