Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan

2012-09-18 Thread Suchith Anand
; osgeo-discuss Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan I think there is not much more to add to what Jeff and Ravi have already said. I also second the nominating Venkatesh Raghavan for the 2012 SolKatz Award. Thanks to Venka there is today strong FOSS4G community in Asia

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan

2012-09-18 Thread nicolas bozon
September 2012 04:17 *To:* solkatzaw...@osgeo.org; osgeo-discuss *Subject:* Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan ** ** I think there is not much more to add to what Jeff and Ravi have already said. I also second the nominating Venkatesh Raghavan for the 2012

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan

2012-09-18 Thread Stefano Costa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Il 18/09/2012 13:51, nicolas bozon ha scritto: He is the best OSGeo advocate i know so far. Regardless of the strong merits of Venkatesh (I don't know you personally, but I do agree with others about your exceptional contribution to the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan

2012-09-18 Thread Bart van den Eijnden
Hi Stefano, I share your concerns. This is the first year that this is happening, and it's not outlined at all in the request for nominations. Best regards, Bart -- Bart van den Eijnden OSGIS - http://osgis.nl On Sep 18, 2012, at 4:09 PM, Stefano Costa st...@iosa.it wrote: -BEGIN PGP

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan

2012-09-18 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Stefano, Bart, all, I simply sent my nomination to solkatzaw...@osgeo.org and CC'd Discuss - I did this on my own doing. I don't have a blog, so my opinions are posted through mailing lists, so I don't see an issue with posting my thoughts here in public. In fact I am very proud to post my

[OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan

2012-09-17 Thread Jeff McKenna
I have the honor of nominating Venkatesh Raghavan[1] for the 2012 Sol Katz Award. I would classify Venka as the “builder” of all things FOSS4G. It was Venka who created the term “FOSS4G” back in 2004, using it as the name of an international event in Thailand, and since then he has promoted Free

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan

2012-09-17 Thread Ravi Kumar
...@osgeo.org Cc: osgeo discuss@lists.osgeo.org Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 8:17 PM Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan I have the honor of nominating Venkatesh Raghavan[1] for the 2012 Sol Katz Award.  I would classify Venka as the “builder” of all things FOSS4G

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan

2012-09-17 Thread Daniel Kastl
*...* -- *From:* Jeff McKenna jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com *To:* solkatzaw...@osgeo.org solkatzaw...@osgeo.org *Cc:* osgeo discuss@lists.osgeo.org *Sent:* Monday, September 17, 2012 8:17 PM *Subject:* [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan I have