[Portugal] [Fwd: [OSGeo-Discuss] 2011 Sol Katz Award: Call for Nominations]

[Giovanni Manghi]

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> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] 2011 Sol Katz Award: Call for Nominations
> Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 11:25:25 -0300
> 
> The Open Source Geospatial Foundation would like to open nominations for 
> the 2011 Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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
> 
> Nominations for the Sol Katz Award should be sent to 
> SolKatzAward at osgeo.org with a description of the reasons for this 
> nomination.  Nominations will be accepted until 23:59 UTC on *August 
> 19th* 
> (http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=8&day=19&year=2011&hour=23&min=59&sec=59). 
> A recipient will be decided from the nomination list by an OSGeo 
> designated selection committee.
> 
> The winner of the Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source 
> Software will be announced on September 16th at the FOSS4G 2011 
> conference (http://2011.foss4g.org/) closing plenary in Denver, 
> Colorado, U.S.A.  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.
> 
> It should be noted that past awardees and selection committee members 
> are not eligible.
> 
> Past Awardees:
>    2010: Helena Mitasova
>    2009: Daniel Morissette
>    2008: Paul Ramsey
>    2007: Steve Lime
>    2006: Markus Neteler
>    2005: Frank Warmerdam
> 
> Selection Committee:
>    Jeff McKenna (chair)
>    Daniel Morissette
>    Frank Warmerdam
>    Markus Neteler
>    Steve Lime
>    Paul Ramsey
>    Sophia Parafina
>    Helena Mitasova
> 
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