Well, that wonderful time of year is upon us again. The Eclipse Community Awards are in full swing. Nominations are closed, and the candidates have been chosen. And, as the name of the program suggests, you (the community) decide who the winners are (for top committer and top ambassador). Voting closes today (Friday the 16th). So if you haven't voted already, jog on down and vote now . As always, the nominations themselves were determined by the community and fall into three main categories: top committer, top contributor, and top ambassador. And the candidates chosen are:

Top Committer

• Paul Webster
• Ed Merks
• Rich Kulp
• Veronika Irvine
• David Michonneau
• Eugene Kuleshov
• Mik Kersten
• Dejan Glozic
• Michael Valenta
• Rob Elves
• Grant Gayed
• Neil Hauge
• Silenio Quarti
• Thomas Watson
• Larry Isaacs
• David Williams

Top Contributor

• Eugene Kuleshov
• Konstantin Scheglov
• Benjamin Muskalla
• Philippe Ombredanne
• Tom Schindl
• Kimberley Peter
  
• Brock Janiczak
• Trip Gilman

Top Ambassador

• Chris Aniszczyk
• Eric Clayberg
• Alex Blewitt
• Harm Sluiman
• Sebastian Meyen
  
• Alexander Neumann
• Dilip Thomas
  
• Eric Rizzo
• Doug Schaefer

Yes, that is our very own Alex Blewitt on the candidacy list for Eclipse.org top ambassador. Congratulations Alex!

Now, down to business... I mentioned that you, as a member of the Eclipse community, get to decide the outcome of the top committer and top ambassador awards. You do this by visiting the awards voting page here. Enter your name, your email address, and the reason why you're voting (or your Eclipse.org login if you are a committer yourself) and cast your vote. An automated email will be sent to you within a few moments asking you to confirm your votes, and that's it! It took me about five minutes. Since I'm sure that all of you reading this post are even more net-savey than myself, it's a safe bet that it won't take you even that long. So jump over there and cast your vote.

Down and Dirty with the Candidates

On that note, it's well worth mentioning that EclipseZone has been running a series for the last week or so posting interviews with most of the major candidates from all of the categories. Personally, I thought that the candidate's responses were quite fascinating and an excellent window into who they are, why they're involved with Eclipse, and why we should vote for them. Trust me, the interviews are well worth checking out. And in true "inversion of control" fashion, I've linked the list of names above to the corresponding interviews (where applicable), so you'll have to scroll up again.