[OSGeo-Discuss] Sol Katz Award - Call for Nominations

[Venkatesh Raghavan]

Dear All,

I would like to remind you that the deadline for
sending your nomination for the 2016 Sol Katz
Award is until 23:59 UTC on August
4th 
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=8&day=4&year=2016&hour=23&min=59&sec=59.

More info at the Sol Katz Award wiki page
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Sol_Katz_Award

Best

Venka

On 2016/07/22 8:05, Venkatesh Raghavan wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> The Open Source Geospatial Foundation would like to open nominations
> for the 2016 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
> 4th 
> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=8&day=4&year=2016&hour=23&min=59&sec=59.
>
> A recipient will be decided from the nomination list by the OSGeo
> selection committee.
>
> The winner of the Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source
> Software will be announced at the FOSS4G-Bonn event in August. 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.
>
> More info at the Sol Katz Award wiki page
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Sol_Katz_Award
>
> Past Awardees:
>
>  * 2015: Maria Brovelli
>  * 2014: Gary Sherman
>  * 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 2016
>
>  * Venkatesh Raghavan (chair)
>  * Frank Warmerdam
>  * Markus Neteler
>  * Steve Lime
>  * Paul Ramsey
>  * Sophia Parafina
>  * Daniel Morissette
>  * Helena Mitasova
>  * Martin Davis
>  * Arnulf Christl
>  * Gary Sherman
>  * Maria Brovelli
>
> Best
>
> Venka
>
>
>
>
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