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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">“No good deed goes unpunished!” What?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">You are getting an award for all your good work!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">What’s this world coming to? Well, it’s about time!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Maria, you are being recognized for a long and illustrious history of magnificent leadership for GIS solutions, the kind of open solutions that not only generously
benefit the world community, but also challenge us by putting our feet directly on shoulders of those giants (yourself!) who care so much about what we can accomplish by working together.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thanks for all your love, your passion for excellence and your beautiful *<b>open spirit,</b>* at once a gift and also a challenge to the open spirit in us
all. We dearly need your leadership! Good luck with the rest of your journey!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">On Behalf Of
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 18, 2015 9:56 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Suchith Anand<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Congratulations to Professor Maria Brovelli<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you Suchith and thanks to all members of this generous community. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This is an award that I want to share with all FOSS4G Educators and GeoForAll members.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">And now, as Patrick recalled me in the last mail he sent me "you really have to make the world a better place!"<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">And we'll do that!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A warm hug!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Maria<o:p></o:p></p>
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Il giorno 19/set/2015, alle ore 13:15, Suchith Anand <<a href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk">Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</a>> ha scritto:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear All,<br>
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I am very happy and proud to share the excellent news that our good friend and philosopher Professor Maria Brovelli has won the prestigious Sol Katz Award 2015[1] at the FOSS4G conference in Seoul. On behalf of "Geo for All" community[2] we are very happy
and is great recognition for the many many years of her selfless contributions to Open Principles and education.<br>
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Maria has been working at the Politecnico di Milano since 1994, first as researcher, then as Associate Professor and finally as Full Professor. She is currently teaching Digital Cartography, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Internet GIS. In 1997, she
started the Laboratory of Geomatics, placed at the Como Campus of the Politecnico di Milano and up to 2011 she has coordinated its activities as Head of the Lab. She has been involved in Politecnico governance by covering several service activities. Currently
(since January 2011) she is Vice Rector of Politecnico di Milano for the Como Campus. <br>
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Maria is also charter member of OSGeo, a member of its Committee "Education and Curriculum", and is on the Advisory Board for the Geo For All initiative. She is member of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Society of Photogrammetry and Surveying (SIFET)
and member of the Bulletin Editorial Board. In 2010 she hosted the WebMGSevent in Como, an international workshop on 'Pervasive Web Mapping, Geoprocessing and Services'. Her details at
<a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maria">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Maria</a> <br>
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The slides of her acceptance presentation at <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/mobile/mariabrovelli/2015-sol-katz-award">
http://www.slideshare.net/mobile/mariabrovelli/2015-sol-katz-award</a><br>
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On behalf of "Geo for All" community our congratulations to Maria and her wonderful family.<br>
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Best wishes,<br>
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Suchith<br>
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[1] <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/solkatz">http://www.osgeo.org/solkatz</a><br>
[2] <a href="http://www.geoforall.org">http://www.geoforall.org</a><br>
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