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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 August 3. This is your chance to put forward your favorite CMS in each category to go through to the final stage of voting, which will be announced towards the end of September; this is when the voting stage begins. Voting closes on October 30, with the winners announced in November.
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The Judges will be choosing from the three 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 the judges of last year's Open Source CMS Award. They are all experienced and respected figures in the open source and Content Management industry:

Bryan Ruby, CMSReport.com
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Judge, Bryan Ruby

Bryan Ruby is the host and author for CMSReport.com, an Internet site that focuses on Web content management systems, information systems, and information technology. For the past six years, he has been the Information Technology Officer for a field office in the National Weather Service. During his "spare time" he is also a web developer, IT consultant, and website host provider through his business, Dakota Hosting.

Ruby received a Bachelor’s degree in Atmospheric Science from the University of Kansas and a M.S. in Administrative Studies/Information Systems from the University of South Dakota.

For more information, please visit: CMSReport.com

Elliot Smith, author
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Judge, Elliot Smith

Elliot Smith is a Software Engineer at Talis, working on library systems with a focus on RESTful web services. He has a doctorate in Computer Science, was previously a Web Developer at the University at Birmingham, and has worked at OpenAdvantage, encouraging businesses to use and produce open source software. Recently, his first book, Ruby on Rails Enterprise Application Development: Plan, Program, Extend was published by Packt. In his spare time, he enjoys gardening, reading, listening to music, and spending time with his family.

Brice Dunwoodie, CMSWire.com
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Judge, Elliot Smith

Brice Dunwoodie is the publisher and Chief Editor of CMSWire.com, a website dedicated to Content Management, Web Publishing, and Enterprise 2.0 news.

Pranshu Jain, CM Pros
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Judge, Pranshu Jain

Pranshu heads the Content Management and Portals Practice at MindTree Consulting, helping clients with their content management evaluations, selection and strategy. He is a member of http://pranshujain.wordpress.com about content management and Software Architecture.

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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Keep track of the Award schedule here: www.PacktPub.com/Award_Timeline