---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kevin Craemer <craemer@isoc.org> Date: Fri, May 3, 2013 at 4:59 PM Subject: [Chapter-delegates] Reminder: Postel Service Award nominations deadline approaching To: ISOC Chapter Delegates <chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org> Dear Chapter Leaders, Please remember that the deadline for 2013 Postel Service Award nominations is Friday, 31 May. If you or a member of your chapter would like to nominate someone for this prestigious Internet Society award, please see the information below. If I can answer any questions, please let me know. Kind regards, Kevin Craemer Senior Events Manager Internet Society craemer@isoc.org ********************************************************************* Nominations Sought for 2013 Jonathan B. Postel Service Award The Internet Society is soliciting nominations of qualified candidates for the 2013 Jonathan B. Postel Service Award by 31 May. This annual award is presented to an individual or organization that has made outstanding contributions in service to the data communications community. The award, which includes a presentation crystal and a USD 20,000 prize, is scheduled to be presented during the 87th Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meeting in Berlin, Germany, 28 July - 2 August. Deadline for nominations is 31 May, 2013. Award Nomination Procedures http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/grants-and-awards/awards/postel-se... More About the Award The Jonathan B. Postel Service Award was established by the Internet Society to honor a person who has made outstanding contributions in service to the data communications community. The award is focused on sustained and substantial technical contributions, service to the community, and leadership. With respect to leadership, the award committee places particular emphasis on candidates who have supported and enabled others in addition to their own specific actions. The award is named for Dr. Jonathan B. Postel to recognize and commemorate the extraordinary stewardship exercised by Jon over the course of a thirty year career in networking. He served as the editor of the RFC series of notes from its inception in 1969 until 1998. He also served as the ARPANET “numbers Czar” and Internet Assigned Numbers Authority over the same period of time. He was a founding member of the Internet Architecture (nee Activities) Board and the first individual member of the Internet Society, which he also served as a Trustee. _______________________________________________ As an Internet Society Chapter Officer you are automatically subscribed to this list, which is regularly synchronized with the Internet Society Chapter Portal (AMS): https://portal.isoc.org -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/