From secretary at linux.org.au Sat Nov 30 19:09:07 2019 From: secretary at linux.org.au (Julien Goodwin) Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2019 19:09:07 +1100 Subject: [Announce] Call for nominations for the Rusty Wrench award Message-ID: <9abd255e-6387-a30c-e1dd-9d2c8b310087@linux.org.au> Hi everyone, The Rusty Wrench Award is Australia's highest honour for community contributions to the Open Source movement in the country. It was eponymously named after luminary Rusty Russell, one of Australia's most prominent contributors and community members, founder of linux.conf.au (as CALU, in 1999), and the inaugural recipient of the award. The Rusty Wrench Award is an award inaugurated by Jeff Waugh to recognise outstanding service to the Australian and New Zealand Free and Open Source Software community. Please send your nomination to council at linux.org.au with the subject line "Rusty Wrench Nomination: NAME OF NOMINEE", and include a paragraph on why you believe this person should be awarded the Rusty Wrench. The Council and previous recipients of the Rusty Wrench will review the nominations received. Recipients of the Rusty Wrench Award: 2019 ? Joshua Hesketh 2018 ? No award made 2017 ? Michael Still and Michael Davies (joint award) 2016 ? No award made 2015 ? Steve Walsh 2014 ? Andrew Tridgell 2013 ? Donna Benjamin 2012 ? Mary Gardiner 2008?2011 ? No award made 2007 ? Kim Weatherall 2006 ? Pia Waugh 2005 ? Rusty Russell Nominations should be received no later than the 16th December 2019. Kind regards, Julien Goodwin Secretary, Linux Australia