Congratulations Howard! Mateusz
On Sat, 1 Jul 2023, 19:02 Astrid Emde (OSGeo) via Discuss, < discuss@lists.osgeo.org> wrote: > See News Item 2023-07-01 > > https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/howard-butler-receives-the-2023-sol-katz-award/ > > We are honoured to announce that Howard Butler is the recipient of the > Sol Katz Award 2023. > > The Sol Katz Award for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial > (FOSS4G) is awarded annually by OSGeo to individuals who have > demonstrated leadership in the FOSS4G community. > > Howard Butler was honoured with the 2023 Sol Katz Award, presented on 30 > June 2023 at FOSS4G 2023 in Prizren, Kosovo. > > This was the 19th year of the award. > > Howard Butler has a long-standing history of involvement within our > community. He was an OSGeo board member and was involved in the early > years of the System Administration Committee. > Howard is also a member of the project steering committee of 4 different > OSGeo projects. > > You will meet him everytime a codesprint is organized. > > Howard was part of the group which came with the GeoJSON specification. > He is an excellent leader, a mindful developer and a valued friend. > > Howard Butler has organized the modernization of the documentation of > GDAL and PROJ. He was the instigator of the GDAL Barn raising to enhance > and refresh the geodetic capabilities of the projects. > > Howard Butler leads the open source software consultancy Hobu which > focuses on LiDAR, point clouds, and geospatial software. He is the > proponent of COPC, the cloud optimized point cloud format. > > On behalf of the OSGeo communities we congratulate and thank Howard > Butler for his all his contributions. > > Thank you Howard > > About the award > The Sol Katz Award for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial > (FOSS4G) is awarded annually by OSGeo to individuals who have > demonstrated leadership in the FOSS4G community. Recipients of the award > have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open > source ideals in the geospatial realm. The award acknowledges both the > work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for > years to come. > > Read more about Sol Katz at https://www.osgeo.org/community/awards/ > > The Sol Katz Award Ceremony will soon be online. It will be linked in > the news item > > https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/howard-butler-receives-the-2023-sol-katz-award/ > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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