Linux Australia Awards
Below are a series of awards Linux Australia has for outstanding individuals in the Australian FLOSS community.
2009 Community Recognition Awards
Janet Hawtin:
For designing the Linux Australia and Open Source Industry Australia logos and commitment to community development.
Alison Russell:
For acting as speaker liaison for the conference over many years & compiling the LCA-HowTo for future bid teams.
Hugh Blemings:
For helping build and maintain the Linux Australia and IBM relationship in support of linux.conf.au over the past 10 years.
The "Rusty Wrench" Award
The Rusty Wrench Award is an award started by Jeff Waugh to recognise outstanding service to the community. It was named after Rusty Russell, one of Australia's most prominent contributors and community members who started linux.conf.au (before it was called linux.conf.au :) and has been a source of inspiration and amusement for a number of years. The award is presented to a person of the previous awardees choice, in liason with the Linux Australia Council.
Winners of the Rusty Wrench Award:
- 2007 - Kim Weatherall
- 2006 - Pia Waugh
- 2005 - Rusty Russell
Community Member of the Year Award
This award is for the LA community member of the year and nominations come from the LA community, and the decision is made by a panel of LA members. The award recognises and awards people who have contributed positively to the Linux community in the preceeding year.
Winners of the Community Member of the Year Award:
- 2007 - Melissa Draper
- 2006 - Pascal Klein
