[kictanet] Anita Borg Award for Social Impact: Call for Nominations

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    Anita Borg Award for Social Impact


      Call for Nominations - Submission deadline: April 16, 2007

*Submission Guidelines - ONLINE SUBMISSIONS 
<https://ssl.linklings.net/organizations/abi/>NOW BEING ACCEPTED *

The third Anita Borg Social Impact Award 
<http://www.anitaborg.org/about/history.php#anita>, an international 
prize, will honor an individual or team who has caused technology to 
have a positive impact on the lives of women and society or who has 
caused women to have a significant impact on the design and use of 
technology. The recipient of the 2006 Anita Borg Social Impact Award 
will receive a $10,000 award and will be honored at the 2007 Grace 
Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 
<http://www.anitaborg.org/programs/ghc/> conference Awards Banquet to be 
held in Orlando, Florida, October 18, 2007.

The inaugural Social Impact Award was presented to Karen Banks 
<http://www.anitaborg.org/programs/awards/kbanks.php>, Global 
Coordinator, APC Women's Networking Support Programme, located in 
London, England. Working with programs in Africa, Asia and Latin America 
for 15 years, she brought information and communication technologies 
(ICTs -eg. internet, radio, video, cell phones) to underserved women and 
communities as a vital tool for empowerment and positive social change. 
Their network numbers over 100 women from more than 35 countries. Their 
network includes individual women and women's groups and organizations 
working in the field of gender and ICT and actively supporting women's 
networking. Their members have formed themselves into regional networks 
in Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Africa and they are building an emerging 
network in Europe.

In 2006, the award was given to Dr. Carol Muller 
<http://www.anitaborg.org/programs/awards/cmuller.php>, the Founder and 
CEO of MentorNet, The E-Mentoring Network for Diversity in Engineering 
and Science. MentorNet (www.MentorNet.net <http://www.mentornet.net/>) 
is a nonprofit organization headquartered in San Jose, CA. Founded in 
1997, its mission is to further the progress of women and others 
underrepresented in scientific and technical fields through the use of a 
dynamic, technology-supported mentoring program; and to advance 
individuals and society, and enhance engineering and related sciences, 
by promoting a diversified, expanded and talented global workforce. 
Mentornet began by matching 539 mentoring pairs representing students at 
27 universities and 261 individuals at companies in 1999. In 2006 
Mentornet matched over 2,500 pairs at 111 universities and 1045 
companies. In 2006 students from 97 countries and mentors from 67 
countries were represented in the program.

*Selection Criteria*

    * Impact will be measured by 1) the degree and type of social
      change, 2) the amount of women's increased empowerment through the
      technology or increased influence over technology and 3) its
      sustainability and scalability.
    * The award recipient may have developed the technology, motivated
      social change and empowerment through that technology, or
      increased women's influence over and decision-making about technology.
    * The award recipient must be available to participate in the 2007
      Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference"s Awards
      Banquet on October 18, 2007 in Orlando, Florida.

Your nomination may be for a colleague or you may nominate yourself. 
Only completed submissions will be considered by the jury.

*Required Materials*
(Online Submission Only) <https://ssl.linklings.net/organizations/abi/>

   1. Title of nominated achievement*
   2. Name(s) of nominee(s)*
   3. 30 word (maximum) summary of the person and project, for the
      selection committee to use for identification purposes*
   4. Expanded statement of merit with examples (2-3pages). This must
      include short bio(s) of the nominated person(s) and address the
      following issues: Describe the impact and how it was measured. Was
      the action taken with respect to a specific situation? What
      motivated the nominee(s) to take action? Did he/she/they encounter
      any significant challenges?**
   5. Resume or curriculum vitae**
   6. Letters of reference (2-3)**
   7. Nominator's name, e-mail address, phone number and relationship to
      nominee*

*You will submit the nomination title, nominee(s) name(s), summary 
statement and your contact information via web forms at 
https://ssl.linklings.net/organizations/abi/. For more information about 
the Awards, please visit: http://anitaborg.org/programs/awards/ 
<http://www.anitaborg.org/programs/awards/>.

**The expanded statement of merit, resume or curriculum vitae, and 
letters of reference must be in separate Microsoft Word or text documents.

Additional information about this award may be found at 
http://anitaborg.org/programs/awards/ 
<http://www.anitaborg.org/programs/awards/>.Questions may be emailed to 
the Chair of the Anita Borg Social Impact Award Committee, Amy Pearl at 
socialaward_2007 at anitaborg.org <mailto:socialaward_2007 at anitaborg.org>

*Schedule*

Nomination packages due 	April 16, 2007
Finalists selected 	May 14, 2007
Award recipient notified 	July 9, 2007
Awards ceremony in Orlando, Florida 	October 18, 2007


      Selection Committee

The 2007 Anita Borg Award for Social Impact is chaired by Amy Pearl.