-----ORIGINAL MESSAGE-----
FROM: KATRIN VERCLAS < KATRIN%40NTEN.ORG">KATRIN
NTEN.ORG>
DATE: 1 JUN 2007 17:20:52 -0000
SUBJECT: [OPEN SOURCE CMS] PIZZIGATI PRIZE SUBMISSIONS SOUGHT!
TO: NTEN-DISCUSS < NTEN-DISCUSS%40GROUPS.NTEN.ORG">NTEN-DISCUSSGROUPS.NTEN.ORG>;,
EMERGINGTECHNOLOGY%40GROUPS.NTEN.ORG">EMERGINGTECHNOLOGYGROUPS.NTEN.ORG, OPENSOURCECMS%40GROUPS.NTEN.ORG">OPENSOURCECMSGROUPS.NTEN.ORG,
NOSI-DISCUSSION%40NOSI.NET">NOSI-DISCUSSIONNOSI.NET, INTERNATIONAL ERIDER LIST
<; INTERIDER%40NPOGROUPS.ORG">INTERIDERNPOGROUPS.ORG>
NTENNIES, RIDERS, AND ANY AND ALL OPEN SOURCE DEVELOPERS!
GOOD DEEDS DO GET REWARDED.
IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN TOILING IN THE OPEN SOURCE VINEYARDS,
DEVELOPING SOFTWARE THAT'S REALLY HELPING A NONPROFIT SUCCEED, CHECK
OUT THE TIDES FOUNDATION PIZZIGATI PRIZE, A $10,000 ANNUAL AWARD FOR
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOFTWARE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
THE APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR THIS YEAR'S PRIZE: AUGUST 1. FIND OUT
MORE €” AND APPLY ONLINE €” AT WWW.PIZZIGATIPRIZE.ORG.
DISCLOSURE: I AM ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
ONE SPECIAL NOTE: LAST YEAR'S INAUGURAL PIZZIGATI PRIZE COMPETITION
DREW NOMINATIONS FROM A VARIETY OF NATIONALLY RECOGNIZABLE OPEN SOURCE
TALENTS. BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE DONE WORK FOR A TOP-TIER NATIONAL
NONPROFIT TO BE CONSIDERED FOR PIZZIGATI PRIZE HONORS.
"WE'RE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHOSE SOFTWARE IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE," SAYS
JASON SANDERS, THE TIDES FOUNDATION PHILANTHROPIC ADVISOR WHO
COORDINATES THE PIZZIGATI PRIZE, "AND THAT DIFFERENCE CAN BE IN ANY
SIZED COMMUNITY."
INDEED. SO APPLY, FORWARD, SPREAD THE WORD.
THANKS, AND HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!
KATRIN
--
KATRIN VERCLAS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
NTEN: THE NONPROFIT TECHNOLOGY NETWORK
WWW.NTEN.ORG
KATRIN%40NTEN.ORG">KATRINNTEN.ORG
415 397 9000 EXT 302 (NEW NUMBER!)
413 687 9877 MOBILE
SKYPE: KATRINSKAYA
BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO CHANGE THE WORLD NEED THE TOOLS TO DO IT.
BECOME A MEMBER NOW: WWW.NTEN.ORG/JOIN
.
