---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David H. Adler <d...@panix.com> Date: Thu, May 28, 2009 at 1:56 PM Subject: Re: [pm_groups] White Camel Nominations To: PM Group list <pm_gro...@pm.org>
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 10:33:41PM -0400, David H. Adler wrote: I made a mistake on the original posting. The address to send to is whitecamel-suggesti...@perl.org, not pm.org. Sorry about that. If you could update your followers, that would be great. corrected text below. > -----begin message---- > > Every year the White Camels are presented for service to the Perl > community. > > If you look at the previous winners, you'll notice that these are mostly > unsung heroes, like previous awardee Eric Cholet, the human moderator of > so many Perl mailing lists, or Jay Hannah, one of the people running > pm.org (if you ever created/maintained a pm group, chances are that Jay > walked you through the process). > > Some of these people may be well known, like Allison Randal or Randal > Schwartz, while others may be complete strangers to at least part of the > globe, like Josh McAdams or Jay. Some of them may be extreme Perl > hackers who created the original JAPH, but they actually received this > award as a recognition for their community contributions to Perl rather > than for their programming ability. > > That's not to say a great hacker can't receive the award, but you don't > have to be one in order to be eligible. > > That being said, the nomination process for the 2009 White Camels is now > open. > > If you think there's someone who deserves a White Camel, this is the > time for you to send in your nominations. Send them to > whitecamel-suggesti...@perl.org, if possible with a subject along the > lines of "White Camel Nomination :: $name". Make sure you properly > identify the nominee and tell us why you think that's a worthy > nomination. > > Don't go thinking "nah, somebody else will do it" because: a) everybody > else may be thinking the same, and b) you may state your case > differently than the next person. > > We'll be receiving nominations until June 21, 2009, by midnight, but > don't wait up or you'll forget. Do it now! > > -----end message---- -- David H. Adler - <d...@panix.com> - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ It's so hot that my color-change Crazy Straws don't change color anymore. - Allison Drennan -- Request pm.org Technical Support via supp...@pm.org pm_groups mailing list pm_gro...@pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/pm_groups -- Bill n1...@arrl.net bill.n1...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list Boston-pm@mail.pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm