TI-99/4A Community Awards List

The late Jim Peterson made an invaluable contribution to the Texas Instruments 99/4A home computer community. His selfless and tireless work in many areas of TI-99/4A related material made him recognized throughout the world-wide network of TI-99/4A users. As such, in an effort to further the spirit that his work had started, the following award system is enacted: The Jim Peterson Achievement Award. This will recognize TI-99/4A users and user groups for their outstanding achievements. The awards will be broken down into four areas. They are as follows: TI-99/4A Software, TI-99/4A Hardware, TI-99/4A Community and Geneve 9640 achievement.

Note: Starting in 2005, the categories were reduced to two categories, TI-99/4A and Myarc "Geneve" 9640.

Important notification:
For twenty two years, the Jim Peterson Achievement Awards, via the participation of the TI-99/4A community, has honored fellow TI99ers for what they have accomplished and provided. However, it has been decided to discontinue the Jim Peterson Achievement Awards, and place the award file into TI-99/4A community history.

Respectfully,
Glenn Bernasek, Administrator
Jim Peterson Achievement Awards

Jim Peterson Award information Courtesy of Glenn Bernasek
JPA Administrator
TI-Chips of Greater Cleveland, Ohio

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The John Birdwell Award

as presented by the Chicago Area TI User Group, Chicago, IL.

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The John Birdwell Award is not something that is voted upon. All winners of this prestigious award are selected by the John Birdwell Trustees on an annual basis, for lifetime achievements in the TI community. Although the Chicago Area TI User Group does not choose the winners, the Chicago Group presents the award because John Birdwell was a member of that user group. The identity of the Trustees remains a secret, unknown to the Chicago group or any other TI99er.

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JOHN BIRDWELL AWARD WINNERS

YEAR	WINNER NAME
1991	Barry Traver*
1992	John Koloen and Laura Burns*
1993	James Schroeder
1994	Tim Tesch
1995	None Awarded
1996	Bruce Harrison*
1997	Charles Good*
1998	Bud Mills*
1999	Tony* and Will McGovern
2000	None Awarded
2001	Bud Mills*
2002	Bill Gaskill*
2003	Mike Wright
2004	Thierry Nouspikel*
2005	Berry Harmsen
2006	Fred Kaal*
2007	Richard Bell*
2008	Tom Wills*
2009	Mike Brent
2010	Jon Guidry
2011	Paolo Bagnaresi*
2012	Matthew Hagerty
2013	Michael Zapf
2014	Walid Maalouli
2015	Jim Fetzner
2016	Klaus Lukaschek

* TI99'ers Hall of Fame Inductee.

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Rob Tempelmans Plat Award

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The Rob Tempelmans Plat Award is a combined initiative of the Chicago TI Users Group and the Dutch TI Gebruikersgroep. The purpose of this award is to honour the TI-er who has produced the best internet site for the TI community. This award is named for the Dutch employee of Texas Instruments, Rob Tempelmans Plat, who, in 1983, wrote the first assembler program to allow the TI-99/4A to access VIDITEL, a preliminary version of the web.

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ROB TEMPELMANS PLAT AWARD WINNERS

YEAR	WINNER NAME	WEBSITE LINK
2004	Ron Reuter	Mainbyte's Home of theTexas Instruments Computers
2005	Thierry Nouspikel*	The TI-99/4A Tech Pages
2006	Bryan Roppolo Boulder	TI-99/4A Video Gamehouse
2007	Walid Maalouli	TI-99/4A Game Shelf
2008	Tom Wills* and Bill Gaskill*	Bill Gaskill's Original TImeline 99
2009	Tom Wills*	TI99ers Hall of Fame
2010	Fabrice Montupet	TI-99 Forever
2011	Ernie Pergrem	TI-99/4A Home Computer Book Archive
2012	Fred Kaal*	My TI99-4A and Geneve Web Pages
2013	Stuart Conner	Stuart Conner's Home Page
2014	Ciro Barile	TI-99 Italian User Club
2015	Rich Polivka	The TI99 Home Computer Page
2016	Rich Polivka	Ninerpedia

* TI99ers Hall of Fame Inductee.

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Sample of the Rob Tempelmans Plat Award is below
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*** Bill Gaskill's Original TI-99/4A TImeLine ***

Visit Bill Gaskill's Original TI-99/4A TImeLine 99 located here on the TI99ers On-Line User Group.

*** WINNER OF THE 2008 ROB TEMPELMANS PLAT AWARD ***

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