Dear IETFers, Here is CFC for Itojun Service Award. Thanks, 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 13 July 2012. The award will be presented at the 85th meeting of the IETF to be held in November 2012 in Atlanta, USA. 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. The past winners of the award are as follows: 2009 Winner: Lorenzo Colitti and Erik Kline 2010 Winner: Bjoern A. Zeeb 2011 Winner: Alexandre Cassen and R .A Nimi Despr Nis 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