ISOC has opened a nomination for the Johnathan Postel award, but the page is password protected ...
On Sat, 12 Apr 2025 at 18:47, Vint Cerf <v...@google.com> wrote: > > anyone can nominate, anyone can send in supporting letters of endorsement. > Nominations open in May. > > vint > > > > On Sat, Apr 12, 2025 at 9:21 AM Frantisek Borsik <frantisek.bor...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Lovely. So how we can put it in motion? :) Who would be the best person to >> do it? >> >> >> All the best, >> >> Frank >> >> Frantisek (Frank) Borsik >> >> >> In loving memory of Dave Täht: 1965-2025 >> >> https://libreqos.io/2025/04/01/in-loving-memory-of-dave/ >> >> >> https://www.linkedin.com/in/frantisekborsik >> >> Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp: +421919416714 >> >> iMessage, mobile: +420775230885 >> >> Skype: casioa5302ca >> >> frantisek.bor...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> On Sat, Apr 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM Loganaden Velvindron <logana...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Definitely :-) >>> >>> On Sat, 12 Apr 2025 at 15:12, Vint Cerf <v...@google.com> wrote: >>> > >>> > He would be a good candidate for the Postel Award, don't you think? >>> > v >>> > >>> > >>> > On Sat, Apr 12, 2025 at 5:45 AM Loganaden Velvindron >>> > <logana...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> > >>> >> > 2) I was thinking about how we could get Dave recognized for his >>> >> > contributions. Like other unsung heroes, Dave didn't work for BBN or >>> >> > some other moneyed entity who would commission a book or a memorial. >>> >> > (BBN paid Katie Hafner to write the text that later turned into her >>> >> > book "When Wizards Stay Up Late", which oddly only talked about the >>> >> > ARPANET/Internet pioneers who worked for BBN, omitting many of my >>> >> > Internet colleagues.) Dave wasn't the kind of guy that gets Awards >>> >> > from the Computer History Museum or the ACM or IEEE. He wasn't beloved >>> >> > at IETF or ISOC that I know of. He's in the category of folks like >>> >> > Noel Chiappa or Bram Cohen or Richard Stallman or Aaron Swartz - >>> >> > people I think really changed the way we think about computing and >>> >> > internetworking, but who won't be in the official histories. >>> >> >>> >> He did not fit in a typical corporate culture especially in his later >>> >> years. He got a certain amount of respect at the >>> >> IETF. >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Please send any postal/overnight deliveries to: >>> > Vint Cerf >>> > Google, LLC >>> > 1900 Reston Metro Plaza, 16th Floor >>> > Reston, VA 20190 >>> > +1 (571) 213 1346 >>> > >>> > >>> > until further notice >>> > >>> > >>> > > > > > -- > Please send any postal/overnight deliveries to: > Vint Cerf > Google, LLC > 1900 Reston Metro Plaza, 16th Floor > Reston, VA 20190 > +1 (571) 213 1346 > > > until further notice > > > _______________________________________________ Cerowrt-devel mailing list Cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/cerowrt-devel
