About
Free and open source technology is changing the way people and organisations collaborate and innovate to achieve common goals.
For New Zealand, free and open source technology not only represents an opportunity to contribute and be recognised on the world stage, but also to deliver real competitive advantage to our business sector, show leadership in government and the public sector, and provide more effective tools for community-based organisations as they meet the challenges of the 21st century.
The New Zealand Open Source Awards recognise and promote:
- the contributions of New Zealanders directly to free and open source projects or the promotion of free and open source philosophy
- exemplary use of free and open source by New Zealand organisations.
The Awards work to raise awareness of the free and open source advantage for New Zealand by telling powerful success stories based on real achievements that are already making a difference for our country.
This Awards site features both category winners and shortlisted nominations, providing a permanent showcase of New Zealand free and open source activity and contributions.
NZOSA 2010 Judges
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Don Christie Director of Catalyst |
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Dave MoskovitzChairman of WebFund, serial entrepreneur, angel investor, InternetNZ Councillor, Tohunga Rorohiko, computational linguist, and hacker (in its original sense) |
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Rachel Hamilton-WilliamsCurrent President of the NZOSS (New Zealand Open Source Society), General Manager of Katipo |
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Amber CraigSenior Mobile Engineer for Telecom with Solutions Plus!, Wellington Girl Geek Dinner organiser, gadgets and geeks evangelist, Electronics in Crafts organiser |
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Nat TorkingtonKiwi Foo Camp organiser, board member for InternetNZ, Silverstripe, and The Perl Foundation, founder of open.org.nz |
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David FarrarFounder and writer of KiwiBlog, dedicated participant and supporter of InternetNZ |
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Richard WylesDirector of Flexible Learning Network Ltd, Mahara ePortfolio project leader, Internet NZ Councillor |
