FC: EFF asking for Pioneer Award nominations -- deadline is tonight

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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> Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 17:06:01 -0800
> To: declan () well com
> From: Alex Fowler <alex () eff org>
> Subject: Seeking Pioneers of the Electronic Frontier
>
> There is still time to submit nominations...
> Alex
>
>
> Seeking Pioneers of the Electronic Frontier
>
> Call for Nominations:
> The Ninth Annual International EFF Pioneer Awards
>
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>        Please redistribute this notice in appropriate fora
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>
> In every field of human endeavor, there are those dedicated to expanding
> knowledge, freedom, efficiency, and utility.  Many of today's brightest
> innovators are working along the electronic frontier. To recognize these
> leaders, the Electronic Frontier Foundation established the Pioneer Awards
> for deserving individuals and organizations.
>
> The Pioneer Awards are international and nominations are open to all.  The
> deadline for nominations this year is March 15, 2000 (see nomination
> criteria and instructions below).
>
> The 2000 AWARDS
>
> The Ninth Annual EFF Pioneer Awards will be presented in Toronto, Canada,
> at the 10th Conference on Computers, Freedom, and Privacy (see
> http://www.cfp2000.org).  The ceremony will be held on the evening of April
> 6, 2000.  All nominations will be reviewed by a panel of judges chaired by
> Dave Farber, FCC Chief Technologist and long time EFF Boardmember, and
> chosen for their knowledge of the technical, legal, and social issues
> associated with information technology.
>
> This year's EFF Pioneer Awards judges are:
>
>  - Herb Brody, Senior Editor, Technology Review
>  - Dave Farber, Chief Technologist, FCC
>  - Moira Gunn, Host, Tech Nation, NPR
>  - Larry Irving, CEO, UrbanMagic.com
>  - Tara Lemmey, Executive Director, EFF
>  - Peter G. Neumann, Principal Scientist, Computer Science
>     Lab, SRI International and Moderator, ACM Risks Forum
>  - Susan H. Nycum, Partner, Baker & McKenzie
>  - Drazen Pantic, NYU Center for War, Peace, & the News Media
>  - Barbara Simons, President, ACM
>
> HOW TO NOMINATE SOMEONE
>
> There are no specific categories for the EFF Pioneer Awards, but the
> following guidelines apply:
>
> 1. The nominees must have made a substantial contribution to the health,
> growth, accessibility, or freedom of computer-based communications.
>
> 2. The contribution may be technical, social, economic, or cultural.
>
> 3. Nominations may be of individuals, systems, or organizations in the
> private or public sectors.
>
> 4. Nominations are open to all, and you may nominate more than one
> recipient.  You may nominate yourself or your organization.
>
> 5. All nominations, to be valid, must contain your reasons, however brief,
> for nominating the individual or organization, along with a means of
> contacting the nominee, and your own contact number.  Anonymous nominations
> will be allowed, but we prefer to be able to contact the nominating parties
> in the event that we need further information.
>
> 6. Every person or organization, with the single exception of EFF staff
> members, is eligible for an EFF Pioneer Award.
>
> 7. Persons or representatives of organizations receiving an EFF Pioneer
> Award will be invited to attend the ceremony at the Foundation's expense.
>
> You may send as many nominations as you wish, but please use one e-mail per
> nomination.  Submit all entries to: pioneer () eff org
>
> Just tell us:
>
> 1. The name of the nominee;
>
> 2. The phone number or e-mail address at which the nominee can be reached;
> and, most importantly,
>
> 3. Why you feel the nominee deserves the award;
>
> You may attach supporting documentation in Microsoft Word or other standard
> binary formats.
>
> PAST PIONEERS OF THE ELECTRONIC FRONTIER
>
> 1992: Douglas C. Engelbart, Robert Kahn, Jim Warren, Tom Jennings, and
> Andrzej Smereczynski; 1993: Paul Baran, Vinton Cerf, Ward Christensen, Dave
> Hughes and the USENET software developers, represented by the software's
> originators Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis; 1994: Ivan Sutherland, Whitfield
> Diffie and Martin Hellman, Murray Turoff and Starr Roxanne Hiltz, Lee
> Felsenstein, Bill Atkinson, and the WELL;  1995: Philip Zimmermann, Anita
> Borg, and Willis Ware; 1996: Robert Metcalfe, Peter Neumann, Shabbir Safdar
> and Matthew Blaze;  1997: Marc Rotenberg, Johan "Julf" Helsingius, and
> (special honorees) Hedy Lamarr and George Antheil; 1998: Richard Stallman,
> Linus Torvalds, and Barbara Simons; 1999: Jon Postel, Drazen Pantic, and
> Simon Davies.
>
> See http://www.eff.org/pioneer for further information.
>
> ABOUT EFF
>
> The Electronic Frontier Foundation (http://www.eff.org) is a global
> nonprofit organization linking technical architectures with legal
> frameworks to support the rights of individuals in an open society.
> Founded in 1990, EFF actively encourages and challenges industry and
> government to support free expression, privacy, and openness in the
> information society.  EFF is a member-supported organization and maintains
> one of the most-linked-to Web sites in the world.
>
>
> ===-------------------------------------------------
>   Alex Fowler
>   Director, Strategic Initiatives Group
>   Electronic Frontier Foundation
>
>   Email: alex () eff org or afowler () eff org
>   Tel: 415.436.9333, x103; Fax 415.436.9993
>   Mobile: 415.595.6683
>
>   You can find EFF on the Web at http://www.eff.org
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