[Melbourne-pm] White Camel Nominations

Alec Clews alecclews at gmail.com
Mon May 25 14:46:34 PDT 2009


They forgot to mention the most famous recipient of the White Camel!

For those that don't know it was Jacinta 'jarich' Richardson in 2008.

w00t !!

(and to emphasis the message below, I understand that the original 
nomination was sent in by a local monger with no connections to the 
wider international community -- so get nominating)

>> 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 pm.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!
>>     
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