[pm-h] Fw: [pm_groups] White Camel Nominations

[G. Wade Johnson]

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Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 13:56:55 -0400
From: "David H. Adler" <dha at panix.com>
To: PM Group list <pm_groups at pm.org>
Subject: Re: [pm_groups] White Camel Nominations


On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 10:33:41PM -0400, David H. Adler wrote:

I made a mistake on the original posting. The address to send to is
whitecamel-suggestions at perl.org, not pm.org. Sorry about that. If you
could update your followers, that would be great. corrected text below.


> -----begin message----
> 
> Every year the White Camels are presented for service to the Perl
> community.
> 
> If you look at the previous winners, you'll notice that these are
> mostly unsung heroes, like previous awardee Eric Cholet, the human
> moderator of so many Perl mailing lists, or Jay Hannah, one of the
> people running pm.org (if you ever created/maintained a pm group,
> chances are that Jay walked you through the process).
> 
> Some of these people may be well known, like Allison Randal or Randal
> Schwartz, while others may be complete strangers to at least part of
> the globe, like Josh McAdams or Jay. Some of them may be extreme Perl
> hackers who created the original JAPH, but they actually received this
> award as a recognition for their community contributions to Perl
> rather than for their programming ability.
> 
> That's not to say a great hacker can't receive the award, but you
> don't have to be one in order to be eligible.
> 
> That being said, the nomination process for the 2009 White Camels is
> now open.
> 
> If you think there's someone who deserves a White Camel, this is the
> time for you to send in your nominations. Send them to
> whitecamel-suggestions at perl.org, if possible with a subject along the
> lines of "White Camel Nomination :: $name". Make sure you properly
> identify the nominee and tell us why you think that's a worthy
> nomination.
> 
> Don't go thinking "nah, somebody else will do it" because: a)
> everybody else may be thinking the same, and b) you may state your
> case differently than the next person.
> 
> We'll be receiving nominations until June 21, 2009, by midnight, but
> don't wait up or you'll forget. Do it now!
> 
> -----end message----

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