<div dir="ltr"><div>This is a huge reminder that most of the time, people that are essential to OSGeo are not the noisiest ones.</div><div><br></div><div>Big congratulations to Even! This had to happen sooner or later and it was sooner than later :)<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 8:26 PM Astrid Emde (OSGeo) <<a href="mailto:astrid_emde@osgeo.org">astrid_emde@osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Even Rouault was honoured with the 2019 Sol Katz Award, presented on 29 <br>
August 2019, during the closing session of the FOSS4G event in <br>
Bucharest. This was the 15th year of the award.<br>
<br>
Even took over the title of "Mister GDAL" after Frank Warmerdam passed <br>
him the torch. GDAL is a cornerstone of many GIS software both open <br>
source and proprietary.<br>
<br>
He is an active contributor to GDAL, MapServer, PROJ, libgeotiff, GEOS, <br>
QGIS and many other projects.<br>
<br>
Even is a highly productive OSGeo contributor. Sol Katz is not about <br>
numbers, but Evens stats are quite impressive: over the last 5 years, he <br>
has over 10,000 commits to multiple OSGeo projects.<br>
(Ref: From 2014 to 2019: 10,900 commits to GDAL, 300 in MapServer, 400 <br>
in QGIS, not counting his recent refactoring of PROJ6, and his <br>
contributions to other OSGeo projects)<br>
<br>
Even is a brilliant developer and also a really nice person. He cares <br>
about OSGeo as an organization, about the goals and the way OSGeo runs <br>
its activities.<br>
<br>
On behalf of the OSGeo communities we congratulate and thank Even for <br>
all of his contributions.<br>
<br>
See Video from FOSS4G 2019<br>
<a href="https://media.ccc.de/v/bucharest-481-awards-ceremony#t=1190" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://media.ccc.de/v/bucharest-481-awards-ceremony#t=1190</a><br>
<br>
Thank you Even, you deserve this.<br>
<br>
About the award<br>
<br>
The Sol Katz Award for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial <br>
(FOSS4G) is awarded annually by OSGeo to individuals who have <br>
demonstrated leadership in the FOSS4G community. Recipients of the award <br>
have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open <br>
source ideals in the geospatial realm. The award acknowledges both the <br>
work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for <br>
years to come.<br>
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