Congratulations Howard ! Well deserved.
> On Jul 1, 2023, at 1:02 PM, 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 > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
