I think there is not much more to add to what Jeff and Ravi have already said.<div>I also second the nominating Venkatesh Raghavan for the 2012 SolKatz Award.</div><div>Thanks to Venka there is today strong FOSS4G community in Asia (and also in South Osaka ;-)</div>
<div><br></div><div>Daniel</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Ravi Kumar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ravivundavalli48@yahoo.com" target="_blank">ravivundavalli48@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div style="font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif;font-size:12pt"><span>I second the </span><span style="font-size:12pt">nominating Venkatesh Raghavan for the 2012 Sol</span><span style="font-size:12pt">Katz Award.</span></div>
<div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif"><span>I agree with Jeff. Venka is the inspiration behind FOSS GIS sweeping across Asia and much of the world.</span></div>
<div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif"><span>I have known him from the very First FOSS GIS conference in Asia, and he encouraged us resulting in
the </span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif"><span>FOSS workshop in the Geological Survey of India in 2005.</span></div>
<div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif">
<span>He continues to physically visit most of the places where 'FOSSGIS is in action', and connects to young researchers</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif">
<span>readily. </span></div><div style="font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif;font-size:12pt"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif">
<span>The projects he promotes are the very building blocks of our FOSS GIS initiative the world over. </span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif">
<span>His contributions in FOSS GIS for Geologists, like 3-D models are unique. </span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif">
<span>In short Venka is the leading light for FOSS GIS in Asia and the world.</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif">
<span><br></span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif"><span>V.Ravi Kumar </span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif">
<span style="background-color:transparent">Friend /Fellow Geologist</span><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif">
<span>(Charter member of OSGeo, Ex Board Member, Joint Secy OSGeo India) <br></span></div><div style="background-color:transparent"><ul style="list-style-type:none;list-style-position:initial;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:5px;margin-left:4px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:7px;line-height:1.333em;min-height:997px;overflow-x:hidden;overflow-y:hidden;min-width:520px">
<li style="font-family:Arial,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px;padding-bottom:12px"><div><span><span style="color:rgb(14,119,74);display:block"><br></span></span></div></li><li style="padding-bottom:12px"><h2 style="font-family:Arial,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;line-height:1.125em;font-weight:normal;width:748px;overflow-x:hidden;overflow-y:hidden">
<a href="http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.11.9970&rep=rep1&type=pdf" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(17,17,204);outline:none" target="_blank">Development of SISGeM-An Online System for <b style="font-weight:normal">3D</b> Geologic <b style="font-weight:normal">Modeling</b></a></h2>
<div style="font-family:Arial,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px;max-width:550px">An Online System for <b style="font-weight:normal">3D</b> Geologic <b style="font-weight:normal">Modeling</b> -. Tatsuya Nemoto*, <b style="font-weight:normal">Venkatesh</b> <br>
<b style="font-weight:normal">Raghavan</b>**, Shinji Masumoto*, Kiyoji Shiono*. * Department of Geosciences <b style="font-weight:normal">...</b></div><div style="max-width:550px"><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3"><br>
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<div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> Jeff McKenna <<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com" target="_blank">jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a>><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></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><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> osgeo <<a href="mailto:discuss@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">discuss@lists.osgeo.org</a>> <br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Monday, September 17, 2012 8:17 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan<br> </font> </div><div><div class="h5"> <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>
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