nominations for 1997 SAGE Achievement Award

[Paul Evans <ple@synopsys.com>]

SAGE is soliciting nominations for its fifth annual Achievement Award,
to be presented this October in San Diego at the SAGE/USENIX LISA '97
Conference.  The SAGE board has set up a special committee to select
this year's recipient, and we're inviting your suggestions.  The award
will go to someone whose professional contributions to the system
administration community over a number of years merit special
recognition.

Past recipients of the award are:

Rob Kolstad and Max Vasilatos in 1993, for their role in organizing the early
LISA conferences, and general contributions to the system administration
community.

Larry Wall in 1994, for his work on Perl and other system administration tools.

Evi Nemeth in 1995, for her contributions to the system administration
and student community.

Elizabeth Zwicky in 1996, for her role in the founding of SAGE.

The awards committee would like to keep the selection process informal;
there isn't a formal nominating procedure, and we will consider all
suggestions submitted.  So please send in suggestions for people whose
professional accomplishments you believe deserve the recognition of a
SAGE Achievement Award to sage-award@usenix.org by Friday, 1 August 1997.

Paul Evans
Pat Wilson
SAGE Board of Directors