I haven't seen one since I was a kid watching PBS because we didn't have cable :)
On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 11:19 AM, pritch <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes - they are held quite often in my area. We have a local station that > holds them for various funds. They do appear to be quite effective. > Sometimes they are combined with an auction of items donated by local > establishments (tickets to a minor league game, gift certificates for > dinner at a restaurant, golf passes, etc). > > I think Jerry Lewis still holds his also. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "LJ LongWing" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, August 9, 2013 1:10:24 PM > Subject: Re: ARSList Award Voting Time - Round 2 > > ** > Does anyone even hold telethons anymore?....would they still work if they > did? We are at 80/75 for MVP and BMC Beyond respectively. A bit over a > week left in the voting.... > > > > On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 10:48 AM, LJ LongWing < [email protected] > > wrote: > > > > As of right at this moment we have 78 people voting for MVP, and 73 for > BMC Beyond with total 86 unique people voting....lets keep the votes coming > in folks...I want to reach 100 if possible :)...I feel like I'm on a > telathon at 4 AM :) > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 8:00 AM, LJ LongWing < [email protected] > > wrote: > > > > Just a reminder, in case you forgot...send votes to > [email protected] :) > > > And for stats...we hit 87 votes in round 1...but we lost 16 MVP votes > because of the cut from 9 to 3...so you still have the opportunity to make > a difference :) > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 7:50 AM, LJ LongWing < [email protected] > > wrote: > > > > Ok folks, round 2 for MVP (BMC Beyond the call is still accepting > votes)....here is how Round 2 works. > > > Our field has narrowed from 9 to 3. Your top 3 MVP's this year are > > > David Easter > Frederick W Grooms > Jason Miller > > > So...here is how it will work, you can still cast your vote for your pick > 1st-3rd, or just 1st as some of you chose to do in round 1. If you already > cast a vote, your vote still stands, but you can choose to change it if you > want. If you chose to vote like this (an actual vote BTW) > > > 1 - Tauf > 2 - Jason > 3 - Carl > > > here is what I'm doing with that...Tauf and Carl are no longer in the > pool, so I take their names off, and Jason slides into first place vote for > this person. > > > If you voted for 3 people that are no longer eligible, your MVP vote has > been nullified, and you are encouraged to vote again. > > > Both Doug and Ryan are still the only two Beyond the Call nominees, and > you can still vote for them if you haven't already...but I won't be > accepting changes to this vote. > > > > So....you know who you voted for...any vote for the remaining 3 nominees > is automatically carried over to the next round...but you can change that > if you so choose... > > > Lets pick an MVP folks :) > > > > > On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 2:16 PM, LJ LongWing < [email protected] > > wrote: > > > > > It is now time to VOTE for this years ARSList MVP and BMC Beyond the Call. > The rules changed a bit this year regarding the nomination process, which > allows us to have a larger pool of nominees than would normally be > available, which brings its own challenges. The voting will run 4 weeks > this year. I'm going to run it as several voting rounds with people being > eliminated, and by the final round have finalists. This year we have a > record number of nominees. Here are the rules. > > > * Voting starts now and ends Sunday August 18th at 5PM EST > * Voting 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 myself or the oversight panel are final (if I have to > make a controversial decision, I confer with 3 past MVP winners for their > opinion) > * The Award will be made on 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 Daniel] > * PLEASE SEND VOTES TO [email protected] FOR THEM TO COUNT > > > MVP VOTING FORMAT: > Each Person voting gets to vote for their top 3 picks. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, > each position has a weight to it. At the end of 2 weeks, we will have a > runoff of the top 3 nominees where we will use the same format, which > should give us a clear winner, if a tie does occur, we will cull the 3rd > place votes and see if that gives a winner. In the unlikely event that we > still don't have a winner, then just the top 1 vote will count. If then, > we still have a tie, Daniel and I will confer with past winners to break > the tie. > > > MVP Nominees are > Axton Grams - Winner of the MVP in 2006, he is a steady member of the > community that provides resources both on and off list. His nomination > this year called out his knowledge of integrations and server setups as a > key factor of his helpful nature. > Carl Wilson - While a relative newcomer to the ARSList, Carl has been part > of the BMC Remedy community for quite a few years and since joining the > list has helped many members with a variety of problems. His nomination > this year specifically called out his knowledge on SRM and ITSM. > Clair Sanford - Clair is a staple of the ARSList, both asking questions > and answering other peoples questions. Her nomination this year didn't > call out any specific areas of expertise, but instead discussed her general > knowledge and willingness to help anyone. > David Easter - David is an ever present authority an all things Remedy. > His nomination this year discussed his in depth knowledge of > documentation, quite often with links to the official BMC pages. His posts > are always thought out and detailed in nature. > Frederick W Grooms - A modern day renaissance man, Fred's nomination this > year speaks to a man of many talents from workflow and upgrades to OS > issues and more. He often provides details that obviously require > investigation and work on his end before responding. > Jason Miller - Often the purveyor of arcane knowledge, Jason is willing to > help people both on and off list. His nomination this year stated that > Jason is so helpful in so many areas that it's hard to pinpoint specific > areas of specialty. > Laurent Matheo - Laurent is new to the ARSList, but not new to Remedy. > After meeting him at last years RUG event and telling him that the ARSList > is 'where it's at', he happily joined the list and has become a regular > fixture seeming to specialize in thinking outside the box and finding > creative solutions to everyday problems. > Mark Brittain - There almost isn't a day that goes by that you don't find > Mark posting a question or answering one on the ARSList. He is quite often > ready to either come up with a creative solution to your problem, or point > you to BMC Documentation on how to do it. > Tauf Choudhury - Tauf takes the ARSList to a whole different level by > answering his posts while on the go. Tauf regularly posts solutions to > problem in every realm, but his contribution in the SRM arena was > specifically called out in his nomination. > > > The BMC Vote will be run in the standard one vote per person format for a > period of 4 weeks total. > > > BMC Beyond the Call Nominees are > Doug Mueller - As THE founding father of Remedy, Doug has inside knowledge > like no one else. His posts to the list are regularly longer than average, > and chock full of more information than you might get out of a week long > training class. > Ryan Downing - A relative newcomer to the list, Ryan has stepped up and is > becoming a regular fixture. His posts are knowledgeable, in depth, and > quite often reported as fixing the problem. > > > Let the voting begin. > > > > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years" > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
