June 27, 2024
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https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/sol-katz-award-for-geospatial-free-and-open-source-software-call-for-nominations-3/
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation would like to open nominations for
the 2024 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.
Solomon '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
lists dot osgeo dot org with a description of the reasons for this
nomination (after sending, please wait for the moderator to accept your
message). Nominations will be accepted until end-of-day 4th October
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 2024 event in
Belém, Brasil. 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:
2023: Howard Butler
2022: Sandro Santilli
2021: Malena Libman
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 2024:
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
Ariel Anthieni
Sandro Santilli
Howard Butler
The Selection Committee 2024 is looking forward to receiving your
nominations.
About OSGeo
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The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) is a non-profit
organization dedicated to the development and promotion of open-source
geospatial technologies and data. OSGeo serves as an umbrella
organization for the collaborative development of open source
geospatial software, and provides financial, organizational, and legal
support to the broader geospatial community.
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