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 “Installfest” 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/1FAIpQLSdKvOc7vFP1HfCxuuAvhLbvVoGzF3Hs2dq8nV4eektfkrkuNw/viewform

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 David’s 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; Gérald Fenoy; Nicolas
Bozon; Chethika Abenayake

Sincerely Yours,

Conference Secretariat
Dr. Amila JayasingheDepartment of Town and Country Planning
University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Email : amilabjayasinghe@gmail.com / amilabj@uom.lk
Phone : +94-755361399 <075%20536%201399>/ +94-772777236
<077%20277%207236>
http://www.foss4g-asia.org/2018/

foss4g.asian@gmail.com  foss4g.asian@gmail.com

Dear all,

David Hasting is the great friend of all of us
I welcome your initiative for the establishment of this sacred award.
Very sorry for some personal reasons I can not attend Foss4g Asia this year.

Best regards

Xuann Luan TRUONG,
HUMG, VN

On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 10:44 AM Foss4g Asia foss4g.asian@gmail.com wrote:

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 “Installfest” 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/1FAIpQLSdKvOc7vFP1HfCxuuAvhLbvVoGzF3Hs2dq8nV4eektfkrkuNw/viewform

the nominator *on or before 15th 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 David’s 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; Gérald Fenoy; Nicolas
Bozon; Chethika Abenayake

Sincerely Yours,

Conference Secretariat
Dr. Amila JayasingheDepartment of Town and Country Planning
University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Email : amilabjayasinghe@gmail.com / amilabj@uom.lk
Phone : +94-755361399 <075%20536%201399>/ +94-772777236
<077%20277%207236>
http://www.foss4g-asia.org/2018/

foss4g.asian@gmail.com  foss4g.asian@gmail.com

Dear All,

Gentle remainder regarding nomination for
David A. Hastings Award. The deadline is
nearing (15 Sept., 2021).

Look forward to your nominations for
deserving candidates.

Please see the details of the award at
https://www.foss4g-asia.org/2020/awards/

Best regards,

Venka

Prof. Venkatesh Raghavan
Osaka City University, Japan

On 8/16/2021 5:52 PM, Venka wrote: