First UMSF Awards, Starting March 1st |
First UMSF Awards, Starting March 1st |
Feb 22 2010, 07:55 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Something that we've been bouncing between the admins for a while, is a means to thank and celebrate the work and creativity of science teams, engineering teams or outreachers who try to share their exploratory spirit. To that end, we are about to award the first 6 UMSF awards, to mark the 6 years of UMSF. From this year onwards, we intend to issue two awards per year, but after 6 years we've got some catching up to do so we've awarded 6 different teams or individuals in this inaugural round.
The actual awards are already in the mail out to their various recipients either directly (on pain of death if they reveal their award before we do!) , or with the help of agents of subterfuge who are holding them until the day of the actual award to keep it a surprise (you know who you are, and thankyou!) A special thanks, as ever, to Astro0 for his typically awesome work with Photoshop to produce not only the graphics for the awards, but also for the certificates that accompany them. The first six will be announced from March 1st to March 6th! Please don't try and play a guessing game in the mean time, you may end up causing accidental offence or disappointment. We'll be taking nominations for the 2010 awards from UMSF members, but NOT YET... because you don't know who's won a 2009 award yet! The first six awards will be announced at www.umsfawards.com or you can be exceptionally 21st century and keep track via @umsfawards |
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Mar 6 2010, 06:51 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 796 Joined: 27-February 08 From: Heart of Europe Member No.: 4057 |
My congratulations to all winners!
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Mar 6 2010, 09:15 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1431 Joined: 26-July 08 Member No.: 4270 |
I also offer my congratulations. The awards were well deserved.
-------------------- -- Hungry4info (Sirius_Alpha)
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Mar 6 2010, 10:38 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 6-March 10 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 5248 |
http://www.umsfawards.com/?p=111 For sharing the frustration, exhilaration, challenges and rewards of flight operations via marsandme.blogspot.com , Scott Maxwell wins the 3rd UMSF Spirit Award, the final award of the 2009 round! Holy smoke. Doug dropped enough hints that I can't pretend I had no idea the award would be something like this, but I can say I had no idea how touched I'd be. (And how much sorrier this makes me that time pressure eventually forced me to stop taking the notes I'd have needed to continue the blog indefinitely; it has a good while to go yet, but it doesn't go forever.) My reaction is a complicated mix of proud and humbled and thrilled and honored, all of it feeding into a determination to continue to earn this. Thank you. -------------------- "I'm still amazed that humans ... had the audacity to send something to that red dot in the sky. What we're doing here is just nuts." -- Phil Christensen
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Mar 7 2010, 12:56 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2921 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
I'm both amazed by how good our Admins have been in their selection and by what the selected people have delivered.
To the one that post on UNMSF, Veronica, John and Scott (welcome!) I want to express my gratitude hoping the other winners also read us and understand our important they are for us too. -------------------- |
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Mar 7 2010, 01:51 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
It's more than well deserved, Scott; dig on it, man, and congratulations!!!!
Also, apologies & belated congratulations to John Spencer! This thread's been moving rapidly indeed... -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Mar 7 2010, 06:48 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
"it has a good while to go yet, but it doesn't go forever"
It doesn't?!?! Take the award back!!!! Seriously, congratulations Scott (and welcome to UMSF! Finally!!!!), your award - like everyone's - is richly deserved. With the possible exception of SS I'm not aware of anyone who's done more to spread the word about the magnificence of MER, and support our gals. Congratulations to all the awrd recipients, they've all, through their efforts, helped make people Out There aware of just how exciting, valuable and rewarding science can be. No small thing in this celebrity-worshipping, bling-obsessed age. -------------------- |
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Mar 7 2010, 07:02 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 808 Joined: 10-October 06 From: Maynard Mass USA Member No.: 1241 |
To all the Award recipients,
Congratulations for all your contributions - you people make a difference. To the UMSF admins Doug, et. al., ... you guys rock. Thanks for these high quality forums, and now, the UMSF Awards. -------------------- CLA CLL
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Mar 7 2010, 08:27 AM
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Rover Driver Group: Members Posts: 1015 Joined: 4-March 04 Member No.: 47 |
Great initiative! And congrats to all the winners. Really well-deserved!
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Mar 10 2010, 05:09 PM
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Scott, it is never too late to start taking notes again! - I love the personal insight they have given into driving the MER's.
Congrats to all winners. |
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Jun 18 2011, 05:45 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 399 Joined: 28-August 07 From: San Francisco Member No.: 3511 |
Will there be and awards "ceremony" this year? Dry-clean the Tux?
-------------------- 'She drove until the wheels fell off...'
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