[Chapter-delegates] 2009 Jonathan B. Postel Award - Call for Nominations

[Sabrina Wilmot]

Dear Colleagues,

Please find below the Call for Nominations for the 2009 Jonathan B. 
Postel Award.

Best regards,
Sabrina Wilmot
ISOC

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Call for Nominations

2009 JONATHAN B. POSTEL SERVICE AWARD

The Internet Society (ISOC) announces a call for nominations for the 
2009 Jonathan B. Postel Service Award. This annual award is presented to 
an individual or an organization that has made outstanding contributions 
in service to the data communications community. This year the award 
will be presented during the 75th Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) 
meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, on July 26-31, 2009.  The award includes a 
presentation crystal and a prize of USD 20,000. The Internet Society 
requests nominations of qualified candidates. The deadline for 
nominations is May 29, 2009.

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 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, where he also served as a Trustee. For 
additional information on Jon Postel's life and contributions, please 
visit www.isoc.org/postel/.

Award Nomination Procedure

The nominee does not need to be a member of ISOC. Nominate via email to 
postel2009 at isoc.org and include the following details:
      1. Name and Email address of nominee
      2. CV/Bio of nominee
      3. Statement of recommendation including specific acts, works, 
contributions, and other criteria that would show the nominee to fit the 
standard set by Jon Postel. It should be clear from your statement that 
your nominee has performed in this manner over a long period of time, 
not simply that the nominee has done several significant things in the 
area of data communications and the Internet. Please include 
corroborating references with their name, email address, and telephone 
number. Conclude with your postal address, ISOC member number, and 
telephone number as well as the postal address, telephone and fax number 
of the nominee.

Thank you in advance for your support,
The Jonathan B. Postel Service Award 2009 Nominating Committee
For more information and criteria, see http://www.isoc.org/awards/