[BiO BB] Now Accepting Nominations for the 2003 Benjamin Franklin Award

[J.W. Bizzaro]

Greetings.

These are the nominations we've received so far:

Name                                          No. Nominations
==========================================    ===============
James Kent, UC Santa Cruz                     1
Michael Ashburner, Cambridge University       1
Stuart Newman, New York Medical College       1
Don Gilbert, Indiana Univ.                    2
Eric Lander, MIT                              1
Francis Collins, NIH                          1

We do need to get **2** nominations per candidate, in order for them to appear
on the ballot.  You are welcome to second the nomination of any person listed
above or to nominate someone else.

    https://bioinformatics.org/franklin/nominate/
    (you must be a member and logged in)

We would like to begin voting in a couple weeks.  It will be the first
membership vote at Bioinformatics.Org, and we will be testing our new voting
system, being developed by Dmitry Mozzherin.

Cheers.
Jeff

"J.W. Bizzaro" wrote:
> 
> Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) was one of the most remarkable men of his time.
> Scientist, inventor, statesman, Franklin freely and openly shared his ideas and
> refused to patent his inventions. It is the opinion of the founders of
> Bioinformatics.Org that he embodied the best traits of a scientist, and we seek
> to honor those who share these virtues.
> 
> The Benjamin Franklin Award is presented annually by Bioinformatics.Org to an
> individual who has in his or her practice promoted freedom and openness in the
> field of bioinformatics.
> 
> We are now accepting nominations for the 2003 Benjamin Franklin Award from the
> members of Bioinformatics.Org.  They may be submitted using this form:
> 
>   https://bioinformatics.org/franklin/nominate/
> 
> NOTE: You must be a member and logged in to submit a nomination.
> 
> Please also note the following criteria for nominees:
> 
> 1. There must ultimately be at least two (2) nominations submitted per nominee.
> 2. All nominations must be submitted by current members of Bioinformatics.Org.
> 3. The nominee must be living. There will be no posthumous awards.
> 4. There must be evidence that the nominee has done something to promote freedom
> and openness in bioinformatics.
> 
> The list of nominees will then be presented to the individual members of
> Bioinformatics.Org for a vote.
> 
> The ceremony for the presentation of the Award is held at the Annual Meeting of
> Bioinformatics.Org. It involves a short introduction, the presentation of the
> certificate, and the laureate seminar.
> 
> Award home page:
> http://bioinformatics.org/franklin/

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J.W. Bizzaro                                jeff at bioinformatics.org
Director, Bioinformatics.Org        http://bioinformatics.org/~jeff
"As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we
should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention
of ours; and this we should do freely and generously."
                   -- Benjamin Franklin
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