[sldev] Announcing the Linden Lab Innovation Awards

[Liana Holmberg]

Dear Second Life Open Source Community Members:

We are pleased to announce the inception of the annual Linden Lab 
Innovation Awards for excellence in developing the Second Life platform. 
The awards will acknowledge open source contributors who have made the 
biggest impact on the quality and advancement of the Second Life Viewer.

We are now accepting nominations from the SL open source community for 
the 2007 Linden Lab Innovation Awards. Judges will include Linden 
developers and open source team members. Award winners will be announced 
during the Second Life Community Convention.

How It Works

1. Nominations
If you would like to nominate an open source developer or open source 
community contributor, then
* sign in to the Issue Tracker and add the person's Second Life avatar 
name as a subtask to the appropriate category (below), and
* write a comment about what their contribution was and why you find it 
to be exemplary.
Linden Lab employees and family members are not eligible.
Nominations are open from now through 22 July 2007 23:59 PDT.

This year's categories are:
*Contributor of the Year  https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/MISC-392
*Best Contribution  https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/MISC-393
*Best Feature  https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/MISC-394
*Best Bug Hunter  https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/MISC-395
*Best Community Organizer  https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/MISC-396

2. Judging
Judges will be announced separately and will include Linden developers 
and open source team members. These are juried awards, and they will be 
awarded based on a set of criteria and point system used by the judges.
A note about voting: JIRA has this nifty voting feature. You are welcome 
to vote for nominees you believe have merit. However, winners will not 
be selected by popular vote but through the juried process above.

3. Awards
Award winners will be announced in Second Life and during the Second 
Life Community Convention, held August 24-26 in Chicago, IL 
(http://slcc2007.wordpress.com/). A later announcement will give the 
date, time, and location of this event.
The Contributor of the Year will receive a MacBook Pro.


We appreciate all the contributions of the Second Life open source 
community, and we'll be listening to your feedback and recommendations 
for improving the awards program for next year. Please add constructive 
comments to this wiki 
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Linden_Lab_Innovation_Awards.  Any 
questions, post them to sldev at lists.secondlife.com or email 
liana at lindenlab.com.

Thanks,
Liana

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The LINDEN LAB INNOVATION AWARDS are for entertainment purposes only and 
have no monetary or other value. LINDEN LAB, LINDEN RESEARCH, and SECOND 
LIFE are trademarks or registered trademarks of Linden Research, Inc. 
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