So who (what group or organization) is the facilitator of Duke's Choice Award? Is this say a "Java One" spawned prize, a JUG, from a specific web site, "magazine" (online or actual), etc.?
How does one nominate someone for said award? Does it need to be returned back to them so the next "Duke's Choice Award" winner can be awarded it? Eric Bresie [email protected] On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 7:04 PM Bruno Souza <[email protected]> wrote: > It is the statue for the Duke's Choice Award prize that NetBeans won a few > years ago. > > That is a prize for top projects around Java technology. It trys to be an > "inclusive" prize, given to the "project", so, any developer in the project > can say they received a Duke's Choice Award. > > The idea is that if we take it to conferences, then all Netbeans > developers can take a picture and "receive" the award. It is a pretty nice > statue, but heavy, so, I commend the courage of people to carry it around > :-D > > Cheers, > Bruno. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Bruno Peres Ferreira de Souza Brazil's JavaMan > > https://java.mn bruno at javaman.com.br > > https://code4.life bruno at code4.life > > if I fail, if I succeed, at least I live as I believe > > > > > On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 10:45 AM Eric Bresie <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Silly question, what is the “Duke Trophy”? Is it A trophy for Java in >> general with Netbeans winning that year(s) or specific to excellence in >> Netbeans? >> >> Was trying to find any information on Trophy and found a few mentions >> (1),(2) but wasn’t sure beyond that >> >> References: >> (1) https://blogs.apache.org/netbeans/entry/duke-s-choice-award-2018 >> (2) >> >> https://blog.idrsolutions.com/2018/11/duke-joins-the-idrsolutions-java-team/ >> >> >> On Sat, Aug 6, 2022 at 10:14 AM Kenneth Fogel <[email protected] >> > >> wrote: >> >> > Back in January 2020 Mark Stephen brought the NetBeans Duke Trophy to >> > Montreal. The plan was for me to take it to the next conference, such as >> > CodeOne in Oct 2020 and pass it on to another member of the team. As we >> all >> > too aware, this could not happen. >> > >> > JavaOne is back and I will be speaking there in person. Made the flight >> > and hotel reservation yesterday. I will bring Duke with me as carry on. >> The >> > x-ray should be fun. Now all that needs to be decided is who should I >> pass >> > it on to. >> > >> > I suggest forming a committee that meets weekly to decide on this >> weighty >> > topic. 😊 >> > >> > Ken >> > >> > -- >> Eric Bresie >> [email protected] >> >
