<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Nominate an OSGeo project :)<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"General announcement list (low traffic)" <<a href="mailto:osa-announce@opensourceforamerica.org">osa-announce@opensourceforamerica.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">September 9, 2011 9:46:30 AM PDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><a href="mailto:osa-announce@opensourceforamerica.org">osa-announce@opensourceforamerica.org</a><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>[OSA-Announce] Open Source for America Awards: Nominate someone today!</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><a href="mailto:no-reply@opensourceforamerica.org">no-reply@opensourceforamerica.org</a><br></span></div><br><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Liberation Sans, sans-serif"><font size="3">Hello OSFA members,</font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Liberation Sans, sans-serif"><font size="3">As a reminder, we'd like to invite you to nominate an individual or open source project for one of Open Source for America's annual awards. The deadline has been extended to Tuesday, September 13th.<span style="font-style: normal;"> The nomination form is
posted on our website at <a href="http://opensourceforamerica.org/awards" target="_blank">http://opensourceforamerica.org/awards</a> <br>
</span></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font face="Liberation Sans, sans-serif"><font size="3"><b>Categories</b></font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a name="131fce4fa9916976_OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2834"></a><a name="131fce4fa9916976_OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2835"></a><a name="131fce4fa9916976_OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2836"></a><a name="131fce4fa9916976_OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2837"></a>
<font face="Liberation Sans, sans-serif"><font size="3"><br>1.
</font></font><strong><font face="Liberation Sans, sans-serif"><font size="3">Individual
Award</font></font></strong><font face="Liberation Sans, sans-serif"><font size="3">:
a contributor who has made significant contributions in the promotion
and use of open source solutions in the U.S. government during the
past year. The 2010 winner was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Behlendorf" target="_blank">Brian
Behlendorf</a>, collaboration advisor to the Department of Health and
Human Services on its NHIN CONNECT project.<br><br>2. </font></font><font face="Liberation Sans, sans-serif"><font size="3"><b>Open
Source Project</b></font></font><font face="Liberation Sans, sans-serif"><font size="3">:
an open source project that has shown promise and benefit for U.S.
government use. The 2010 winner was the Open Source Digital Voting
Foundation (OSDV) for its <a href="http://www.trustthevote.org/" target="_blank">TrustTheVote
Project</a>. <br><br>3. </font></font><font face="Liberation Sans, sans-serif"><font size="3"><b>Open
Source Deployment in Government</b></font></font><font face="Liberation Sans, sans-serif"><font size="3">:
a U.S. government agency or body that has shown commitment to the use
of open source, through policy and/or adoption. The 2010 winner was
<a href="http://techpresident.com/blog-entry/whitehousegov-goes-drupal" target="_blank">WhiteHouse.gov</a>,
and the Executive Office of the President, for its Drupal platform
migration.<br><br>4. </font></font><font face="Liberation Sans, sans-serif"><font size="3"><b>OSFA
Contributor award</b></font></font><font face="Liberation Sans, sans-serif"><font size="3">:
an individual who has made significant contributions to the
organization. 2010 winner: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ean_Schuessler" target="_blank">Ean
Schuessler</a>, Brainfood, Volunteer webmaster for OSFA.</font></font></p>
<br><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;"><font face="Liberation Sans, sans-serif"><font size="3">Nominations
will be accepted through the Open Source for America website through
<b>September 13, 2011</b>. Winners will be announced at Fed Talks on
October 11, 2011 in Washington, DC. For more info on the nomination and judging process see the<a href="http://opensourceforamerica.org/awards-official-rules" target="_blank"> Official Rules</a>.</font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;">
<font face="Liberation Sans, sans-serif"><font size="3"><br></font></font></p><font face="Liberation Sans, sans-serif"><font size="3">Best Regards,<br><font color="#888888"><br>Melanie Chernoff<br>on behalf of<br>Open Source for America</font></font></font>
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