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<p>Hi everyone, <br>
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<p>At the end of 30th November, the following nominations were
received for the Rusty Wrench award. Nominee details are withheld
to protect privacy. <br>
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<p>We will now work with the Rusty Wrench team to determine the
recipient, which will be announced at LCA2019 in Christchurch. <br>
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<p>A huge thank you to all those who made a nomination, and much
kudos to all nominees for the respect you've garnered in our
community. <br>
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<p>Kind regards, <br>
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<p>Kathy</p>
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data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Nominee"}">Nominee</td>
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data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Reason"}">Reason</td>
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data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Paul
King"}">Paul King</td>
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data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Paul's
contributions over the last 12 years to the groovy project
have\n\nbenefited us all, both directly, and indirectly via
gradle. He's also\n\ngiven speeches and written books on
groovy to enlighten us all. In\n\n2010 he received the
RockStar award at JavaOne."}">Paul's contributions over
the last 12 years to the groovy project have<br>
<br>
benefited us all, both directly, and indirectly via gradle.
He's also<br>
<br>
given speeches and written books on groovy to enlighten us
all. In<br>
<br>
2010 he received the RockStar award at JavaOne.</td>
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data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Tim
Ansell"}">Tim Ansell</td>
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data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"I'd
like to nominate Tim Ansell for the Rusty Wrench Award. Over
the years he has done a lot for Open Source in Australia,
including:\n\n - founded pyconau\n - done video at many LA
conferences for many years, including personally funding a
huge amount of development to get us to where we are today\n
- massively improved the open FPGA space\n - done tomu\n -
run SLUG\n - etc etc\n - and been a generally nice guy\n\nI
think the timing is nice as he is getting dragged to the US
for FPGA things, and I'd like a way to say that we've
appreciated his efforts over the years."}">I'd like to
nominate Tim Ansell for the Rusty Wrench Award. Over the
years he has done a lot for Open Source in Australia,
including:<br>
<br>
- founded pyconau<br>
- done video at many LA conferences for many years,
including personally funding a huge amount of development to
get us to where we are today<br>
- massively improved the open FPGA space<br>
- done tomu<br>
- run SLUG<br>
- etc etc<br>
- and been a generally nice guy<br>
<br>
I think the timing is nice as he is getting dragged to the
US for FPGA things, and I'd like a way to say that we've
appreciated his efforts over the years.</td>
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data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Joshua
Hesketh"}">Joshua Hesketh</td>
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3px;vertical-align:bottom;wrap-strategy:4;white-space:normal;word-wrap:break-word;"
data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Joshua
exemplifies what it means to be a community leader in
open\nsource. His efforts in Linux Australia and in
linux.conf.au 2017 in\nTasmania, his diplomatic style,
attention to detail and all around\nrespect make him a role
model for others to aspire to."}">Joshua exemplifies
what it means to be a community leader in open<br>
source. His efforts in Linux Australia and in linux.conf.au
2017 in<br>
Tasmania, his diplomatic style, attention to detail and all
around<br>
respect make him a role model for others to aspire to.</td>
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data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Joshua
Hesketh"}">Joshua Hesketh</td>
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data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"I'd
like to nominate Josh Hesketh as he is the community member
that we should all aspire to be. He goes above and beyond
when volunteering for this organisation. He helps us Council
members when in need of wisdom, advice, help with that pesky
MemberDB. He helps and chairs the Diversity Team and brings
a level headed and fair approach in whatever situation he is
thrown into. And finally he is just an overall decent
person. "}">I'd like to nominate Josh Hesketh as he is
the community member that we should all aspire to be. He
goes above and beyond when volunteering for this
organisation. He helps us Council members when in need of
wisdom, advice, help with that pesky MemberDB. He helps and
chairs the Diversity Team and brings a level headed and fair
approach in whatever situation he is thrown into. And
finally he is just an overall decent person. </td>
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data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Richard
Jones"}">Richard Jones</td>
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data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"For
his years of work making PyCon AU happen, for his work on
Python and PyPI, and his continued support of young Python
developers through initiatives like
https://pyweek.org/"}"><a class="in-cell-link"
href="https://pyweek.org/" target="_blank">For his years
of work making PyCon AU happen, for his work on Python and
PyPI, and his continued support of young Python developers
through initiatives like https://pyweek.org/</a></td>
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data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Christopher
Neugebauer"}">Christopher Neugebauer</td>
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3px;vertical-align:bottom;text-decoration:underline;wrap-strategy:4;white-space:normal;word-wrap:break-word;color:#1155cc;"
data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"For
his years of work organising PyCon AU, Linux.conf.au,
Lightning Talk Tzar For Life, and continuing to bring python
conferences to life even after leaving Australia. By 2019 he
would have been working to help make space for people to
learn and teach open source ideals for at least a full
decade; not bad for someone so (relatively) young."}"><a
class="in-cell-link" href="http://Linux.conf.au"
target="_blank">For his years of work organising PyCon AU,
Linux.conf.au, Lightning Talk Tzar For Life, and
continuing to bring python conferences to life even after
leaving Australia. By 2019 he would have been working to
help make space for people to learn and teach open source
ideals for at least a full decade; not bad for someone so
(relatively) young.</a></td>
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Kathy Reid
President
Linux Australia
0418 130 636
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:president@linux.org.au">president@linux.org.au</a>
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Linux Australia Inc
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