You’ll be happy to know that we’ve extended the deadline for the iCommons Summit bag awards to this Thursday, 9pm South African time.<\/p>\n
Please send an email to your great designer friends – someone gets to go to the iCommons Summit in Rio if they win! that’s an awesome prize – we’re really wanting to empower at least one wonderful creator through this, so please send this on!<\/p>\n
Best,
Heather.
—
Heather Ford
Acting Executive Director: iCommons
www.icommons.org<\/p>\n
We are hosting a contest to design the bag to used by delegates from around the world at the iCommons Summit<\/a> to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from June 23-25, 2006.<\/p>\n If your design is selected as the winning design, you will be eligible to win a trip to Rio de Janeiro to attend the Summit.<\/p>\n To enter the contest, create an original design that reflects the theme of the Summit — “Towards a Global Digital Information Commons” – and its constituent workshops on open creativity, knowledge, science and innovation. You can learn more about the program here<\/a>. …<\/p>\n <\/p>\n You’ll be happy to know that we’ve extended the deadline for the iCommons Summit bag awards to this Thursday, 9pm South African time. 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