Andrew and Susanne Ruthven's contribution to OSS in New Zealand

Your Nomination

Title for nomination:

Nominee's name or organisation:

Andrew and Susanne Ruthven

Overview of your nomination:

Andrew and Susanne Ruthven were the directors of LCA 2010, a Linux conference held in Wellington, New Zealand this year. Both Andrew and Susanne worked tirelessly to ensure a successful conference, providing the opportunity for 100's of open source contributors and users to gather and discuss topics related to open source during the course of a week. Not only did it facilitate existing open source contributors and advocates, it also helped raise the awareness of open source in New Zealand.

Reasons for winning this award:

Andrew and Susanne dedicated an entire year for helping to organize LCA2010, an entirely unpaid voluntary effort. While they had a strong team around them to help them, they were inspirational in their leadership, planning and without them, the conference could not have happened.

Supporting Information

Use and benefits of open source:

LCA2010 is Linux Conference Australasia. It is held in a different city throughout Australia and New Zealand each year. It is a developers conference for the most part, but welcomes attendance at all levels.

Recent achievements:

Directors of LCA2010, Wellington, New Zealand.

Plans for future work:

Andrew and Susanne regularly attend LCA conferences, though may not be putting their hand up to organize another one for a while now - it is a significant amount of work.

Websites and other information:

http://lca2010.org.nz