Jacinta Richardson wins White Camel Award

AussieChix member Jacinta Richardson was today announced as one of the winners of the 2008 White Camel Awards at OSCON in Portland, recognising her contributions to the Perl community.

use.perl reports:

The first White Camel recipient for 2008 is Jacinta Richardson. She has been credited for saving more than one Perl Monger group from dying and has been heralded as the "gardener of the Australian Perl Community", in the sense that she provides energy while subtly encouraging others to take responsibility. She is an active member in every Monger group in Australia, as well as many other FLOSS groups in the area. She has helped organize OSDC, Linux.conf.au, and SAGE conferences. She works with Perl Training Australia in supporting the Perl community with such ventures as perl.net.au and Perl Tips.

Hooray Jacinta!