LJ, Thank you for your persistence. See you in San Jose.
Dave On Aug 19, 2013, at 5:35 PM, "LJ LongWing" <lj.longw...@gmail.com<mailto:lj.longw...@gmail.com>> wrote: ** Well....Voting for MVP and BMC Beyond the Call are now complete. Thank you for your participation. We ended up with 80 individual people voting for MVP and 76 for BMC Beyond the Call. It's been great running this little online gig....my next thing is to get the numbers to Daniel, and I guess I have an appointment to be on stage to present the award on Thursday the 3rd....thanks again everyone, it's been a great year. On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 2:16 PM, LJ LongWing <lj.longw...@gmail.com<mailto: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<mailto: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. _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"
