All,
 
Nominations are now open for the Eclipse
Community Awards.  These annual awards recognize key individuals, products
and technologies that make Eclipse a vibrant community.   The award winners
will be announced March 17 at EclipseCon.   The deadline for nominations
is January 25, 2008.
 
There are three categories for the individual awards:
 - Top Ambassador - Recognizes an individual
     (committer or non-committer) who best promotes and supports the Eclipse
     community. Everyone can vote on this award.
- Top Committer - Recognizes an Eclipse
     committer who best exemplifies support for the community through
     newsgroups, Bugzilla, white papers, conference presentations, blogs and
     other forums. Everyone can vote for this award.
- Most Prolific Newcomer Evangelist - This
     individual best exemplifies the welcoming of new people into the Eclipse
     community. This award will be presented to the individual that has
     answered the most questions raised on the eclipse.newcomer
     newsgroup.
 
For products and technologies there are 6 categories:
 - Best Commercial Eclipse-Based Developer Tool -
     Recognizes a commercial product that provides an innovative, high quality
     product for software developers.
- Best Open Source Eclipse-Based Developer Tool -
     Recognizes an open source project (not hosted at Eclipse) that provides an
     innovative, high quality product for software developers.
- Best Commercial Equinox Application - Recognizes
     a commercial product that illustrates the most innovative use of Eclipse
     Equinox.
- Best Open Source Equinox Application - Recognizes
     an open source project (not hosted at Eclipse) that illustrates the most
     innovative use of Eclipse Equinox.
- Best Commercial RCP Application - Recognizes
     a commercial product that illustrates the most innovative use of Eclipse
     RCP for end user applications.
- Best Open Source RCP Application - Recognizes
     an open source project (not hosted at Eclipse) that illustrates the most
     innovative use of Eclipse RCP for end user applications.
 
Please consider nominating your product or an individual
that you think deserves special recognition.   Further details about the
nominations are available
here.   Please feel free to contact me or Lynn Gayowski if you have any
questions.
 
Happy Holidays,
Ian
 
 
Ian Skerrett
Director of Marketing
Eclipse Foundation
613-224-9461 ext. 227
blog: ianskerrett.wordpress.com