The ONLY purpose for restricting nominations and voting is to ensure a process that is as fair as possible, avoiding SPAM voting and other potential abuse of the process. Voting will be opened up shortly, and will be done on a monthly basis, with the winners being posted in the Developer's WorkBench Hall of Fame. Sometimes the real achivement has very little to do with the script itself, but rather the message it bears. The parent site to this implementation of the postcard script is a wonderful tribute to the legacy of the Vietnamese Boatpeople, filled with true stories about escapes to freedom and building a new life. This site is the reason I offer my code in the public domain.
Social technology is a powerful learning tool.
Sometimes you just can't lose. I dare you . This is a quality that describes Eva-Lena Bjarneborg unfailingly. Not only was Eva-Lena one of the first developers to translate the postcard script into a language other than English, she shared the knowledge she gained right along with it, with anyone who needed a hand. Eva-Lena continues to be this kind of leader on the web, having implemented this script for the Swedish Women's Tjejringen, and continuing to offer ongoing support to those she touches along the way.