The Carpentries Executive Council announced that Malvika Sharan and Fotis Psomopoulos received the special CarpentryCon Community Award. The Executive Council created this award to acknowledge their tremendous contributions in establishing CarpentryCon, the first global in-person event to bring together newer and more experienced community members to share knowledge, network, develop new skills, and develop strategies for building strong local communities in an inclusive and welcoming environment.
You can see the official Carpentries news announcement here: https://carpentries.org/blog/2018/12/community-service-award/.
