[Fsfe-ie] Fwd: [iCommonslab] APC CHRIS NICOL FOSS PRIZE IN 2007

Daithi Mac Sithigh daithi1 at gmail.com
Fri Aug 25 13:20:23 CEST 2006


May be of interest.

Daithí Mac Síthigh

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> From: "Fouad Riaz Bajwa" <bajwa at fossfp.org>
> Date: August 24, 2006 10:20:35 PM GMT+01:00
> To: <icommonslab at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: [iCommonslab] APC CHRIS NICOL FOSS PRIZE IN 2007
> Reply-To: bajwa at fossfp.org
>
> ===============================================================
>
> ANNOUNCING THE APC CHRIS NICOL FOSS PRIZE IN 2007
>
> Making it easy to use free and open source software
>
> ===============================================================
>
> The APC Chris Nicol FOSS Prize recognises initiatives that are  
> making it
> easy for people to start using free and open source software  
> (FOSS). The
> prize will be awarded to a person or group doing extraordinary work  
> to make
> FOSS accessible to ordinary computer users.
>
> The APC FOSS Prize has been established to honor Chris Nicol, a  
> long time
> FOSS advocate and activist who for many years worked with APC.
>
> We are looking for initiatives that:
> * improve the accessibility to, knowledge of and/or usability of FOSS
> * are user-oriented
> * are documented so that others can learn from and replicate the model
> * have demonstrable impact and have increased the number of people  
> using
> FOSS on a day-to-day basis
>
> THE PRIZE IS OPEN TO: Any person or group anywhere in the world who  
> supports
> or promotes user-oriented free and open source software. The  
> application
> form must be completed in either English or Spanish however there  
> are no
> language restrictions regarding the language of the project. Small- 
> scale
> activities are encouraged to apply.
>
> THE PRIZE: US$ 4,000.00 may be shared by up to two initiatives at  
> the jury's
> discretion.
>
> DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS: March 30 2007
>
> MORE ABOUT THE APC CHRIS NICOL FOSS PRIZE:
> http://www.apc.org/english/chrisnicol
> http://www.apc.org/espanol/chrisnicol or write to fossprize at apc.org
>
> ABOUT THE ASSOCIATION FOR PROGRESSIVE COMMUNICATIONS (APC)
> http://www.apc.org The Association for Progressive Communications  
> is an
> international network of civil society organisations dedicated to  
> empowering
> and supporting groups and individuals through the strategic use of
> information and communication technologies, especially
> internet-technologies.
>
> ===============================================================
>
> Courtesy of
> _______________________________________________
> APCNews mailing list
> APCNews at lists.apc.org
> http://lists.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/apcnews
>
> Forwarded for information by
> -----------------------
> Fouad Riaz Bajwa
> General Secretary - FOSS Advocate
> FOSSFP: Free & Open Source Software Foundation of Pakistan ®  
> Secretariat
> Cell: 92-333-4661290
> Tel: 92-42-5030039
> E-Mail: bajwa at fossfp.org
> URL: www.fossfp.org ; www.ubuntu-pk.org
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> This e-mail message is intended for its recipient only. If you have  
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> FOSSFP: Free and Open Source Software Foundation of Pakistan (R)  
> takes no
> responsibility for the material, implicit or explicit.
>

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