off-topic: Nominating Chet Ramey for USENIX flame award - TUHS

5 Oct 2020

Hi All.

I know this is off topic, but this list is full of the people who
can help me with this.

I'd like to nomimate Chet Ramey for the USENIX lifetime achievement
award (yes, he's aware).  I need 2-4 letters of support for this;
anyone who agrees that he deserves it should send me such a letter,
please (PDF, I guess) and I'll send in the whole package.  See the
details below.

The deadline is October 19; please send a letter sooner rather
than later.

Let's start by sending me "yes, I'll write a letter" and then if
there are lots, I'll pick four.

PLEASE reply directly to me; no need to inundate TUHS with mail
on this.

Thanks,

Arnold

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  Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 16:00:19 -0700 (PDT)
 From: Casey Henderson &lt;casey.henderson(a)usenix.org&gt;
 To: Arnold Robbins &lt;arnold(a)skeeve.com&gt;
 Subject: Call for Nominations for the USENIX Lifetime Achievement Award

 Dear Arnold:

 USENIX offers several awards that recognize public service and technical
 excellence in the fields, including the USENIX Lifetime Achievement Award
 ("The Flame"): https://www.usenix.org/about/flame

 The Flame recognizes and celebrates singular contributions to the USENIX
 community of both intellectual achievement and service that are not
 recognized in any other forum. Please consider nominating a deserving
 colleague!

 We invite you to submit nominations for USENIX's awards at any
 time. However, to help us offer the award this year, we strongly encourage
 nominations for The Flame by October 19.

 A nomination should include:
 *Name and contact information of the person making the nomination
 *Name(s) and contact information of the nominee(s)
 *A citation, approximately 100 words long
 *A statement, at most one page long, on why the candidate(s) should receive the award
 *Between two and four supporting letters, no longer than one page each

 Please submit your nominations to the Awards Committee via awards(a)usenix.org.

 Best Wishes,
 Casey Henderson
 Executive Director
 USENIX Association 