[OSGeo Oceania] Fwd: [OSGeo-Discuss] Reminder: Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software - Call for Nominations

Tue Jul 5 05:53:05 PDT 2022

Hi Adam,

Yes, simple for spam bots to attack that address (that comes to me).

Background: for the past 18 years (wow) I've been managing that award 
process, and for all of those years the nominations email address was 
posted as-is on websites, announcements, etc.

I would get 20+ spam attacks/day sent to that email address, at least.

So starting for this year's process, you are correct that we are not 
publishing the email address as-is anymore (instead, using tricks as 
solkatzaward at lists dot osgeo dot org )

This one change has made a massive difference.  It can't fully beat the 
spam bots, but it does throw them a wrench to deal with.

So please try to refrain from posting that full email address.

Now you understand why :)

Finally, thanks for sharing the passion for #foss4g !  It is wonderful 
to see the tradition of thanking someone in the FOSS4G community 
continue, now for 18 years.

-jeff

-- 
Jeff McKenna
GatewayGeo: Developers of MS4W, MapServer Consulting and Training
co-founder of FOSS4G
http://gatewaygeo.com/

On 2022-07-05 8:25 a.m., Adam Steer wrote:
> Hi Oceanians - see below.
> 
> To make it a bit simpler, the e-mail address for nominations is:
> 
> solkatzaward at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:solkatzaward at lists.osgeo.org>
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Adam
> 
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: *Victoria Rautenbach via Discuss* <discuss at lists.osgeo.org 
> <mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>>
> Date: Tue, Jul 5, 2022, 12:52
> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Reminder: Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free 
> and Open Source Software - Call for Nominations
> To: <announce at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:announce at lists.osgeo.org>>, 
> osgeolist <discuss at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:discuss at lists.osgeo.org>>
> 
> 
> Just a reminder that the nominations for the Sol Katz Award will close
> end-of-day on 8 July.
> 
> Please see below for more information.
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 2:34 PM Victoria Rautenbach
> <victoria.rautenbach at gmail.com <mailto:victoria.rautenbach at gmail.com>> 
> wrote:
>  >
>  > News item by Jeff McKenna
>  > Published at 
> https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/sol-katz-award-for-geospatial-free-and-open-source-software-call-for-nominations-2/ <https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/sol-katz-award-for-geospatial-free-and-open-source-software-call-for-nominations-2/>
>  >
>  > The Open Source Geospatial Foundation would like to open nominations 
> for the 2022 Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software.
>  >
>  > The Sol Katz Award for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial 
> (FOSS4G) will be given to individuals who have demonstrated leadership 
> in the FOSS4G 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 FOSS4G 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 FOSS4G 
> 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 
> <https://donate.cancer.org> .
>  >
>  > Nominations for the Sol Katz Award should be sent to solkatzaward at 
> lists dot osgeo dot org with a description of the reasons for this 
> nomination (after sending, please wait for the moderator to accept your 
> message). Nominations will be accepted until end-of-day July 8th 
> Anywhere on Earth. 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 virtually during the FOSS4G 2022 event in 
> Florence, Italy. 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.
>  >
>  > Past Awardees:
>  >
>  >  2021: Malena Libman
>  >  2020: Anita Graser
>  >  2019: Even Rouault
>  >  2018: Astrid Emde
>  >  2017: Andrea Aime
>  >  2016: Jeff McKenna
>  >  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 2022:
>  >
>  > Jeff McKenna (chair)
>  > Frank Warmerdam
>  > Markus Neteler
>  > Steve Lime
>  > Paul Ramsey
>  > Sophia Parafina
>  > Daniel Morissette
>  > Helena Mitasova
>  > Martin Davis
>  > Venkatesh Raghavan
>  > Arnulf Christl
>  > Gary Sherman
>  > Maria Brovelli
>  > Andrea Aime
>  > Astrid Emde
>  > Even Rouault
>  > Anita Graser
>  > Ariel Anthieni
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