[OSGeoJapan-discuss] ラガワン先生のSol Katz賞ノミネートについて

[nuimura]

縫村です。

+1



On 09/18/2012 02:56 PM, Toru Mori wrote:
> すばらしいですね。
> ++1です。
> 
> 森亮 (Toru Mori)   株式会社オークニー
> 
> On 2012/09/18, at 14:15, Nobusuke Iwasaki <wata909 ＠ gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> リストの皆様
>>
>> いわさきです。
>>
>> 既にご存じかもしれませんが，本年度のSol Katz賞(1)に大阪市立大学のラガワン先生がノミネートされました(2)。
>> ラガワン先生は，皆様もご存じの通りOSGeo.JPの理事として活躍されているだけではなく，GRASSのインターネット講座や多言語対応など，様々な分野で貢献されています。
>> また，私たちが当たり前のように使っている「FOSS4G」という単語も，ラガワン先生の発案によるものです。
>>
>> 日本支部としても，コミュニティーとしてこのノミネートに賛同すると良いのではないかと考えておりますが，いかがでしょうか。
>>
>> (1) http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/announce/2012-September/000195.html
>> (2) http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2012-September/010907.html
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Jeff McKenna <jmckenna ＠ gatewaygeomatics.com>
>> Date: 2012/9/17
>> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan
>> To: "SolKatzAward ＠ osgeo.org" <SolKatzAward ＠ osgeo.org>
>> Cc: osgeo <discuss ＠ lists.osgeo.org>
>>
>>
>> I have the honor of nominating Venkatesh Raghavan[1] for the 2012 Sol
>> Katz Award.  I would classify Venka as the “builder” of all things
>> FOSS4G.  It was Venka who created the term “FOSS4G” back in 2004, using
>> it as the name of an international event in Thailand, and since then he
>> has promoted Free and Open Source Software for Geomatics all around the
>> world.
>>
>> Venka has also been directly involved in OSGeo since its inception, in
>> fact he was on the first OSGeo Board of Directors from 2006 to 2007.  He
>> is still very active on the Board mailing list, and often shares his
>> broad experience with the OSGeo Board members.
>>
>> A professor at Osaka City University in Japan, Venka constantly
>> encourages his students to leverage FOSS4G in all of their research.
>> His students and research teams have improved FOSS software with
>> international character support and translations for projects such as
>> MapServer, GRASS, and QuantumGIS.
>>
>> Venka actively travels around the world promoting FOSS4G, and works
>> closely with various international event committees each year for such
>> events as GIS-IDEAS in Vietnam, FOSS4G-Japan, and FOSS4G-India.  In 2010
>> Venka was awarded a Guest Professorship at the China University of
>> Mining and Technology in Beijing for his “Outstanding contribution to
>> Open Source Geospatial Technologies”.
>>
>> As you can see his FOSS4G reach is world-wide.  Many people have been
>> touched by his passion.  He is a “boots on the ground” kind of a guy,
>> who is a master at connecting geospatial communities.  Many of us all
>> around the world have grown our careers and skills through his advice.
>> I believe Venka would be an excellent recipient for the Sol Katz Award.
>>
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Venkatesh_Raghavan
>>
>> -Jeff McKenna
>> OSGeo Board member/friend
>>
>>
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