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<h1 class="western" align="center">The Guido Sohne Fellowship
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>About Guido Sohne</b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Guido
Sohne was legendary in his work of "developing information"
and "writing code". His contributions range from his
personal vision of our future to constructive criticism of
regulatory and other technical policy frameworks. In the world of
code writing Guido's work is recognised both in the Free and Open
Source space as well as the proprietary space. From C to LAMP, his
language proficiency is known. Experienced in the use of Operating
Systems from Unix to Windows, he has played with Apache, XML,
Chillispot etc. technologies. Above all these, Guido was known to
have a blistering pace in delivering top quality software projects.
Guido was, also, one of the pioneer founders of the Free Software
and Open Source Foundation for Africa, the premier continental open
source foundation in Africa. </font><br><br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>About the Fellowship </b>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">To
celebrate the memorial of Guido's passing, the Sohne family, friends
and colleagues of Guido in conjunction with the Ghana-India Kofi
Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT and FOSSFA are instituting a
Fellowship in honour of his personality, his vision and his ideals.
The first edition is a web application development competition that
seeks to encapsulate the dreams, visions, ideals and technological
orientation of Guido Sohne.</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>The competition</b></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>Software</b></i></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">The
competition is focused on Guido and the views he shares on
technology, development, Africa and life in general. Participants are
required to collect information on Guido and his work over the course
of his life and then develop a unique web application with it. The
web application must have functionalities that immortalize the work
that Guido did over the course of his life. In memory of the
extremely fast pace with which Guido produced quality work, we also
pay attention to how fast the competitors are able to produce top
quality entries.</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>Essay</b></i></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">As
part of the competition, entries are required to include an essay on
the the technological vision for Africa that Guido and his
compatriots shared. The input for the essay should be Guido's blog
posts, papers and other media both online and offline. Competitors
are required to write an essay on the role of software and technology
on the development of the African content. The essay should be at
least 3,000 words long.</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Eligibility criteria</b></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="2">In order to be eligible
for the competition, you must:</font></p>
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<ol><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Believe
in yourself, in your capacity to effect change, and in leading your
generation to do the same</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Have
a vision for the African continent </font>
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</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Be
35 years or less on the 23</span></font><sup><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">rd</span></font></sup><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">
May, 2009</span></font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Be
resident on the African continent</font></p>
</li></ol>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Submission requirements</b></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Eligible
submissions must fulfill the following requirements:</font></p>
<ol><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">All
applications must be developed using Free software and open source
development frameworks, languages and tools. Using any proprietary
development frameworks, languages or tools automatically
disqualifies the submission.</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">The
submission must include a web interface which is powered by a web
application.</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">The
developer must be able to provide complete documentation of the web
application.</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Demonstrate
a finished version of the application to the judges when called upon
to do so.</font></p>
</li></ol>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>The judging criteria</b><br><br><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Judging
would be based on the depth of research done on Guido and his work as
well as uniqueness and sophistication of the Web application and how
it immortalizes the work of Guido. Also the use of appropriate
technology for the various parts of the application and its web
interface would be a determining factor in selecting the winner.
Guido was a strong proponent of choosing the right technologies for
the right tasks and hence his strong desire to learn about a vast
range of different technologies. </font>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>The reward</b></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">After
all eligible submissions are received and the competition is closed,
judges will assess all the received eligible submissions according to
the reward criteria. Three(3) entries will be rewarded with the Guido
Sohne Fellows for the year. Winners are entitled to: </span></font>
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<ol><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Mentorship
from senior developers from Africa and all over the world. </span></font>
</p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Publicity
within all the major FOSS networks on the continent and beyond.</span></font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a name="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT4550"></a><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Free
all-round passes to the 4</font><sup><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">th</font></sup>
<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">African Conference on FOSS and
the Digital Commons (</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>IDLELO</b></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
4) in May 2010</font></p>
</li></ol>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>How to apply</b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Review
information on the competition </span></font><font color="#000080"><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style=""><a href="http://www.fossfa.net/">at
http://</a><a href="http://www.fossfa.net/">www.</a><a href="http://www.fossfa.net/">aiti-kace.com.gh</a><a href="http://www.fossfa.net/">/</a><a href="http://www.fossfa.net/">gsf</a></span></font></u></font></p>
<ol><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Make
sure that you fulfill all the eligibility requirements</font></p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Develop
your application, noting all the submission requirements </font>
</p>
</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Write
your essay </font>
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</li><li><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Submit
your application at </span></font><font color="#000080"><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style=""><a href="http://www.fossfa.net/">http://</a><a href="http://www.fossfa.net/">www.</a><a href="http://www.fossfa.net/">aiti-kace.com.gh</a><a href="http://www.fossfa.net/">/gsf</a></span></font></u></font></p>
</li></ol>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Details</b><br><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">The
competition is online <a href="http://www.aiti-kace.com.gh/gsf">www.aiti-kace.com.gh</a><a href="http://www.aiti-kace.com.gh/gsf">/gsf</a>
and open from 23rd May 2009 (Guido's birthdate) to 31st October
2009. </font>
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