[ripe-list] Closing soon: Jonathan B. Postel Service Award 2020 Call for Nominations

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Closing soon: Jonathan B. Postel Service Award 2020 Call for Nominations

*You have 10 days left to nominate someone for this year’s **Jonathan B.
Postel Service Award*
<https://www.internetsociety.org/grants-and-awards/postel-service-award/>*!*

Each year, the Internet Society presents the prestigious award to an
individual or organization that, like Jon Postel, has made significant
contributions to the technological development of the Internet.

The award commemorates Jon Postel’s extraordinary stewardship
<https://www.internetsociety.org/grants-and-awards/postel-service-award/ten-year-tribute-jon-postel/>
 in the course of his 30-year career in networking.

The chosen candidate will be presented with a USD20,000 honorarium and the
signature crystal engraved globe at a global conference with Internet
technical leaders later this year.

Previous award winners
<https://www.internetsociety.org/grants-and-awards/postel-service-award>
include
Steven Huter for fostering local Internet communities globally, Kimberly
Claffy for her contribution to Internet measurement, Kanchana Kanchanasut for
accelerating Internet development in Thailand, and Nii Quaynor for driving
the spread of the Internet across Africa.


Special emphasis is placed on candidates who have supported and enabled
others in addition to their own contributions.


Help us recognize the extraordinary people who have committed themselves to
the technological development, growth and strength of the Internet!



Click here <https://apps.internetsociety.org/form/postel-nominations> to
submit a nomination



Nomination period ends on *5 June 2020*. For questions, email
postel at isoc.org
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