anyone can nominate, anyone can send in supporting letters of endorsement. Nominations open in May . vint On Sat, Apr 12, 2025 at 9:21 AM Frantisek Borsik wrote: > Lovely. So how we can put it in motion? :) Who would be the best person to > do it? > > > All the best, > > Frank > > Frantisek (Frank) Borsik > > > *In loving memory of Dave Täht: *1965-2025 > > https://libreqos.io/2025/04/01/in-loving-memory-of-dave/ > > > https://www.linkedin.com/in/frantisekborsik > > Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp: +421919416714 <+421%20919%20416%20714> > > iMessage, mobile: +420775230885 <+420%20775%20230%20885> > > Skype: casioa5302ca > > frantisek.borsik@gmail.com > > > On Sat, Apr 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM Loganaden Velvindron > wrote: > >> Definitely :-) >> >> On Sat, 12 Apr 2025 at 15:12, Vint Cerf wrote: >> > >> > He would be a good candidate for the Postel Award, don't you think? >> > v >> > >> > >> > On Sat, Apr 12, 2025 at 5:45 AM Loganaden Velvindron < >> loganaden@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> > >> >> > 2) I was thinking about how we could get Dave recognized for his >> contributions. Like other unsung heroes, Dave didn't work for BBN or some >> other moneyed entity who would commission a book or a memorial. (BBN paid >> Katie Hafner to write the text that later turned into her book "When >> Wizards Stay Up Late", which oddly only talked about the ARPANET/Internet >> pioneers who worked for BBN, omitting many of my Internet colleagues.) >> Dave wasn't the kind of guy that gets Awards from the Computer History >> Museum or the ACM or IEEE. He wasn't beloved at IETF or ISOC that I know >> of. He's in the category of folks like Noel Chiappa or Bram Cohen or >> Richard Stallman or Aaron Swartz - people I think really changed the way we >> think about computing and internetworking, but who won't be in the official >> histories. >> >> >> >> He did not fit in a typical corporate culture especially in his later >> >> years. He got a certain amount of respect at the >> >> IETF. >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Please send any postal/overnight deliveries to: >> > Vint Cerf >> > Google, LLC >> > 1900 Reston Metro Plaza, 16th Floor >> > Reston, VA 20190 >> > +1 (571) 213 1346 <(571)%20213-1346> >> > >> > >> > until further notice >> > >> > >> > >> > -- Please send any postal/overnight deliveries to: Vint Cerf Google, LLC 1900 Reston Metro Plaza, 16th Floor Reston, VA 20190 +1 (571) 213 1346 until further notice