I was going to try to be funny and nominate a Twinkie but after seeing LJ's emails and the # of people participating, I thought better of it. The Twinkie may actually become a real nomination! C'mon people, stop manually entering data into CTM:People and throw in a submission!
Sent from my iPhone On Jul 15, 2013, at 4:37 PM, Jason Miller <jason.mil...@gmail.com> wrote: ** I don't know LJ. With only 23 people playing it almost seems like the whole thing should be scrapped. Dan may have been right; the awards are not providing the value they once did and people are too busy or don't care about this tradition anymore? Although I think I remember seeing and talking to more the 23 people who said they would play this year if the awards were kept alive. Maybe there will be a flood of actual votes? On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 7:51 AM, LJ LongWing <lj.longw...@gmail.com> wrote: > ** > Ok folks, we are 1 week from voting beginning on the ARSList awards. For > nomination, thus far we have had 23 participants nominating 9 MVP's and 6 > BMC Above and Beyond. I personally consider this awesome to have so many > people to choose from for a nomination perspective, but am disappointed in > the number of participants. > > Please remember that your effort as a participant is in recognition of > another person's effort to help you. > > All nominations must go to arslistawa...@wwrug.com, and should include a > sentence or two describing why they deserve the nomination. > > This will likely be my last email on this subject, with the next one > listing your nominees for voting. Thank you to those of you that have > already participated. > > > > On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 9:47 AM, LJ LongWing <lj.longw...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> 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 >>>> >>> >>> >> > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > _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"
