Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Howard Butler receives the 2023 Sol Katz Award at FOSS4G 2023 Prizren, Kosovo

[Mateusz Loskot via Discuss]

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/
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo would like to welcome our 15 new OSGeo Charter Members 2021

[Mateusz Loskot via Discuss]

Congratulations to the new Charter Members!

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Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net


On Mon, 13 Dec 2021, 19:54 Astrid Emde (OSGeo) via Discuss, <
discuss@lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> Newsitem:
>
> https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/welcoming-our-new-osgeo-charter-members-2021/
> 2021-12-13
> 
>
> OSGeo would like to welcome our new OSGeo Charter Members 2021.
>
> In 2021, we had 15 nominations and all were accepted. This year, 230
> votes were casted. It was a lower number than last year (304 in 2020,
> then 209 in 2019, 276 in 2018 for comparison). The OSGeo board approved
> the new members in November 2021.
>
> We are happy to announce that the following people were accepted as
> OSGeo Charter Members:
>
> Enock Seth Nyamador (2021) Ghana
> Maia Williams (2021) Australia
> John Duncan (2021) Australia
> Amin Mobasheri (2021) Germany
> Peter Rushforth (2021) Canada
> Fernando Mino (2021) Ecuador
> Julien Cabièces (2021) France
> Loïc Bartoletti (2021) France
> Ashish Kumar (2021) India
> Stefan F. Keller (2021) Switzerland
> Linda Kladivová (2021) Czech Republic
> Nick Bearman (2021) UK
> Adrien André (2021) France
> Nicolas Rochard (2021) France
> Malika Gunawardana (2021) Sri Lanka
>
> We send a warm welcome to our new OSGeo Charter Members.
>
> You find a list of all charter members [1].
>
> OSGeo now has a total number of 497 members for 64 countries. Below is a
> summary of our membership (you can access the interactive version [2]).
>
> Thanks a lot to Anne Ghisla and Jorge Gustavo Rocha (2021 OSGeo
> Elections CROs) for organizing the OSGeo Election 2021.
>
> Now it is time for the OSGeo Board Election 2021. You find the
> nominations [3] and the candidate manifestos [4].
>
> About the Open Source Geospatial Foundation
>
> --
> The Open Source Geospatial Foundation is a not-for-profit 501(c)(4)
> organization to empower everyone with open source geospatial. The
> software foundation directly supports projects serving as an outreach
> and advocacy organization providing financial, organizational and legal
> support for the open source geospatial community.
>
> OSGeo works with GeoCat, OPENGIS.ch, Gaia3D, Astun Technology and other
> sponsors, along with our partners to foster an open approach to
> software, standards, data and education.
>
> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
> https://www.osgeo.org/
>
> [1] https://www.osgeo.org/about/charter-members/
> [2]
>
> https://datastudio.google.com/reporting/d05b9316-41f6-4bf3-b959-eb3f2333afce/page/zgVoB
> [3] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2021
> [4] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2021_Candidate_Manifestos
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