INETA is doing some cool new stuff with my friend David Silverlight's most excellent Community Credit website: The INETA Community Excellence Award and The INETA Community Champion Award.
Both awards are designed to recognize folks who are contributing to the developer community. A lot of community work is done by folks who give of their time and talent to make sure events, meetings, blog posts, and newsletters continue without interruption. Sometimes these folks are overlooked (for whatever reason) by the larger and more public award programs. The community people I know are not in it for the recognition, but they sure appreciate it when their efforts are recognized.
I encourage you to check out these innovative programs and, if you feel you know someone deserving of either (or both) honors, nominate them!
:{> Andy