In approximately 2 months, the 2002 SIGAda Awards will be presented in a
special plenary session at the SIGAda 2002 conference in Houston.  (See
http://www.acm.org/sigada/conf/sigada2002/ if you have somehow missed
announcements of this year's annual SIGAda international conference.)

Nominations for 2002 SIGAda awards are currently open and will be accepted
until November 8.  We welcome nominations of deserving recipients from
anyone in the Ada community.  The nomination form is at the end of this
message and on the SIGAda website at
http://www.acm.org/sigada/exec/awards/awards.html  --  including a new
feature for online submissions recently added by SIGAda Secretary Clyde
Roby (also a 2001 SIGAda Award winner!).  You need to visit this website to
see past award winners' names so you don't nominate someone who has already
won an award in a category.

The ACM SIGAda Awards recognize individuals and organizations who have made
outstanding contributions to the Ada community and to SIGAda.  The two
categories of awards are:

  (1) Outstanding Ada Community Contribution Award
        -- For broad, lasting contributions to Ada technology & usage.

  (2) ACM SIGAda Distinguished Service Award
        -- For exceptional contributions to SIGAda activities & products.

Your participation in the nominations process will help maintain the
prestige and honor of these awards.

Please consider who should be nominated this year.  You may nominate a
person for either or both awards, and as many people as you think worthy.
One or more awards will be made in both categories.

Please visit http://www.acm.org/sigada/exec/awards/awards.html#Recipients
and peruse the names of past winners.  This may help you think about the
measure of accomplishment that is appropriate.  You may be aware of people
who have made substantial contributions that have not yet been
acknowledged.  Nominate them!  Consider what you believe to be the best
developments in the Ada community or SIGAda in the last year; the last 5
years; since Ada's inception.  Who was responsible?  Nominate them.

Please note that anyone who has received either of the two awards remains
eligible for the other.  Perhaps there is an outstanding SIGAda volunteer
who has won our Distinguished Service Award and who has also made impactful
contributions to the advance of Ada technology, or visa versa.  Nominate
him or her!  There have been no dual winners in the 8-year history of the
SIGAda Awards Program, and perhaps it's time to change that.

The ACM SIGAda Awards Committee, comprised of volunteers who have
previously won an award, will determine this year's recipients from your
nominations.

Call our attention to the people who are most deserving, by nominating
them.  And please nominate by NOVEMBER 5!

Thank you,


Edward Colbert       Hal Hart
Co-Chair             Co-Chair

ACM SIGAda Awards Committee


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          2002 SIGAda AWARDS NOMINATION FORM

Name of Nominee:
Category of Nomination:  (mark one or both)
        (1) Outstanding Ada Community Contribution
        (2) ACM SIGAda Distinguished Service Award

Name/Address of Nominee's Employer (if known):


Accomplishments supporting this nomination: (attach additional sheets if
necessary) Note: Please be thorough in your description, since the awards
committee will use these narratives as the primary basis for selection.








Affiliation(s) and position at time of accomplishments (if known):

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Name of member submitting nomination:
Address/Phone/E-mail of member submitting nomination:


Please send completed nomination forms by 5 Nov 2002 to [log in to unmask]

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