[OSGeo-Discuss] REMINDER: final day for Sol Katz Award nominations

[Venkatesh Raghavan]

Today is the final day for nominating a leader in our community for the 
Sol Katz Award: http://www.osgeo.org/node/1715

Venka

On 2016/08/01 16:56, Venkatesh Raghavan wrote:
> 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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