Peter De Jager Named Lifeboat Foundation 2009 Guardian Award Winner
The Lifeboat Foundation Guardian Award is annually bestowed upon a
respected scientist or public figure who has warned of a future fraught
with dangers and encouraged measures to prevent them.
The 2009 Lifeboat Foundation Guardian Award has been given to Peter de
Jager on the tenth anniversary of Y2K which he helped avert. This award
is in recognition of his 1993 warning which alerted the world to the
potential disaster that might have occurred on January 1, 2000 and his
efforts in the following years to create global awareness of the
problem, and the possible solutions. His presentations, articles, and
more than 2,000 media interviews contributed significantly to the
world's mobilization to avoid that fate.
Hopefully we can all learn from this example of how foresight and
preparedness can indeed avert catastrophe as technology marches ahead.
Learn more at http://lifeboat.com/ex/guardian2009
Technology's Promise
Read "Technology's Promise: a Book Review" by our José Luis Cordeiro at http://lifeboat.com/ex/technologys.promise
Space Renaissance Initiative
The Lifeboat Foundation is now an official supporter of the Space Renaissance Initiative at http://www.spacerenaissance.org/sri-call.htm
Charles Radley joins our staff as LinkedIn Manager.
Learn about Charles at http://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.charles.f.radley
Visit our LinkedIn group at
http://www.linkedin.com/groupInvitation...2944A8E3
TED2010 Fellowship
Our Sarah Jane Pell has been awarded a TED2010 Fellowship.
Learn more at
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases...142.html
Growing Membership
Recent donations/pledges we have received since the last newsletter:
David Wall: $500,
Michael Anissimov: $85,
Michael Dickey: $85,
Jason Gaverick Matheny: $85,
Sergio M.L. Tarrero: $85,
Philippe Van Nedervelde: $85,
Kenneth P. Weiss: $85,
Asim Roy: $50,
Frank C. Adamek: $25,
C M Anderson: $25,
Rick Hubbard: $25,
Alan R. Light: $25,
Matthew L. McGuirl: $25,
Anonymous: $20,
Ronald Amos: $10,
Christopher Dilkus: $10,
Thomas Dolphin: $10,
Stephen Fleming: $10,
George Garrett: $10,
Joseph P. Jackson III: $10,
Dan Jakubowski: $10,
Aaron Mayzes: $10,
Linus Petersson: $10,
John N. Philipps (Jack): $10,
Rhonda Stevenson: $10,
and Lexiology Dictionary: $5.
Our Join Us page at https://lifeboat.com/ex/join.us now allows you to
pay for your membership anywhere from monthly to every ten years.
