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

[Adam Steer]

Hi Jeff, all

Ah yes (visualise me facepalming myself, a lot)!! Good catch - that is
a huge brain fart on my part, I should know a lot better. Luckily
OSGeo's own mailman is smarter than I am, and obfuscates the address
in public archives - I hope other places that capture OSGeo mailing
lists are also smarter than me :D

My sincere apologies!

Also to everyone else, nominate people :)

Adam

On Tue, 5 Jul 2022 at 14:53, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
>
> 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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