Sol Katz Award - Revision history

Jmckenna: add pic of Ian accepting award

2026-09-03T13:29:40Z

add pic of Ian accepting award

Jmckenna: Add 2026 award

2026-09-03T13:15:00Z

Add 2026 award

Jmckenna: /* 2026 Call for Nominations */ clarify multiple nominations

2026-07-20T20:00:14Z

2026 Call for Nominations: clarify multiple nominations

Jmckenna: /* 2026 Call for Nominations */ add note about individual nominations only

2026-07-20T19:58:13Z

2026 Call for Nominations: add note about individual nominations only

Jmckenna: /* 2026 Call for Nominations */ add confirmation note regarding nomination

2026-06-04T14:01:20Z

2026 Call for Nominations: add confirmation note regarding nomination

Jmckenna: /* 2026 Call for Nominations */

2026-05-12T14:58:08Z

2026 Call for Nominations

Jmckenna: update for 2026 process

2026-05-12T14:26:32Z

update for 2026 process

Jmckenna: /* 2026 Call for Nominations */

2026-05-12T14:25:42Z

2026 Call for Nominations

Jmckenna: add 2026 process

2026-05-12T14:22:14Z

add 2026 process

Tomkralidis at 11:44, 9 January 2026

2026-01-09T11:44:47Z

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 = 2026 Call for Nominations =
 [[Image:Sol-Katz-Award-2026-plaque.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Ian's 2026 Sol Katz Award plaque]]
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 Past Awardees:
 : [[Nyall Dawson]]
 : [[Tom Kralidis]]

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 === Recipients ===
 * 2025: [[Nyall Dawson]] - For his tireless work in helping to make QGIS a world-class software
 * 2024: [[User:Tomkralidis|Tom Kralidis]] - Longtime leader of the GeoPython community, including developer of pygeoapi, pycsw
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 = 2026 Call for Nominations =
 SUBJECT: Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software - Call for Nominations

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 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, as this list is spammed heavily, and if you don't receive a confirmation of your nomination, please re-send it after one week).  Nominations will be accepted until end-of-day 10th July [https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe Anywhere on Earth]. A recipient will be decided from the nomination list by the OSGeo selection committee. ''Note that nominations should be submitted for a single individual, not for a group of people or project.''
+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, as this list is spammed heavily, and if you don't receive a confirmation of your nomination, please re-send it after one week).  Nominations will be accepted until end-of-day 10th July [https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe Anywhere on Earth]. A recipient will be decided from the nomination list by the OSGeo selection committee. ''Note that nominations should be submitted for a single individual, not for a group of people or project - if you wish to nominate several people, please submit a nomination separately for each individual.''
 The winner of the Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software will be announced virtually during the FOSS4G 2026 event in Hiroshima, Japan.  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.

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 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, as this list is spammed heavily, and if you don't receive a confirmation of your nomination, please re-send it after one week).  Nominations will be accepted until end-of-day 10th July [https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe Anywhere on Earth]. A recipient will be decided from the nomination list by the OSGeo selection committee.
+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, as this list is spammed heavily, and if you don't receive a confirmation of your nomination, please re-send it after one week).  Nominations will be accepted until end-of-day 10th July [https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe Anywhere on Earth]. A recipient will be decided from the nomination list by the OSGeo selection committee. ''Note that nominations should be submitted for a single individual, not for a group of people or project.''
 The winner of the Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software will be announced virtually during the FOSS4G 2026 event in Hiroshima, Japan.  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.

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 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 10th July [https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe Anywhere on Earth]. A recipient will be decided from the nomination list by the OSGeo selection committee.
+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, as this list is spammed heavily, and if you don't receive a confirmation of your nomination, please re-send it after one week).  Nominations will be accepted until end-of-day 10th July [https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe 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 2026 event in Hiroshima, Japan.  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.

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 : [[User:Warmerda |Frank Warmerdam]]
-= Selection Committee 2025 =
+Selection Committee 2026:
 * Jeff McKenna (chair)

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 * Create announcement (mailing lists, websites, etc)
-= 2025 Call for Nominations =
+= 2026 Call for Nominations =
 SUBJECT: Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software - Call for Nominations
-The Open Source Geospatial Foundation would like to open nominations for the 2025 Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software.
+The Open Source Geospatial Foundation would like to open nominations for the 2026 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.
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 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 12th September [https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe Anywhere on Earth]. A recipient will be decided from the nomination list by the OSGeo selection committee.
+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 17th July [https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe 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 2025 event in Auckland, New Zealand.  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.
+The winner of the Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software will be announced virtually during the FOSS4G 2026 event in Hiroshima, Japan.  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.
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 * Howard Butler
 * Tom Kralidis
 = Extended Program Text =
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 Sol's code continues to be implemented in many software drivers, including the updated [https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/projects/topovista/sdts2dem/ sdts2dem] utility.  Sol Katz's collection of GIS utilities at the BLM was formerly available at <nowiki>ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/gis/</nowiki>.
 = Selection Committee 2024 =