Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Sol Katz Award Nomination procedure (was Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan)

2012-09-18 Thread Frank Warmerdam
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Andrea Aime wrote: > However... maybe someone should push the OSGeo community to send private > nominations more? Andrea, I don't have a strong position on public vs. private, but I will note we are receiving lots of private nominations, as is the case each year

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Sol Katz Award Nomination procedure (was Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan)

2012-09-18 Thread Jeff McKenna
On 12-09-18 4:34 PM, Andrea Aime wrote: > > However... maybe someone should push the OSGeo community to send private > nominations more? > I have no idea, no raw data, but in the years I have had the impression > that the > importance of nomination period could be stressed more, thus getting more

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Sol Katz Award Nomination procedure (was Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan)

2012-09-18 Thread Andrea Aime
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 7:38 PM, Daniel Morissette wrote: > While I am all for openness in general, I share Howard's concerns in this > specific case and think we should continue with private nominations. > Agreed (for what is worth). It would be sad if we started seeing sorts of "mass voting" a

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Sol Katz Award Nomination procedure (was Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan)

2012-09-18 Thread Daniel Morissette
While I am all for openness in general, I share Howard's concerns in this specific case and think we should continue with private nominations. Daniel On 12-09-18 11:15 AM, Howard Butler wrote: On Sep 18, 2012, at 9:53 AM, Richard Greenwood wrote: I agree that this is the first year that

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Sol Katz Award Nomination procedure (was Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan)

2012-09-18 Thread Michael P. Gerlek
+1 -mpg On Sep 18, 2012, at 9:15 AM, Howard Butler wrote: > I disagree. The history of the award has been a cloistered deliberation of > private nominations. The award is not a political exercise, or at least it > hasn't been to this point, and public nominations tip things toward the > lob

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Sol Katz Award Nomination procedure (was Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan)

2012-09-18 Thread Jorge Gaspar Sanz Salinas
El 18/09/2012 17:15, "Howard Butler" escribió: > > > On Sep 18, 2012, at 9:53 AM, Richard Greenwood < richard.greenw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I agree that this is the first year that nominations have been > > publicly discussed and it is a departure from previous years. I > > followed Jeff's lea

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Sol Katz Award Nomination procedure (was Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan)

2012-09-18 Thread Puneet Kishor
With Howard. -- Puneet Kishor science, data, policy... yeah On Sep 18, 2012, at 6:15 PM, Howard Butler wrote: > > On Sep 18, 2012, at 9:53 AM, Richard Greenwood > wrote: > >> I agree that this is the first year that nominations have been >> publicly discussed and it is a departure from pr

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Sol Katz Award Nomination procedure (was Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan)

2012-09-18 Thread Eli Adam
ts.osgeo.org > [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Howard Butler > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 10:15 AM > To: Richard Greenwood > Cc: OSGeo Discussions > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Sol Katz Award Nomination procedure (was > Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan)

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Sol Katz Award Nomination procedure (was Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan)

2012-09-18 Thread Fawcett, David (MPCA)
Katz Award Nomination procedure (was Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan) On Sep 18, 2012, at 9:53 AM, Richard Greenwood wrote: > I agree that this is the first year that nominations have been > publicly discussed and it is a departure from previous years. I > followed Jeff'

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Sol Katz Award Nomination procedure (was Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan)

2012-09-18 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Bart, The process can change each year, but last year each member of the Selection Committee ranked their top two choices, and the person with the most first place votes won. Selection committee members have always been allowed to nominate. Looking back at old selection committee emails/discu

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Sol Katz Award Nomination procedure (was Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan)

2012-09-18 Thread Mateusz Loskot
On 18 September 2012 16:15, Howard Butler wrote: > > On Sep 18, 2012, at 9:53 AM, Richard Greenwood > wrote: > >> I agree that this is the first year that nominations have been >> publicly discussed and it is a departure from previous years. I >> followed Jeff's lead when I nominated Chris. >> >

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Sol Katz Award Nomination procedure (was Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan)

2012-09-18 Thread Howard Butler
On Sep 18, 2012, at 9:53 AM, Richard Greenwood wrote: > I agree that this is the first year that nominations have been > publicly discussed and it is a departure from previous years. I > followed Jeff's lead when I nominated Chris. > > But hey, we're an open community, I think it's even in the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Sol Katz Award Nomination procedure (was Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan)

2012-09-18 Thread Barry Rowlingson
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote: > My feelings exactly. Thanks Rich. I'm getting deja-vu all over again: http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2012-July/010662.html Barry ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http:/

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Sol Katz Award Nomination procedure (was Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan)

2012-09-18 Thread Bart van den Eijnden
I don't want to be a PITA, but I want to bring up another point for discussion. Is it a good idea for people from the selection committee to be nominating? That kind of defeats their "neutral" position. Or how does the selection committee normally come to a decision? Consensus, voting, somethin

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Sol Katz Award Nomination procedure (was Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan)

2012-09-18 Thread Jeff McKenna
On 12-09-18 11:53 AM, Richard Greenwood wrote: > I agree that this is the first year that nominations have been > publicly discussed and it is a departure from previous years. I > followed Jeff's lead when I nominated Chris. > > But hey, we're an open community, I think it's even in the name > som

[OSGeo-Discuss] Sol Katz Award Nomination procedure (was Nomination for Venkatesh Raghavan)

2012-09-18 Thread Richard Greenwood
I agree that this is the first year that nominations have been publicly discussed and it is a departure from previous years. I followed Jeff's lead when I nominated Chris. But hey, we're an open community, I think it's even in the name somewhere. And spreading a little recognition around to hard w