Best Open Source Social Networking CMS Judges

JUDGES

The Judges will be choosing from the finalists that received the most nominations, during the nomination stage. They will be basing their choices on a number of factors including performance, usability, accessibility, ease of configuration and customization, scalability and security.
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The Award is split up into two main stages. Firstly, nominations will begin on July 16. This is your chance to put forward your favourite CMS in each category to through to the final stage of voting, which will be announced at the beginning of September; this is when the voting stage begins. Voting closes on October 26, with the winners announced later that month and throughout the beginning of November.
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The Judges will be choosing from the five Content Management Systems that received the most nominations, during the nomination stage. They will be selecting their top three based on a number of factors including performance, usability, accessibility, ease of configuration and customization, scalability and security. The Judging panel is made up from a list of experienced and respected figures in the open source and Content Management industry:

Deane Barker, Gadgetopia.com
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Judge, Deane Barker

Deane Barker has been blogging at Gadgetopia for the last five years while running his Web development company, Blend Interactive. During that time, he's racked up almost 6,000 posts on a series of subjects that he tries (and fails) to keep centered around Web development. Deane's passions are content management, intranet development, and the intersection between technology and ecology.

Linda Roeder, SocialNetworking-Weblog.com
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Judge, Linda Roeder

Linda Roeder began writing on the Internet in 1998 when she became a guide for About.com. She still writes for About.com doing the Personal Web Pages topic. This site teaches people how to get started creating their own personal Web pages. Over the years she has written for many other online sites including Suite101 and Associated Content. She was even an editor for Suite101 on a 6 month assignment. On top of writing for About.com and Suite101 she's currently writing the Social Networking Weblog. This weblog discusses many of the issues people deal with while social networking and presents some of the newest social networking sites.

Chris Smart, MakeTheMove.net
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Judge, Chris Smart

Chris Smart is an advocate of free and open source software. He was the founder of the Kororaa Linux distribution which (through their live CD) brought 3D desktop effects such as Xgl to the masses. He also founded the 'Make The Move' project which presents free and open source software as a viable option for users and encourages them to make the move to free software. On a larger scale he is passionate about the benefits of free software for the business and education sectors, as well as the general community.

You!
The final judge is made up of votes from customers and visitors to www.PacktPub.com. You have the chance to support your favourite CMS by submitting a vote when the final five are announced.

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