<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi all, our friends at Linux Australia are taking nominations for the Rusty Wrench Award, see below.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>John<br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Julien Goodwin</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:secretary@linux.org.au">secretary@linux.org.au</a>></span><br>Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2019 at 19:09<br>Subject: [Announce] Call for nominations for the Rusty Wrench award<br>To: <<a href="mailto:announce@lists.linux.org.au">announce@lists.linux.org.au</a>><br></div><br><br>Hi everyone,<br>
<br>
The Rusty Wrench Award is Australia's highest honour for community<br>
contributions to the Open Source movement in the country. It was<br>
eponymously named after luminary Rusty Russell, one of Australia's most<br>
prominent contributors and community members, founder of <a href="http://linux.conf.au" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">linux.conf.au</a><br>
(as CALU, in 1999), and the inaugural recipient of the award.<br>
<br>
The Rusty Wrench Award is an award inaugurated by Jeff Waugh to<br>
recognise outstanding service to the Australian and New Zealand Free and<br>
Open Source Software community.<br>
<br>
Please send your nomination to <a href="mailto:council@linux.org.au" target="_blank">council@linux.org.au</a> with the subject<br>
line "Rusty Wrench Nomination: NAME OF NOMINEE", and include a paragraph<br>
on why you believe this person should be awarded the Rusty Wrench.<br>
<br>
The Council and previous recipients of the Rusty Wrench will review the<br>
nominations received.<br>
<br>
Recipients of the Rusty Wrench Award:<br>
2019 — Joshua Hesketh<br>
2018 — No award made<br>
2017 — Michael Still and Michael Davies (joint award)<br>
2016 — No award made<br>
2015 — Steve Walsh<br>
2014 — Andrew Tridgell<br>
2013 — Donna Benjamin<br>
2012 — Mary Gardiner<br>
2008–2011 — No award made<br>
2007 — Kim Weatherall<br>
2006 — Pia Waugh<br>
2005 — Rusty Russell<br>
<br>
Nominations should be received no later than the 16th December 2019.<br>
<br>
Kind regards,<br>
<br>
Julien Goodwin<br>
Secretary,<br>
Linux Australia<br>
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