Foss4ga December 2019

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[Foss4ga.discuss] Nomination for David A. Hastings Award
by Foss4g Asia 28 Aug '23

28 Aug '23

Dear All; *Requesting nominations for the David A. Hastings Award* The FOSS4G-Asia 2018 organizing committee is proud to announce the inaugural *David A. Hastings Award* for exceptional contributions to the Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) community in Asia. Recipients may have helped spread FOSS4G in academia, promoted the use of FOSS4G in projects in Asia, or also helped translate front-end FOSS4G tools in local languages *"David was an early influence on FOSS4G, having written a GRASS GIS How to , as well as being heavily involved in the first FOSS4G event at Chula University in Bangkok Thailand in 2004, where he helped bring the future founders of the annual FOSS4G event Venkatesh Raghavan, Markus Neteler, and Jeff McKenna together; indeed they shared many laughs and stories on that special trip together. He also led an âInstallfestâ at that FOSS4G 2004 event, which set the tone for so many future events. David would later go on to study at the global level a measurement of human development and happiness, what he coined as the Human Security Index. Dr. David A. Hastings unfortunately left us for his heavenly abode on the 13th of November, 2017. He leaves behind wonderful memories and deep sense of appreciation with all his friends and colleagues. David is survived by his gracious wife his son currently residing in Colorado, USA. He will be missed for his wisdom and wit and his contributions long remembered."* The organizing committee is *requesting nominations* for the *David A. Hastings Award*. All nominations please fill the form < https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdKvOc7vFP1HfCxuuAvhLbvVoGzF3Hs2dq… > include a *short description outlining the contributions of the nominator *on or before 30th November, 2018 The award will be presented in the closing plenary of the FOSS4G-Asia event at the University of Moratuwa on 5th December 2018. The hope is that this award helps share Davidâs passion for helping the people of Asia now and into the future. *Award committee is made up of: Jeff McKenna; Rangajeewa Ratnayake; Venkatesh Raghavan; V.Ravi Kumar; GÃ©rald Fenoy; Nicolas Bozon; Chethika Abenayake* Sincerely Yours, *Conference Secretariat* *Dr. Amila Jayasinghe*Department of Town and Country Planning University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka Email : amilabjayasinghe(a)gmail.com / amilabj(a)uom.lk Phone : +94-755361399 <075%20536%201399>/ +94-772777236 <077%20277%207236> http://www.foss4g-asia.org/2018/ foss4g.asian(a)gmail.com <foss4g.asian(a)gmail.com>

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[Foss4ga.discuss] About FOSS4G-Asia 2020 Host Selection
by Venka 19 Dec '19

19 Dec '19

Dear All, The FOSS4G-Asia 2020 host/venue selection has been completed. Update about the voting process and results as below; a) The voting period was between 9-13 December, 2019 b) Each member of the selection committee was requested cast vote for first and second choice for host and venue and going through the proposals and Q&A responses [1]. c) The team with the most first place votes was to be selected as host for The FOSS4G-Asia 2020. d) Voting was 100% e) No tie had to be resolved f) The Nepal team secured the maximum number of votes as first choice I would like to thank the South Korea and Nepal teams for putting forth excellent proposals and promptly responding to all the queries. Congratulations to the Nepal team on being selected as host for FOSS4G-Asia 2020! Look forward to all your cooperation and active participation to make FOSS4G-Asia 2020 a great success. [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G-Asia-2020 Best Venka

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