[SAGE] Sysadmin Awards nominations, please (fwd)

Fri Oct 17 12:21:05 PDT 2008

Hey folks,

The SAGE Outstanding Achievement Award and Chuck Yerkes Award nominee 
lists are open.

Jennifer

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Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:00:06 -0400
From: Tom Limoncelli <tal at whatexit.org>
To: SAGE members <sage-members at sage.org>, LOPSA Discuss List <discuss at lopsa.org>
Subject: Re: [SAGE] Sysadmin Awards nominations, please

Hey peeps!   Last call!

To make it even easier, I made a simple form:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pMPKGTBUJPN6hk6H4JtNLJg&hl=en

To help you brainstorm:
-- What's the software/utility/project that helps your sysadmin life?
Nominate the creator
-- What's the book that you recommend to all your friends?  Nominate the author
-- What's the local, national or international conference you enjoy?
Nominate the founder
-- Who is extremely helpful on sysadmin forums, mailing lists, and IRC channels?

Don't be shy!  Nominate today!

Tom

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 10:37 AM, jane-ellen long <jel at usenix.org> wrote:
> The 2008 SAGE Awards Committee* is looking for nominees for two system
> administrator awards presented annually at LISA:
>
> The SAGE Outstanding Achievement Award goes to someone whose professional
> contributions to the system administration community over a number of years
> merit special recognition. AEleen Frisch, Tobias Oetiker and Dave Rand, Tom
> Limoncelli and Christine Hogan, and Brent Chapman are the most recent
> recipients of this award. See http://www.sage.org/about/outstanding.html for
> the full list with a short description of the reason each won.
>
> The Chuck Yerkes Award goes to someone who has provided significant
> mentoring and participation in our electronic forums (these discussion
> lists, IRC, etc.). It was created in 2004, after Chuck Yerkes' untimely
> death. Richard Chycoski, Paul Lussier, Doug Hughes, and Brandon Allbery are
> the previous years' recipients. See http://www.sage.org/about/yerkes.html
> for the descriptions of the motivation behind the award in each case.
>
> Please let us know who you think deserves the awards this year. A sentence
> or two explaining what the person has done to merit the award would be
> helpful. Send your email to sageawards at sage.org.
>
> thanks much,
>
> jane-ellen
>
> * This year's committee: Richard Chycoski, AEleen Frisch, Tom Limoncelli,
> and Lynda True.
>