[OSGeo-Discuss] REMINDER: Sol Katz nominations end tomorrow

[Jeff McKenna]

news item: http://www.osgeo.org/node/1457



On 2014-08-01 12:42 PM, Anne Ghisla wrote:
> The Open Source Geospatial Foundation would like to open nominations
> for the 2014 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://donate.cancer.org/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
> 22nd
> (http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=8&day=22&year=2014&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 at the FOSS4G-Portland event in September.
> 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:
>
> 2013: Arnulf Christl
> 2012: Venkatesh Raghavan
> 2011: Martin Davis
> 2010: Helena Mitasova
> 2009: Daniel Morissette
> 2008: Paul Ramsey
> 2007: Steve Lime
> 2006: Markus Neteler
> 2005: Frank Warmerdam
>
> Selection Committee 2014
>
> Jeff McKenna (chair)
> Frank Warmerdam
> Markus Neteler
> Steve Lime
> Paul Ramsey
> Sophia Parafina
> Daniel Morissette
> Helena Mitasova
> Martin Davis
> Venkatesh Raghavan
> Arnulf Christl
>
>