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size=2>many congrats Chris!!!'</FONT></DIV><FONT
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size=2><BR>Firstly, please excuse the cross posting.<BR><BR>I am very pleased
to announce that Chris Cormack, the current Koha QA <BR>Manager and
former release manager for V1.2, won the Open Source <BR>Contributor
Award at the first ever New Zealand Open Source Awards <BR>last night.
The award recognizes Chris' tireless, ongoing effort <BR>working on the
Koha project. Koha was also a finalist in the projects
<BR>category.<BR><BR>Chris accepted the award in his normal humble style,
making a point <BR>of thanking everyone else involved. It was a great
evening, with Koha <BR>getting mentioned several times, including a
mention by the New <BR>Zealand Minister for ICT.<BR><BR>Congratulations
to Chris!<BR><BR>For more about the awards see :
http://www.nzosa.org.nz/<BR>It was a great event, superbly organized by
CatalystIT (an open <BR>source company here in
Wellington,NZ).<BR><BR>I'll do a post for the website with some photos
soon.<BR><BR>Cheers,</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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