-------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Jeff McKenna <[email protected]> > Reply-to: OSGeo Discussions <[email protected]> > To: osgeo <[email protected]> > Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] 2011 Sol Katz Award: Call for Nominations > Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 11:25:25 -0300 > > The Open Source Geospatial Foundation would like to open nominations for > the 2011 Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software. > > The Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) > will be given to individuals who have demonstrated leadership in the > GFOSS 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 GFOSS 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 GFOSS 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://www.cancer.org/involved/donate/donateonlinenow/index > > Nominations for the Sol Katz Award should be sent to > [email protected] with a description of the reasons for this > nomination. Nominations will be accepted until 23:59 UTC on *August > 19th* > (http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=8&day=19&year=2011&hour=23&min=59&sec=59). > > A recipient will be decided from the nomination list by an OSGeo > designated selection committee. > > The winner of the Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source > Software will be announced on September 16th at the FOSS4G 2011 > conference (http://2011.foss4g.org/) closing plenary in Denver, > Colorado, U.S.A. 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: > 2010: Helena Mitasova > 2009: Daniel Morissette > 2008: Paul Ramsey > 2007: Steve Lime > 2006: Markus Neteler > 2005: Frank Warmerdam > > Selection Committee: > Jeff McKenna (chair) > Daniel Morissette > Frank Warmerdam > Markus Neteler > Steve Lime > Paul Ramsey > Sophia Parafina > Helena Mitasova > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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