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thank-you in advance...... As Founder of the ARSList (in November 1993), it is my privilege to announce the 14th Annual ARSList Awards Call For Nominations. These awards were created by me in 1995 to recognize the effort that other people were putting into the list by providing the excellent technical replies and sometimes mediocre humour, and to provide them an incentive to keep providing those excellent technical replies. It also became apparent that some Remedy, and now BMC Remedy, employees were exceeding expectations in providing support to the ARSlist community. The ARSlist corporate sponsor Resource Managaement Solutions provides the award plaques, prizes, and various flying objects. I now open nominations for ARSlist MVP (Most Valuable Poster) And BMCSoftware Remedy Employee Beyond the Call of Duty. The Rules for Nominations and some General Rules: * An individual must be nominated by at least two independent sources * The past fiscal 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 were on the list for the entire year are eligible * Only those that have registered on the ARSList before August 8th, 2008 are 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 receive the award, And if that too is a tie, there will be two that receive the award. * Voting and nominating is by the Individual REAL person, so redistribution lists don't vote, and those that have multiple subscriptions should still only vote once. * BMCSoftware employees on the ARSlist are eligible to vote * All decisions of the oversight panel are final (if I have to make a controversial decision, I will confer with 3 past MVP winners for their opinion) * Nominations posted to the list are not accepted, they must be to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Votes posted to the list are not accepted, they must be to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Past MVP [Most Valuable Poster Award] recipients are: 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 ----------------------------------------------------- *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, BMC employees are not eligible. ------------------------------------------------ BMCSoftware Remedy Employee Beyond the Call of Duty Award Again, an individual or product must be nominated by at least two independent sources. (past winners are David Easter and Leonard Warren) This is intended to be for an individual that has gone beyond their job specs to help The ARSlist community, and by extension the Remedy Community. This can, and has, Included Support and training staff that provide exceptional service. ------------------------------------------------ Nominations for other Categories are also open until August 17th. Nominate a potential winner for another Category while you suggest the category if you wish [If nomination requirements for at least one entitiy in the category are not met, no Award will be conferred in that category] Please send nominations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Voting thresholds and the software categories for this year are still being contemplated, all suggestions are welcome. The voting threshold is a way of ensuring there is enough participation to consider each of the awards to be valid. If 10 out of 4400 people on the list vote, does that consititute the ARSlist having declared that whatever deserving an award? Last year some software didn't make the threshold, and in some categories no software was nominated. Time Lines: August 17th, 2008 8p.m.EST: nominations close (if I receive good other categories, the category will be posted in time for people to nominate potential recipients) August 19th, 2008 any time zone: Voting begins for MVP and all other categories September 2nd, 2008 at 8 p.m. EST: The voting Closes for MVP and all other categories Thursday October 16th, 2008 5:00p.m. (date/time subject to change) at BMC UserWorld 2008:Award Ceremony [no one knows the winner(s) until then, well okay, except me and the plaque company] Please send nominations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > thanks ...Daniel Daniel Bloom Founder of the ARSList _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
