[osol-mktg] DEADLINE June 12 First Annual OpenSolaris Contributor Awards

Sara Dornsife Sara.Dornsife at sun.com
Fri Jun 9 13:50:16 PDT 2006


Just a reminder that the nominations close at the end of day Monday June 
12 (CA time). Winners will be announced on June 14.

Send nominations to opensolaris-mktg at opensolaris.org.

Sara

Sara Dornsife wrote:
> Based on the +1s, we are moving forward with this proposal. Get your 
> nominations in.
> 
> What is a contributor?
> You define it. There is only one category, one requirement to be the 
> recipient of one of these coveted awards: that the winner has to have 
> done something -- anything -- to the benefit of the OpenSolaris 
> community. It could be postings, code, evangelism, curriculum, blogs, 
> etc. etc. etc.
> 
> 
> How are we going to do this?
> 
> Anyone can make a nomination:
> 
> - Send your nomination email to opensolaris-mktg at opensolaris.org
> - Tell us who you are nominating and why you feel he/she should receive
> an OpenSolaris Contributor Award.  Be specific.
> - The first 200 people who send in nominations will receive an 
> anniversary gift. One gift per person, but you can nominate as many 
> people as you'd like. We'll collect your address and size separately.
> 
> What do nominators get?
> - #1 T-shirt (artwork has been sent to mktg list)
> - OpenSolaris stickers (for sticking on stuff - artwork sent to mktg list)
> - OpenSolaris laptop sticker (the metalic or clear, small kind - artwork 
> sent to mktg list)
> - An OpenSolaris electrostatic cling (for your car window)
> - A recordable CD/DVD imprinted with OpenSolaris for you to burn your 
> favorite distro - artwork is located at 
> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/marketing/mktgdownloads/
> 
> 
> We can take nominations from Monday June 5 through Monday June 12.
> 
> 
> Who wins?
>  From the pool of nominations that are received, the 20 most 
> contributing-est contributors will be selected. Those 20 individuals 
> will be named OpenSolaris Contributors and will receive the same gift as 
> above, plus a fancy OpenSolaris embroidered polo shirt for occasions 
> when you need to dress up. (These are an extremely limited edition, only 
> 20 will be produced.) And an OpenSolaris "space pen", for when you need 
> to write in zero gravity or under water.
> 
> 
> Who does the selecting?
> The CAB will judge which 20 members of the community will win.
> 
> 
> Where will the nominees be listed?
> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/marketing/contributoraward/
> 
> As emails come in nominating people, they will be added to this page. 
> The ones I have already gotten are posted there now.
> 
> 
> When will we know who has won?
> Winners will be posted on the anniversary – June 14.
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