[awards-program] Press Release language

[Jesse Silver]

Press release language for OpenSolaris:

The OpenSolaris Community Awards program features a $100,000 open call 
for innovation and a $75,000 student research program. The awards will 
recognize outstanding or innovative contributions to the OpenSolaris 
community and the OpenSolaris ecosystem at large, with twenty five 
$1,000 second prizes, three $15,000 first prizes, and a $30,000 grand 
prize. The student research program will fund student-professor research 
collaborations, focused on OpenSolaris, at universities across the 
globe. Visit opensolaris.org to participate.

More info, may include if desired:

-There are no categories for submission. Winning projects could include 
code, video, documentation or others.
-read the FAQ at: http://www.genunix.org/wiki/index.php/Awards_Program_FAQ

Contact me for edits or for more info :) 310-766-2006

Thanks,
Jesse

Teresa Giacomini wrote:
> Awards will recognize contribution and innovation to the OpenSolaris 
> community....
>
>
> Winning submissions could be code projects or other types of projects 
> such as documentation or video.
> Demonstration of a cool use of OpenSolaris
>
> and may include....  code....
>
> There are no categories for submission.....will all be considered....
>
> Leave out the types...
>
> My first draft for the press release:
>
> The OpenSolaris Community Awards program features a $100,000 open call 
> for innovation and a $75,000 student research program. The innovation 
> awards will recognize outstanding and innovative contributions to the 
> OpenSolaris community and the OpenSolaris ecosystem at large, with 
> twenty five $1,000 second prizes, three $15,000 first prizes, and a 
> $30,000 grand prize. Winning submissions may include code, 
> documentation, video or a combination thereof. The student research 
> program will fund student-professor research collaborations, focused 
> on OpenSolaris, at universities across the globe.
>
> _______________________________________________
> awards-program mailing list
> awards-program at opensolaris.org
> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/awards-program
>