<html><head><base href="x-msg://447/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Another annual award worth following...<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;">August 24, 2011 10:44:50 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 Nominations Now Open!</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><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div><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 we mentioned in our newsletter earlier this week, Open Source for America recently celebrated its second anniversary, and once again we'd like to recognize the individuals, projects and deployments that support our missio<span style="font-style: normal; ">n to encourage free and open source software in the US government. The nomination form is now posted on our website. Nominate an individual or project for an award at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://opensourceforamerica.org/awards">http://opensourceforamerica.org/awards</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><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="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2834"></a><a name="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2835"></a><a name="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2836"></a><a name="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2837"></a><font face="Liberation Sans, sans-serif"><font size="3"><br>1.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></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.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></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>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>3.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></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.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></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:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ean_Schuessler" target="_blank">Ean Schuessler</a>, Brainfood, Volunteer webmaster for OSFA.</font></font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.08in; font-weight: normal; "><br></p><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<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>September 9, 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"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>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><br>Melanie Chernoff<br>on behalf of<br>Open Source for America<br></font></font><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><br></p>_______________________________________________<br>OSA-announce mailing list<br><a href="mailto:OSA-announce@opensourceforamerica.org">OSA-announce@opensourceforamerica.org</a><br><a href="http://opensourceforamerica.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/osa-announce">http://opensourceforamerica.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/osa-announce</a><br></div></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>