[arin-announce] Call for Nominations: 2010 Jonathan B. Postel Service Award

[Member Services]

The Internet Society (ISOC) is now accepting nominations for the 2010 
Jonathan B. Postel Service Award. This annual award is presented to an 
individual or organization that has made outstanding contributions in 
service to the Internet community. This year the award will be presented 
during the 78th Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meeting in 
Maastricht, Netherlands, 25-30 July 2010. The award includes a 
presentation crystal and a prize of USD 20,000.

About the Award
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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.

Award Nomination Procedure
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Nominations may be submitted via an online form until the deadline of 28 
May 2010. More information and the nomination form is available here:

  http://isoc.org/postel

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Regards,

Member Services
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)