INETA Community Champion (Q3 2008)
Posted by Dan Rigsby on November 13th, 2008
For some reason, the folks at INETA thought I was worthy of an INETA Community Champion Award this quarter. I am not sure what I did to deserve this, but I appreciate the honor and love to assist the community. I am humbled that I was considered for this quarter considering all of the other people out there contributing to the community. Congrats to all of the other awardees out there!
The INETA Community Champion Award is given out every quarter to 10 individuals who go above and beyond in the community. This award lasts for a period of one year and can be renewed thereafter. The Award package includes a letter of commendation, a certificate of achievement, much deserved online recognition, and your choice of a MSDN Subscription, Xbox or $300 gift check. It’s not a bad little package. The money can be used to help cover the gas to speak at even more events! You can read more about the award program on the INETA site here: http://www.ineta.org/Champions/CommunityChampionInfo.aspx.
As always, I encourage every developer to get involved in your local community. You could start by attending your local user groups, volunteering time, speaking, blogging, working the forums, etc. It is a rewarding experience that can help you network, assist others, give back to the community, stay on top of your career, and open doors for future employment opportunities. I am thankful that I have a wonderful wife and family who allow me to invest some of my time back into the community.
November 16th, 2008 at 1:07 am
Congrats Dan!
December 1st, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Dan, I wanted to let you know you did a fantastic job at the Cincinnati .NET Users Group (CINNUG) last week. I didn’t get the chance to personally thank you but you did wonderful. It is really great to hear relevant topics discussed and covered at the right level. This is a talent. The talk on WCF + REST was very informative and solidified a lot of things for me. I would love to see more WCF talks similar to ‘WCF in the real world’. Code samples look great too!
Keep up the great work.