1 Week in and we now have a total of 15 people participating in the nomination process. We are up to 5 MVP and 4 BMCers which I think is the highest numbers I have ever seen thus far, but I'm truly still disappointed that only 15 people have taken the minute or two that it takes out of your day to look back at your postings, see who has helped you the most, and nominate them.
I have spent more time thus far this year asking you to nominate than a vast majority of the list can bother to spend nominating. Come on folks, you can do it. On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 3:55 PM, LJ LongWing <lj.longw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ok folks....I remember an outcry last year, after the awards when people > were saying that they would vote, how important this list was to them, just > give you one more chance....where is that passion? To date, we have a > total of 9 people that even sent an email...that's not much > > We have 3 valid MVP nominees, and 2 BMC Above and Beyond > > I know that I see more than 3 non bmc and 2 bmcers posting to the list in > the last year. There have been ALLOT of questions asked, and MANY people > that have helped out. > > If you have been helped by someone on this list, and you feel they deserve > to be recognized, lets do this and recognize them. There can be only one > winner (in each category), but as a twice nominated person, I can tell you > that it was an honor to even be nominated the first time...so lets get to > this and nominate some of your favorite people on the list this year. > > Remember, nominations need to be accompanied by a paragraph (or a sentence > even) saying WHY they deserve the honor of MVP. > > > On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 7:09 AM, LJ LongWing <lj.longw...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Daniel has chosen to do things a bit differently this year. He has >> decided to let the incumbent MVP, that's me this year, run the Awards. >> >> This is the 18th Annual ARSlist Awards, Call For Nominations. >> >> These awards were created by Daniel in 1995 to recognize the efforts of >> posters asking questions, those providing answers, and sometimes even of >> those providing what is titled as Friday Humor, and even sometimes gets a >> laugh. >> >> It was also to provide posters an incentive to keep providing those >> excellent technical replies and perhaps improve the quality of the jokes >> (but that doesn't seem to ever happen). >> >> The Rules for Nominations and some General Rules: >> >> * An individual wishing to submit a nomination for MVP must also provide >> a short description of WHY they deserve to be MVP for the nomination to be >> considered (this is a change from previous years requiring two independent >> nominations) >> * The years postings are somewhat reviewed to ensure that this is someone >> who posts quality answers. ( Not that anyone has ever been rejected on this >> basis) >> * Only those that have registered on the ARSlist before July 3rd 2013 >> will be eligible to vote. It is assumed you won't vote if you haven't been >> around long enough to know the posters in question. In the unlikely event >> of another tie, the person or product with the greatest number of sources >> of votes will be declared winner. If it is still a tie, a panel of past >> winners will convene to break the tie. >> * Voting and nominating is by the Individual REAL person, so >> redistribution lists don't vote, your identity must be known, and those >> that have multiple subscriptions still get only one vote >> * BMC Software employees on the ARSlist are eligible to vote >> * All decisions of Daniel or the oversight panel are final (if a >> controversial decision is needed, 3 past MVP winners will be asked for >> their opinion) >> * Nominations posted to the list are not accepted, they must be to >> arslistawa...@wwrug.com >> * Votes posted to the list are not accepted, they must be to >> arslistawa...@wwrug.com >> * Any MVP from the last 5 years and anyone from the WWRUG committee are >> not eligible for nomination >> >> Past MVP [Most Valuable Poster Award] recipients are: >> --------------------- >> 2012 LJ LongWing >> 2011 Misi Mladoniczky >> 2010 Joe D’Souza >> 2009 Dr. Christopher Strauss >> 2007 Rick Cook >> ---- >> 2006 Axton Grams >> 2005 Tim Widowfield >> 2004 Matt Reinfeldt >> 2003 Carey Matthew Black >> 2002 Chris Woyton >> 2001 Gidd Calden >> 2000 Jarl Groneng, Tommy Nijem >> 1999 Rick Cook >> 1998 Raymond Leach >> 1997 Vicky Bayol >> 1996 Joel D. Sender >> 1995 Martin Nystrom >> >> So, the two open categories are.... >> ----------------------------------------------------- >> *MVP - Most Valuable Poster. >> >> This is the person you feel has contributed the most to the list in a >> combination of quality and quantity. Anyone who has won the award in the >> last 5 years, current BMC or BMC Remedy employees are not eligible. An >> individual must be nominated by at least two independent sources. >> >> ------------------------------------------------ >> BMC Software Employee: Beyond the Call of Duty Award (Note, they must be >> a current employee to qualify) >> >> Again, an individual must be nominated by at least two independent >> sources. >> >> ------------------------------------------------ >> Nominations for other Categories are also open until July 21st >> >> Nominate a potential winner for another Category while you suggest the >> category if you wish >> [no Nominations, no Award will be conferred in that category there must >> be more than one Nomination for a category etc.] >> >> Please send nominations to arslistawa...@wwrug.com >> >> Software categories are currently being handled by on-site Awards at >> WWRUG with the vendors in the Showcase being eligible. The ARSlist Awards >> are not currently contemplating software categories. >> >> Time Lines: >> >> July 3rd : This message is posting opening Nominations >> July 21st : Nominations for MVP and other categories close >> July 22nd: Voting begins for 4 weeks for MVP and other categories >> August 18th: The voting closes at 5 p.m. EST >> Thursday October 3rd at WWRUG13: Award Ceremony during the WWRUG Awards >> keynote. [no one knows the winner(s) until then, well okay, except me and >> the plaque company] >> >> Please send nominations to arslistawa...@wwrug.com >> >> Thanks >> > > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
