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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Yes, this is excellent nomination for the great contribution Venka has been making for FOSS4G community over many years.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Suchith<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Daniel Kastl<br><b>Sent:</b> 18 September 2012 04:17<br><b>To:</b> "SolKatzAward@osgeo.org"; osgeo-discuss<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I think there is not much more to add to what Jeff and Ravi have already said.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I also second the nominating Venkatesh Raghavan for the 2012 SolKatz Award.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks to Venka there is today strong FOSS4G community in Asia (and also in South Osaka ;-)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Daniel<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Ravi Kumar <<a href="mailto:ravivundavalli48@yahoo.com" target="_blank">ravivundavalli48@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I second the nominating Venkatesh Raghavan for the 2012 SolKatz Award.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I agree with Jeff. Venka is the inspiration behind FOSS GIS sweeping across Asia and much of the world.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I have known him from the very First FOSS GIS conference in Asia, and he encouraged us resulting in the <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>FOSS workshop in the Geological Survey of India in 2005.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>He continues to physically visit most of the places where 'FOSSGIS is in action', and connects to young researchers<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>readily. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The projects he promotes are the very building blocks of our FOSS GIS initiative the world over. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>His contributions in FOSS GIS for Geologists, like 3-D models are unique. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>In short Venka is the leading light for FOSS GIS in Asia and the world.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>V.Ravi Kumar <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Friend /Fellow Geologist<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>(Charter member of OSGeo, Ex Board Member, Joint Secy OSGeo India) <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:3.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:16.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:3.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;overflow-x:hidden;overflow-y:hidden'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;font-weight:normal'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><a href="http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.11.9970&rep=rep1&type=pdf" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1111CC'>Development of SISGeM-An Online System for 3D Geologic Modeling</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h2><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:3.0pt;line-height:16.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>An Online System for 3D Geologic Modeling -. Tatsuya Nemoto*, Venkatesh <br>Raghavan**, Shinji Masumoto*, Kiyoji Shiono*. * Department of Geosciences ...<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:3.0pt;line-height:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><div><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Jeff McKenna <<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com" target="_blank">jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a>><br><b>To:</b> "<a href="mailto:SolKatzAward@osgeo.org" target="_blank">SolKatzAward@osgeo.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:SolKatzAward@osgeo.org" target="_blank">SolKatzAward@osgeo.org</a>> <br><b>Cc:</b> osgeo <<a href="mailto:discuss@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">discuss@lists.osgeo.org</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 17, 2012 8:17 PM<br><b>Subject:</b> [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>I have the honor of nominating Venkatesh Raghavan[1] for the 2012 Sol<br>Katz Award. I would classify Venka as the “builder” of all things<br>FOSS4G. It was Venka who created the term “FOSS4G” back in 2004, using<br>it as the name of an international event in Thailand, and since then he<br>has promoted Free and Open Source Software for Geomatics all around the<br>world.<br><br>Venka has also been directly involved in OSGeo since its inception, in<br>fact he was on the first OSGeo Board of Directors from 2006 to 2007. He<br>is still very active on the Board mailing list, and often shares his<br>broad experience with the OSGeo Board members.<br><br>A professor at Osaka City University in Japan, Venka constantly<br>encourages his students to leverage FOSS4G in all of their research.<br>His students and research teams have improved FOSS software with<br>international character support and translations for projects such as<br>MapServer, GRASS, and QuantumGIS.<br><br>Venka actively travels around the world promoting FOSS4G, and works<br>closely with various international event committees each year for such<br>events as GIS-IDEAS in Vietnam, FOSS4G-Japan, and FOSS4G-India. In 2010<br>Venka was awarded a Guest Professorship at the China University of<br>Mining and Technology in Beijing for his “Outstanding contribution to<br>Open Source Geospatial Technologies”.<br><br>As you can see his FOSS4G reach is world-wide. Many people have been<br>touched by his passion. He is a “boots on the ground” kind of a guy,<br>who is a master at connecting geospatial communities. Many of us all<br>around the world have grown our careers and skills through his advice.<br>I believe Venka would be an excellent recipient for the Sol Katz Award.<br><br><a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Venkatesh_Raghavan" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Venkatesh_Raghavan</a><br><br>-Jeff McKenna<br>OSGeo Board member/friend<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Discuss mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">Discuss@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss" target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>Discuss mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org">Discuss@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss" target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Georepublic UG & Georepublic Japan<br>eMail: <a href="mailto:daniel.kastl@georepublic.de" target="_blank"><span style='color:#4263AB'>daniel.kastl@georepublic.de</span></a><br>Web: <a href="http://georepublic.de/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#4263AB'>http://georepublic.de</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><br/>
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