preetmund
09-10-2010, 09:22 PM
The Open Source Awards is an annual online event held by Packt Publishing (http://www.packtpub.com/) to distinguish excellence among Open Source projects.
Now in its fifth year, the Award, formerly known as the Open Source Content Management System (CMS) Award, is designed to encourage, support, recognize and reward not only CMSes but a wider range of Open Source projects.
The Awards are split up into two main stages. Firstly, nominations will begin on August 9. This is your chance to put forward your favorite Open Source project in each category to go through to the final stage of voting. The top five projects with the most nominations in each category will go through to the final stage of voting. The nominations will end on September 17.
The five finalists in each category will be announced and voting will begin on September 27. Voting will close on November 5, with the winners announced the week commencing November 15.
You will also be pleased to hear that by nominating or voting for your favorite Open Source project, you will have chances to win a fantastic Amazon Kindle! This is an opportunity for you to download all your favorite Packt eBooks and read them from one handy device. During each stage, a randomly chosen nominator or voter will be drawn out of the hat. To ensure you have a chance of winning, nominate from August 9 and vote from September 27.
From August 9, you are invited to submit a nomination for an Open Source Project to be put forward to the final voting stage in each category. The following categories make up the 2010 Open Source Awards.
•Open Source CMS
•Hall of Fame CMS
•Most Promising Open Source Project
•Open Source E-Commerce Applications
•Open Source JavaScript Libraries
•Open Source Graphics Software
To nominate your chosen project in each category, click here: http://www.packtpub.com/open-source-awards-home/nominations (http://www.packtpub.com/open-source-awards-home/nominations)
Further information about the 2010 Open Source Awards and the new categories can be found here: http://www.packtpub.com/blog/packt’s-2010-open-source-awards-announcement (http://www.packtpub.com/blog/packt’s-2010-open-source-awards-announcement)
Resources to help spread the word about the 2010 Open Source Awards can be found for the following categories:
•Open Source CMS (http://www.packtpub.com/open-source-awards-home/open-source-cms-resources)
•Most Promising Open Source Project (http://www.packtpub.com/open-source-awards-home/most-promising-open-source-project-resources)
•Open Source E-Commerce Applications (http://www.packtpub.com/open-source-awards-home/open-source-ecommerce-applications-resources)
•Open Source JavaScript Libraries (http://www.packtpub.com/open-source-awards-home/open-source-javascript-libraries-resources)
•Open Source Graphics Software (http://www.packtpub.com/open-source-awards-home/open-source-graphic-software-resources)
A list of previous award winners can be found here: www.PacktPub.com/article/open-source-cms-award-previous-winners (www.PacktPub.com/article/open-source-cms-award-previous-winners)
Timelines:
August 9 | Nominations Open
September 17 | Nominations Close
September 27 | Voting Begins
November 5 | Voting Ends
November 15 | Winners Announced
To know more details about the contest rules and awards, Click here. (http://www.packtpub.com/open-source-awards-home)
Now in its fifth year, the Award, formerly known as the Open Source Content Management System (CMS) Award, is designed to encourage, support, recognize and reward not only CMSes but a wider range of Open Source projects.
The Awards are split up into two main stages. Firstly, nominations will begin on August 9. This is your chance to put forward your favorite Open Source project in each category to go through to the final stage of voting. The top five projects with the most nominations in each category will go through to the final stage of voting. The nominations will end on September 17.
The five finalists in each category will be announced and voting will begin on September 27. Voting will close on November 5, with the winners announced the week commencing November 15.
You will also be pleased to hear that by nominating or voting for your favorite Open Source project, you will have chances to win a fantastic Amazon Kindle! This is an opportunity for you to download all your favorite Packt eBooks and read them from one handy device. During each stage, a randomly chosen nominator or voter will be drawn out of the hat. To ensure you have a chance of winning, nominate from August 9 and vote from September 27.
From August 9, you are invited to submit a nomination for an Open Source Project to be put forward to the final voting stage in each category. The following categories make up the 2010 Open Source Awards.
•Open Source CMS
•Hall of Fame CMS
•Most Promising Open Source Project
•Open Source E-Commerce Applications
•Open Source JavaScript Libraries
•Open Source Graphics Software
To nominate your chosen project in each category, click here: http://www.packtpub.com/open-source-awards-home/nominations (http://www.packtpub.com/open-source-awards-home/nominations)
Further information about the 2010 Open Source Awards and the new categories can be found here: http://www.packtpub.com/blog/packt’s-2010-open-source-awards-announcement (http://www.packtpub.com/blog/packt’s-2010-open-source-awards-announcement)
Resources to help spread the word about the 2010 Open Source Awards can be found for the following categories:
•Open Source CMS (http://www.packtpub.com/open-source-awards-home/open-source-cms-resources)
•Most Promising Open Source Project (http://www.packtpub.com/open-source-awards-home/most-promising-open-source-project-resources)
•Open Source E-Commerce Applications (http://www.packtpub.com/open-source-awards-home/open-source-ecommerce-applications-resources)
•Open Source JavaScript Libraries (http://www.packtpub.com/open-source-awards-home/open-source-javascript-libraries-resources)
•Open Source Graphics Software (http://www.packtpub.com/open-source-awards-home/open-source-graphic-software-resources)
A list of previous award winners can be found here: www.PacktPub.com/article/open-source-cms-award-previous-winners (www.PacktPub.com/article/open-source-cms-award-previous-winners)
Timelines:
August 9 | Nominations Open
September 17 | Nominations Close
September 27 | Voting Begins
November 5 | Voting Ends
November 15 | Winners Announced
To know more details about the contest rules and awards, Click here. (http://www.packtpub.com/open-source-awards-home)