The OpenOffice.org Community Council Agenda/Template Contest 2006 Prizes

This is a request by Florian Effenberger (mailto:floeff@openoffice.org)

In 2006, a Template Contest took place and prizes were awarded. Up to now, NOT A SINGLE PRIZE HAS BEEN PAID. Every now on then, I receive requests on what happened, and recently faced criticism regarding the new Sun contest. Questions were raised like "Will awarded prizes be paid this time, or are we better off not applying at all, because the project makes false promises?"

Most participants told that they already forwarded their bank account information to Team OpenOffice.org, but nothing has happened yet.

I CONSIDER IT ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL to solve that issue AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, as people have been waiting for nearly two years now...