From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,8d519f6ae41df3f2,start X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Received: by 10.224.220.12 with SMTP id hw12mr3400880qab.8.1350077595651; Fri, 12 Oct 2012 14:33:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.91.109 with SMTP id cd13mr1033874vdb.15.1350077595620; Fri, 12 Oct 2012 14:33:15 -0700 (PDT) Path: r17ni23502282qap.0!nntp.google.com!l8no47015583qao.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 14:33:15 -0700 (PDT) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=134.161.116.174; posting-account=jVm7MAoAAABZ69ylB7L9PjZAVQg4j4fC NNTP-Posting-Host: 134.161.116.174 User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <812ac346-0a87-4dce-8724-f67cd2025ddc@googlegroups.com> Subject: Seeking Nominations for the SIGAda 2012 Awards From: John McCormick Injection-Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:33:15 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: 2012-10-12T14:33:15-07:00 List-Id: Dear Members of the Ada Community:=20 On Wednesday, December 5, 2012, the 2012 SIGAda Awards will be presented in= a special morning plenary session at the High Integrity Language Technolog= y (HILT) 2012 conference in Boston, Massachusetts. (See http://www.sigada.= org/conf/hilt2012/ if you have somehow missed announcements of this year's= annual SIGAda international conference.)=20 We welcome your nominations of deserving recipients.=20 The ACM SIGAda Awards recognize individuals and organizations that have mad= e outstanding contributions to the Ada community and to SIGAda. The two ca= tegories of awards are:=20 (1) Outstanding Ada Community Contribution Award=20 -- For broad, lasting contributions to Ada technology & usage.=20 (2) ACM SIGAda Distinguished Service Award=20 -- For exceptional contributions to SIGAda activities & products.=20 If there are individuals who you feel have made contributions that satisfy = these criteria, please consider nominating them. You may nominate a person= for either or both awards, and as many people as you think worthy. =20 Please visit http://www.sigada.org/exec/awards/awards.html#Previous and per= use the names of past winners. This may help you think about the measure o= f accomplishment that is appropriate. You may be aware of people who have = made substantial contributions that have not yet been acknowledged. Nominat= e them. Consider what you believe to be the best developments in the Ada c= ommunity or SIGAda in the last year; the last 5 years; since Ada's inceptio= n. Who was responsible? Nominate them.=20 Please note that anyone who has received either of the two awards remains e= ligible for the other. Perhaps there is an outstanding SIGAda volunteer wh= o has won our Distinguished Service Award and who has also made important c= ontributions to the advance of Ada technology, or visa versa. Nominate him= or her!=20 The nomination form is available on the SIGAda website at http://www.sigada= .org/exec/awards/awards.html#Form.=20 Submit your nomination as an e-mail or e-mail attachment to SIGAda-Award@AC= M.ORG. From your nominations, the recipients of the awards are determined = by a poll of previous award winners. Call our attention to the people who are most deserving, by nominating them= . And please nominate by Sunday November 4th!=20 Your participation in the nominations process will help maintain the presti= ge and honor of these awards.=20 Thank you,=20 John McCormick=20 Chair ACM SIGAda Awards Committee