Congratulations Howard! Vicky
On Tue, Jul 4, 2023 at 8:35 AM adams--- via Discuss <discuss@lists.osgeo.org> wrote: > Cool. Congrats howard! > > Till > > Am 01.07.23 um 19:02 schrieb Astrid Emde (OSGeo) via Discuss: > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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