[Projects] Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software - Call for Nominations 2021

[Astrid Emde (OSGeo)]

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2021-04-26 The Open Source Geospatial Foundation would like to open
nominations for the 2021 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 . Nominations for the Sol Katz Award should be
sent to SolKatzAward at osgeo.org with a description of the reasons for
this nomination. Nominations will be accepted until end-of-day August
20th 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 2021 event in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 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: 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 2021: 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 
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