I have been considering this for a while, but the 2019 edition of the MySQL Community Awards will be the final year. Over the past couple of years, the Percona Live conference has been expanding well beyond the walls of MySQL. There doesn’t seem to be an obvious event to hold the awards at, where there is both a large number of MySQL community members attending and the winners of the awards are also present.

The beauty of these awards was that there was no corporate entity involved – they were completely from the people and for the people. I was always really happy to give out an award to people that may not always be recognized and to celebrate what they had done.

The awards have been given out for 15 years now and they were picked up by the community from MySQL AB after 2009. I only managed the awards for a few years of the 15 total years, and before me — it was Shlomi Noach, and before him — Henrik Ingo. For a bunch of …

The annual MySQL Community Awards were held in Austin, Texas at Percona Live on Wednesday May 29, 2019 during the lunchtime keynotes. The MySQL Community Awards initiative is an effort to acknowledge and thank individuals and corporations for their contributions to the MySQL ecosystem. The nominations for the awards come from the community itself.  It is a from-the-community, by-the-community, and for-the-community effort. There is no corporate involvement. Awards are given in the following three categories: Community Contributor (a person), Application (an application / project), and Corporate Contributor (a company). The committee is composed of an independent group of community members of different orientation and opinion, themselves past winners or known contributors to the community. These awards are not to be confused with the ones …

MySQL Community Awards take place every year, during the Percona Live Open Source Database Conference – this year in Austin, TX.

The MySQL Community Awards is a community-based initiative. The idea is to publicly recognize contributors to the MySQL ecosystem. The entire process of discussing, voting and awarding is controlled by an independent group of community members, typically past winners or their representatives, as well as known contributors.

It is a self-appointed, self-declared, self-making-up-the-rules-as-it-goes committee. It is also very aware of the importance of the community; a no-nonsense, non-political, adhering to tradition, self-criticizing committee.

The Call for Nominations is open. We are seeking the community’s assistance in nominating candidates in the following categories:

MySQL Community Awards: Community Contributor of the year 2019

This is a personal award; a winner would be …

The MySQL Community Awards initiative is an effort to acknowledge and thank individuals and corporations for their contributions to the MySQL ecosystem. It is a from-the-community, by-the-community, and for-the-community effort. The committee is composed of an independent group of community members of different orientation and opinion, themselves past winners or known contributors to the community.

The 2018 community awards were presented on April 23, 2018, during the Welcome Reception at the Percona Live conference. The winners are:

MySQL Community Awards: Community Contributor of the year 2018

• Jean-François Gagné
  Jean-François was nominated for his many blog posts, bug reports, and experiment results that make MySQL much better. Here is his blog: …

MySQL Community Awards take place, every year as usual, in Santa Clara, during the Percona Live Open Source Database Conference

The MySQL Community Awards is a community-based initiative. The idea is to publicly recognize contributors to the MySQL ecosystem. The entire process of discussing, voting and awarding is controlled by an independent group of community members, typically based of past winners or their representatives, as well as known contributors.

It is a self-appointed, self-declared, self-making-up-the-rules-as-it-goes committee. It is also very aware of the importance of the community; a no-nonsense, non-political, adhering to tradition, self-criticizing committee.

The Call for Nominations is open. We are seeking the community’s assistance in nominating candidates in the following categories:

MySQL Community Awards: Community Contributor of the year 2018

This is a personal award; a winner …

The MySQL Community Awards initiative is an effort to acknowledge and thank individuals and corporations for their contributions to the MySQL ecosystem. It is a from-the-community, by-the-community, and for-the-community effort. The committee is composed of an independent group of community members of different orientation and opinion, themselves past winners or known contributors to the community.

The 2017 community awards were presented on April 27, 2017, during the keynotes at the Percona Live conference. The winners are:

MySQL Community Awards: Community Contributor of the year 2017

• René Cannaò
  René – for creating and maintaining the ProxySQL project actively.
• Shlomi Noach
  Shlomi has been a been a conference chairperson for years, ran these mysqlawards for a long time, has been …