Begin forwarded message: > From: Jun Murai <jun@wide.ad.jp> > Date: June 10, 2011 9:43:27 PM EDT > To: "ietf@ietf. org" <ietf@ietf.org> > Cc: "chair@ietf. org" <chair@ietf.org>, "Lynn St. Amour" <st.amour@isoc.org> > Subject: Itojun Service Award Announcement > > Dear IETFers, > Please note below regarding the Itojun Service Award. > The deadline is July 15. > Thanks in advance, > Jun Murai > === > ANNOUNCING: CALL FOR CANDIDATES FOR ITOJUN SERVICE AWARD > > The Itojun Service Award is presented every year to an individual or a > group who has made outstanding contributions in service to the IPv6 > community. The deadline for nominations for this year's award is 15 > July 2011. The award will be presented at the 82nd meeting of the > IETF to be held in November 2011 in Taipei, Taiwan. > > About the Award > > The Itojun Service Award was established by the friends of Itojun and > administered by the Internet Society (ISOC), recognises and > commemorates the extraordinary dedication exercised by Itojun over the > course of IPv6 development. The award includes a presentation > crystal, a US$3,000 honorarium, and a travel grant. > > The award is focused on pragmatic technical contributions, especially > through development or operation, with the spirit of servicing the > Internet. With respect to the spirit, the selection committee seeks > contributors to the Internet as a whole; open source developers are a > common example of such contributors, although this is not a > requirement for expected nominees. While the committee primarily > consider practical contributions such as software development or > network operation, higher level efforts that help those direct > contributions will also be appreciated in this regard. The > contribution should be substantial, but could be immature or ongoing; > this award aims to encourage the contributor to keep their efforts, > rather than just recognizing well established work. Finally, > contributions of a group of individuals will be accepted as deployment > work is often done by a large project, not just a single outstanding > individual. > > The award is named after Dr. Jun-ichiro "Itojun" Hagino, who passed > away in 2007, aged just 37. Itojun worked as a Senior Researcher at > Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ), was a member of the board of the > Widely Integrated Distributed Environment (WIDE) project, and from > 1998 to 2006 served on the groundbreaking KAME project in Japan as the > "IPv6 samurai". He was also a member of the Internet Architecture > Board (IAB) from 2003 to 2005. > > For additional information on the award, please visit > http://www.isoc.org/awards/itojun/ > > Award Nomination Procedure > > Neither the nominee nor nominator needs to be a member of ISOC. > Nominate via email to <itojun-award at elists.isoc.org> and include the > following details: > 1. Name and Email address of nominee (in case of a group nominee, > names and Email addresses of representative persons of that group) > 2. CV/Bio of nominee (in case of a group nominee, a summary of the > group's achievements) > 3. Statement of recommendation including specific acts, works, > contributions, and other criteria that would show the nominee to > fit the standard set by Itojun. Please include corroborating > references with their name, email address, and telephone > number. Conclude with your affiliation, postal address, and > telephone number as well as the postal address, telephone and fax > number of the nominee. > > Thank you in advance for your support, > > Jun Murai > Itojun Service Award Selection Committee > _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce mailing list IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
