+1 from me. ~Joe
On 12-Dec-07, at 6:19 PM, Nicolas Dorfsman wrote: > > Le 12 d?c. 07 ? 07:40, Jim Grisanzio a ?crit : > >> Thanks, Teresa. +1 to the request for setting up a list. > > > +1 to the request ! > > Nicolas > >> >> >> Teresa Giacomini wrote: >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> We've been discussing the Innovation Award program announced last >>> week. We've come >>> up with a starting point for a broader discussion and we'd like to >>> request an Advocacy >>> CG mailing list -- awards-program at opensolaris.org -- so we can >>> manage the program there >>> and keep track of our progress over on the Genunix. >>> >>> We'd like your participation to define the details of the program. >>> Things like the >>> definition of entries, the number of individual prizes, the payout >>> amount, the method >>> of judging entries, the criteria on which the entries will be >>> judged, the method of >>> submission, recruiting judges and more. >>> >>> Award Entries will fall into two distinct programs with a total of >>> $175,000 in prize >>> awards. The first program will focus on undergraduate student >>> research and will >>> have a total proposed purse of $75,000. The second program will >>> likely focus on >>> contributions in these four categories with a proposed distribution >>> of the remaining >>> $100,000: >>> >>> - Device Drivers - $25,000 >>> - Applications and Packaging - $25,000 >>> - Documentation - $25,000 >>> - Wildcard - To be defined by the project - $25,000 >>> >>> All eligible contributions will be considered for an award and the >>> distribution of the >>> funds may vary based on the contributions received. >>> >>> We'll have open discussions and conference calls. Participants are >>> expected to attend >>> calls on a weekly basis at a minimum, and more likely two or three >>> times per week between >>> now and mid-January when the program is announced. After the >>> program announcement, the >>> team will meet regularly to monitor and manage the award program. >>> >>> Come join us! >>> >>> T >> -- >> Jim Grisanzio http://blogs.sun.com/jimgris >> _______________________________________________ >> advocacy-discuss mailing list >> advocacy-discuss at opensolaris.org >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy-discuss >> > > _______________________________________________ > advocacy-discuss mailing list > advocacy-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy-discuss
