The FSF announced they were receiving nominations for the Free Software Awards 2012.
I have sent the following nomination of Jonathan Nadeau:
I nominate Jonathan Nadeau for the 15th Annual Free Software Awards.
Jonathan has put great effort into promoting and advancing the efforts towards accessibility on GNU/Linux systems. The FSF will know him for this effort as part of his internship - http://www.fsf.org/about/interns/2011/jonathan-nadeau.
Jonathan has repeatedly stressed the importance of this effort as part of the Free Software ecosystem in particular and technological infrastructure in general. As a natural consequence of his focus on Free Software, he has worked with Trisquel GNU/Linux on this.
He has been the driving force behind establishing the Accessible Computing foundation - http://accessiblecomputingfoundation.org/ - for the purpose of promotion, fundraising and to serve as a rallying point for debating the implications of the issue.
Talks like his very powerful presentation at Ohio Linux Fest - http://frostbitemedia.org/node/156 - show his dedication, his humor and an always positive approach to this challenge, mixed with a firm belief that these efforts could change the lives of people all over the world as an example of how free software can help people overcome their challenges and help them provide for themselves.
The nomination of Jonathan Nadeau for this award is also a nomination of the ACM - and of Free Software as a driving force for freedom.
Sincerely,
Morten Juhl-Johansen Zölde-Fejér