Community Champions Winners Announced

Every day INETA members go above and beyond to support their communities. The purpose of the INETA Community Champion Award program is to recognize individuals with the highest levels of contributions. Those exceptional leaders and volunteers who devote innumerable hours towards hosting user group meetings, organizing Code Camps and special events, mentoring and supporting their members, publishing newsletters, updating web sites, and the list goes on and on. This relatively new program has been gaining momentum as user group leaders across North America have been recording their activities. During the past quarter we had over 3.6 million points submitted! The Community Champions program provides INETA with an opportunity to showcase the efforts of our user group communities as a whole as well as provide individual recognition. Recognition that we hope will open doors to networking opportunities, potential sponsors, future employers or partnerships. Each winner of this prestigious annual award will be presented with a letter of commendation, a certificate of achievement, much deserved online recognition, and their choice of a MSDN Subscription, Xbox or $300 gift check.

INETA Community Champion Award Winners

Please join us in congratulating the recipients of the Q3 2008 INETA Community Champion Award!

• John Baird
• Antonio Chagoury
• David Hockenberry
• Lori McKinney
• Michael Paladino
• Dan Rigsby
• Vishal Shukla
• Will Strohl
• Jason Townsend
• Chris Williams

Special thanks to everyone who took the time and energy to participate in this program. Keep contributing to your local developer community and submit your activities through the INETA Community Champion program. This is your chance to show the world what community leadership is all about and to gain some of the recognition that you deserve! All activities which take place from Jan 1, 2008 thru Dec 31, 2008 will be eligible for the Q4 2008 awards. For additional information and to view past winners, please go to Community Champion Awards section of the INETA web site.

INETA Community Champion Participant of the Month Spotlight

Here at INETA, we also realize that it is the small contributions that make a difference. To that end, in addition to the quarterly Community Champion Awards, we are proud to offer the Community Champion Participant of the Month Award. To be eligible for this award all you need to do is record the volunteer work you perform for your user group, whether that be updating the web site, greeting new members, picking up pizza, etc. Each month we will pick someone at random to win a $50 gift check. Could we make it any easier? So what are you waiting for, log on to Community Championand submit your activities today using the new Silverlight based UI!

The October 2008 Champs Participant of the Month goes to Supriyo "SB" Chatterjee. Congratulations SB and thanks for supporting the developers in your community!

Now Accepting INETA Community Excellence Award Nominations

The Community Excellence Awards are given to those who have made a significant and prolonged impact within the developer community. These lifetime awards are presented semi-annually and use a nomination process to select the key individuals who represent the true spirit of community leadership and vision that INETA strives to represent and support. Tell us who you believe should be awarded this special honor and then enlist the participation of two people to endorse your nomination. The nomination requests will be reviewed by a selection committee consisting of past winners, Microsoft representatives and INETA board members. Nominations for the current award cycle will be accepted from now thru December 31, 2008. Log in to view past recipients, learn more, and submit your nomination by going to the Community Excellence Awards section of the INETA web site.

Please contact us with any comments and feedback.
INETA Community Champion Team
noram.champs@ineta.org

-- from the INETA NorAm November 2008 Newsletter