On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Fawcett, David (MPCA) <david.fawc...@state.mn.us> wrote: > I am completely with Howard on this. +1
Same here, +1 http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Sol_Katz_Award#Process In past years, it seemed that only the rather small selection committee has known who did not win the Sol Katz award. In fact, did all nominees even know they were nominated? (Presumably the winner was contacted in advance to coordinate their presence at the award ceremony and perhaps give them a slight notice to prepare something to say.) Eli > > -----Original Message----- > From: discuss-boun...@lists.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) > > > 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 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 working >> members of our community surely doesn't hurt. > > 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 > lobbying direction. Every open source contributor wouldn't mind an award in > the field of excellence, and every contributor deserves a pat on the back or > two. > > Open nominations opens up a more than few cans of worms: > > - I won't say some stuff about a person in a public nomination that I would > in a private one. First off, I don't want to embarrass them, as some people > are embarrassed by public fawning. > > - Not every activity and action needs to be billboarded. If you look at the > list of past winners, a common trait they all share is they all have kept > their heads down and done a lot for the community as whole without regard to > recognition. > > - I might not want everyone to know who I'm nominating. > > - Are we voting on the award? Lobbying the committee? What does a public > nomination achieve other than to provide a (biased) public attaboy? There are > plenty of opportunities for those that do not have to be conflated with a > nomination process. > > The award is selected by an exclusive group of individuals, and this act > makes it an exclusive award. The Oscar or Peabody or Pulitzer of open source > GIS is much more interesting than the People's Choice. Let's keep it that way. > > Howard > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
