Call for Nominees: Dewey Winburne Community Service Award
Do you or does someone you know use technology to empower others? If so, would you be willing to nominate them as a candidate for this year's Dewey Winburne Community Service Award that will be presented during the SXSW Interactive Festival (www.sxsw.com/interactive)? The Dewey Winburne Community Service Award celebrates the vision that technology is society's most effective tool to bridge the digital divide. Like the man it honors (described below), the judging criteria is somewhat open-ended and changeable. Your candidate should: 1. Be involved in some aspect of technology that promotes empowerment 2. Be involved in hands-on effort-- as opposed to a philanthropist who largely supports efforts at a financial level 3. Live (or spend a good majority of time) in the Greater Austin/Central Texas area 4. Not have been previously nominated (see below) If you know of a suitable candidate (self-nominations are encouraged), please e-mail me ([email protected]) by Saturday, January 31st with as much of the following information as possible: 1. Name of candidate: 2. Contact information for candidate: 3. URL of this candidate's organization: 4. URL of articles/media reports about this candidate: 5. Why you think this candidate is a worthy nominee (in 50 words or less): 6. Your relationship with this candidate: *About Dewey Winburne* Dewey Winburne <http://www.patrickcurry.com/dewey/> served as one of the original co-founders of the event that we now know as the SXSW Interactive Festival. A man of tremendous energy and vision, he imagined this event would come to highlight people who combined technological innovation with massive creativity. Years later, this vision has proven to be remarkably accurate, as SXSW Interactive has evolved as an international mecca for trend-setting creative thinkers. Teaching multimedia skills to teenagers, particularly teens of low-income and minority descent, was one of the great passions in Dewey's life. Many of the students who gained their initial new media training from him have gone on to achieve incredible careers in the local and national tech community. *Past Nominees * Ileana Abounader Brenda Adrian Shahed Amanullah Stephen Amos Bianca Bickford Janet Blake Silona Bonewald Dennis Borel Donny Branam Gary Chapman Jeanine Christensen Pierce Collins Jayne Cravens Thea Eaton Dave Evans Jennifer Evans Joe Faulk Teresa Ferguson Betty Sue Flowers Tiffany Galligan Rodney Gibbs Lisa Goldman Danny Gomez Mona Gonzalez Sheri Graner Ray Steve Guengerich Bobbie Guerra Richard Halpin Wendell Handy Sheena Harden Tim Harrell Rondella Hawkins Josie Hughes Kat Jones Kathy Keller Karen Kreps Joyce Lauck Jon Lebkowsky Walter Lenoir Herman Lessard Adina Levin Nick Lewis Linda Litowsky Ron Lucey Rich MacKinnon Jan McSorley Lisa Moretti Rachel Muir Heberto Ochoa-Morales Pat Pound Diana Prechter Christian Raymond Lodis Rhodes Monica Roesch Gene Rodgers Chip Rosenthal Sharron Rush Keith Rutledge Dave Sanders Randi Shade Trent Sharp Glenda Sims Ana Sisnett Dr. John Slatin Leroy Smith Harvey Smith Roger Steele Artis C. Street Sharon Strover Dale Thompson Adam Weinroth Melvin White Stefan Wray Richard Yu Kevin Zeppernick --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin/web/refresh-austins-job-posting-guidelines. We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
