[HLUG] herefordshire open source awards

[Sarah Chard - HLUG]

yes - vinux would be a good nomination - we can give out several 'stars'
should we wish to
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Sarah Chard
m: hlug at hlug.org.uk


On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 12:32 +0000, dicegeorge at hotmail dot com wrote:
> I vote that we give the award to VINUX.
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> From: "Sarah Chard" <sarah at streetentertainers.co.uk>
> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 12:23 PM
> To: "herefordshire" <herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Subject: [HLUG] herefordshire open source awards
> 
> > It has been suggested that to help promote the Open Source Day we
> > initiate a county wide award for the
> > organisation/individuals who have done the most to promote/introduce/use
> > open source software in the county.
> > 
> > We could call it HOSS - Herefordshire Open Source Stars (julians
> > influence on the acronym front!) unless anyone has a better idea!
> > 
> > We can ask for nominations before the event - a good excuse to get
> > something in the Hereford Times and other media early on with hopefully
> > a clear explanation of what
> > FOSS is - put something on the website with a nominations form and the
> > award can be a certificate - so no expense involved! - awarded on March
> > 26 - also another excuse for pic and coverage in the HT and elsewhere.
> > Also if we can't award the local govt one -  this will highlight the
> > lack of FOSS in that area
> > 
> > The suggestion is that to avoid conflicts of interest the individuals on
> > the awarding panel - would be excluded form the awards
> > 
> > To get this underway we will need to act quickly - please let us know
> > what you think - the idea has been added to PP (section 5)
> > 
> > 
> > Sarah
> > 
> > March 26 - http://piratepad.net/hQ3RVGdvKc
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