Well...we are at 79 votes this morning....every time I send one of these
things it seems to prompt a 'few' people to vote.  We are coming up on the
end of round 1...which means we don't have a winner yet, so your vote still
counts :)...lets keep them coming


On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 7:38 AM, LJ LongWing <lj.longw...@gmail.com> wrote:

> We are at 72 votes total at the moment, approaching the end of round
> 1...what are the changes of crossing the 100 votes mark?
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 9:14 AM, LJ LongWing <lj.longw...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Ok....7 days in now and we have 65 participants in round 1 of voting.
>>  Remembering that you have 3 MVP votes and one BMC Beyond the Call vote,
>> lets get even more votes in...I know there are those out there that
>> care...lets show it.  Votes go to arslistawa...@wwrug.com
>>
>>
>> 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.  His posts are knowledgeable, in depth,
>>> and quite often reported as fixing the problem.
>>>
>>> Let the voting begin.
>>>
>>
>>
>

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