[sldev] Reminder: Nomination closing tonight for the Linden Lab Innovation Awards

[Rob Lanphier]

Hi everyone,

Just a reminder, the nomination window is closing TONIGHT (11:59pm PDT,
less than 3.5 hours from now) for the Linden Lab Innovation Awards:
http://blog.secondlife.com/2007/07/17/linden-lab-to-recognize-open-source-contributors/

Please make sure you get your nominations in.  Perhaps scour the
archives for people from months gone by that made some key early
contributions.  I'd hate to have /too/ much of a bias toward the most
recent contributors, though clearly we want to reward those that have
stuck with it and whose best contributions are perhaps yet to come.

Rob
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	[sldev] Announcing the Linden Lab Innovation Awards
Date: 	Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:05:42 -0700
From: 	Liana Holmberg <liana at lindenlab.com>
Reply-To: 	liana at lindenlab.com, liana at airpost.net
Organization: 	Linden Lab / Second Life
To: 	sldev at lists.secondlife.com



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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