I think there is not much more to add to what Jeff and Ravi have already said. I also second the nominating Venkatesh Raghavan for the 2012 SolKatz Award. Thanks to Venka there is today strong FOSS4G community in Asia (and also in South Osaka ;-)
Daniel On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Ravi Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > I second the nominating Venkatesh Raghavan for the 2012 SolKatz Award. > I agree with Jeff. Venka is the inspiration behind FOSS GIS sweeping > across Asia and much of the world. > I have known him from the very First FOSS GIS conference in Asia, and he > encouraged us resulting in the > FOSS workshop in the Geological Survey of India in 2005. > > He continues to physically visit most of the places where 'FOSSGIS is in > action', and connects to young researchers > readily. > > The projects he promotes are the very building blocks of our FOSS GIS > initiative the world over. > His contributions in FOSS GIS for Geologists, like 3-D models are unique. > In short Venka is the leading light for FOSS GIS in Asia and the world. > > V.Ravi Kumar > Friend /Fellow Geologist > (Charter member of OSGeo, Ex Board Member, Joint Secy OSGeo India) > > - > - Development of SISGeM-An Online System for *3D* Geologic > *Modeling*<http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.11.9970&rep=rep1&type=pdf> > An Online System for *3D* Geologic *Modeling* -. Tatsuya Nemoto*, * > Venkatesh* > *Raghavan***, Shinji Masumoto*, Kiyoji Shiono*. * Department of > Geosciences *...* > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Jeff McKenna <[email protected]> > *To:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *Cc:* osgeo <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, September 17, 2012 8:17 PM > *Subject:* [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -- Georepublic UG & Georepublic Japan eMail: [email protected] Web: http://georepublic.de
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