So your MVP award last year was for Most Voluminous Poster? On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Longwing, Lj <llongw...@usgs.gov> wrote:
> ** > That is true...it may be back when 1/3 of the users responded...it may > have been a significantly smaller list...and yes..you didn't come out and > SAY it...but I'm sure I account for about 80% of the posts on the list :D > > > On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Cecil, Ken <kce...@hubbell.com> wrote: > >> ** >> >> I think the majority of those 740 only pay attention to the list when >> they have an issue they need help with and probably won’t even read this >> thread. How many of those 740 posted more than 10 times since October (more >> than once a month)? I bet that 80% of the post come from less than 20% of >> the people.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> “What is a good turnout” depends on how many people are actual active in >> the list. So I’d say if you get 10% or more (and I hope you do) or more >> than 74 votes per round then you are getting a good turnout.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> Ken.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: >> arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] *On Behalf Of *LJ LongWing >> *Sent:* Friday, July 26, 2013 2:51 PM >> *To:* arslist@ARSLIST.ORG >> >> *Subject:* Re: ARSList Award Voting Time**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** **** >> >> My bad...I used the wrong email address :)....it is .com, not .org....*** >> * >> >> ** ** >> >> arslistawa...@wwrug.com**** >> >> ** ** >> >> On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 12:32 PM, LJ LongWing <lj.longw...@gmail.com> >> wrote:**** >> >> So, Daniel and I have been talking offline regarding 'what is a good >> turnout'. Daniel says that 740 people have posted to the list since >> roughly 10/1/12...at this moment we are at 51 voters...that is roughly 6.9% >> of the readership that cares enough to look at the list and vote. Looking >> at the US Presidential election, we average somewhere in the 50% turnout >> range, Daniel says that during its hay day, the voting got roughly 1/3 of >> the population voting...in this case that would be about 250 votes...we >> aren't even at 10% and I'm not sure if we will be able to reach it...so I >> pose this question to the list...and I would like to spark a lively >> discussion and debate on the list regarding this topic.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> If you haven't voted yet, why not?**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I have heard discussions in the past along the lines of 'I don't pay >> enough attention to be able to make an informed decision'...I counter that >> with 'you don't think that stops the US public when voting for their >> president, do you?'...no...that's not the right message...I'll counter with >> 'then pay more attention, do the research in your own mailbox, and help >> promote someone's career'**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Honestly, I have never gotten a job offer based on my nomination to MVP, >> nor my win last year, but I will tell you that my participation in this >> list has made me a better developer, and I think I speak for YOU, yes >> you...reading this, that you are a better developer, more aware of what >> trends are happening, and better equipped to do your job because of this >> list. Subscription to the list is free, but I'm positive that running the >> list isn't free...someone is paying for the servers and bandwidth necessary >> to maintain it (no clue who foots those costs, but my guess would be Daniel) >> **** >> >> ** ** >> >> I would say get off your butt and vote...but most of us type while >> sitting...so in this case I want you to stay sitting (if that's how you >> write emails), and send an email to arslistawa...@wwrug.com...vote for >> your top 3, and whomever you feel deserves the BMC Beyond the Call most.* >> *** >> >> ** ** >> >> So...out of the 740 people that posted in the last 'year' on the >> list...how many can we get to care enough about this award?**** >> >> ** ** >> >> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 4:04 PM, LJ LongWing <lj.longw...@gmail.com> >> wrote:**** >> >> Interesting stats for you..42 votes thus far...out of the 11 nominees in >> both categories...only 5 of them have even voted yet, and only one of them >> voted for themselves :)**** >> >> ** ** >> >> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 11:07 AM, LJ LongWing <lj.longw...@gmail.com> >> wrote:**** >> >> Wow...that lost steam ALLOT faster than expected...I hope I don't need to >> be like those political ads that you see 5 times in a 1 hour sitcom that >> you are watching.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Ok...we have 4,200 subscribed email addresses (who knows how many of >> those are distribution lists, so no real way of knowing actual subscriber >> base that will read this), we had roughly 7,000 posts since the beginning >> of October last year.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Now, granted, there are those people that only read their ARSList in >> daily digest format, so they may not have noticed the email yesterday...but >> seriously...only 12 people voting in the first day is a bit >> weak...especially with the outcry that we had last year about people caring >> about this.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> So...lets get some votes in to arslistawa...@wwrug.com**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Remember, give me your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice for MVP, and your BMC >> Beyond the Call vote as well**** >> >> ** ** >> >> we want to make sure the most deserving people are on that final 3 list >> for MVP, and the only way we can get that is if you tell us who deserves it. >> **** >> >> ** ** >> >> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 2:45 PM, LJ LongWing <lj.longw...@gmail.com> >> wrote:**** >> >> Claire,**** >> >> Please accept my sincerest apologies in the misspelling of your name.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> 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 arslistawa...@wwrug.com 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. >> **** >> >> *Claire Sanford* - Claire 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.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 2:16 PM, LJ LongWing <lj.longw...@gmail.com> >> 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 arslistawa...@wwrug.com 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. 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