The initiative lead by Julia Lerman and Stephen Forte, the .Net "Celebrity" Auction for the benefit of Tsunami victims of Banda Aceh will start this afternoon (2pm GMT time) on e-bay . Your bid will buy you an hour of consulting from one of the top experts, and all the money will go to the tsunami victims.
Stephen Forte has the complete list with bios on his blog.
Thanks to Thinktecture (and fellow .Net celebrities Christian Nagel, Christian Weyers, Ingo Rammer and Ralf Westphal from Thinktecture) who, being unable to get on board because they did not get the info on time (Travel and busy schedules play tricks on all of us sometimes) they have decided to help by picking up all the e-bay fees.
You can click on the above link to the e-bay auction or go here : http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5552696499
Some people seem to dislike the term "Celebrity" that Julia used to discribe us. I don't usually like to be discribed with such words, and I'm sure many on the list have the same feelings. but I have a few remarks on the subject : If not every single person on the list is a worldwide celebrity (I definitely don't think I am one), these are definitely people that would be seen as celebrities at least in their respective geographies. Also, the term celebrity only means that they are known and liked by a big number of people, which doesn't say the same as "top notch experts", which does apply to most people on the list (I would qualify as such everyone escept myself, and I know some would disagree with the exclusion)... Anyway, even if the celebrity status was not appropriate in other circumstances (and I know many of us have been called things that go beyond the term "celebrity" in the past, like "Software Legends", "Rock Stars", "Over Achievers", and many other things), it is completely appropriate as marketing for such a noble cause.
Celebrity or not, these are people that will gie you more than your money's worth in consulting and advice.
For my part, I intend to give a rather "long hour", and to deliver without much delay (notwithstanding my busy agenda).
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