Begin forwarded message:
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 13:56:55 -0400 From: "David H. Adler" <[email protected]> To: PM Group list <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [pm_groups] White Camel Nominations 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 [email protected], 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 > [email protected], 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 - <[email protected]> - 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 [email protected] pm_groups mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/pm_groups -- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is. -- Jan L.A. van de Snepscheut _______________________________________________ Houston mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston Website: http://houston.pm.org/
