Intro
#NEWLINE#To recognize the folks who have done so much to promote the Greater Than Games community, we've created a set of annual forum awards! The award descriptions, nomination rules, and voting rules are below. These rules are to make sure the process is as fair, simple, and easy-to-run as possible.#NEWLINE##NEWLINE#[color=red]Please do not post in this thread - see below for how this thread will be used.[/color] We've also created a discussion thread for the awards and process, but that thread will remain focused on those topics - no campaigning / advertising (see below).#NEWLINE##NEWLINE#(The timing on this is aimed primarily to work around International TableTop Day and PAX East, so everyone involved can do what needs to be done.)#NEWLINE#Awards
#NEWLINE#In all cases, "the past year" is 1-Apr-2013 to 31-Mar-2014. The winners of the awards will receive the community's recognition and thanks, plus special forum badges to show the award they've won.#NEWLINE#- Inspiring Presence (Morale Booster) – The forum member who, through positive attitude and kind heart, did the most to make the Greater Than Games forums a positive experience over the past year
- Bolster Allies (Funniest) – The forum member who was best at making people laugh and providing humorous moments over the past year
- Truth Seeker (Lore Master) – The forum member who has done the best job answering questions (rules, facts, mythology, etc.) and otherwise providing useful and accurate information over the past year
- Harmony (Top Debater) – The forum member who is best at rationally debating positions (without turning it into a fight) over the past year
- Exceeded Expectations (Top Contributor) – The forum member who contributed to the Greater Than Games community with tools and/or accessories the most over the past year
- Bring What You Need (Top Wikier) – The forum member who contributed most to the Greater Than Games wikis over the past year
- Unique Capabilities (Top Artist) – The forum member who created the best/most Greater Than Games-related art or fanfic over the past year
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Rules for Nominations
- Nomination is recognition of a forum member's impact in the category; a nomination shows the nominator feels the forum member has significantly contributed in the category.
- These rules are to help ensure we don't miss anyone in the process of collecting the nominations - we really don't want to do that!
- Nominations will be sent as a Personal Message to one (and only one) of the Moderators: arenson9, imprimis, or Rabit.
- The nominations will be listed in this thread - the moderators will add them as they process them.
- Nominations made between noon on 7-Apr and noon 14-Apr, EST, will be counted for nomination.
- Each nomination should be a list of the awards and the nominee(s). For example (and feel free to copy-and-paste this):
Inspiring Presence - ForumMember1
Bolster Allies - ForumMember2
Truth Seeker - ForumMember3
Harmony - ForumMember4
Exceeded Expectations - ForumMember5
Bring What You Need - ForumMember6
Unique Capabilities - ForumMember7
- A nomination needs to be the names of awards with nominated forum members names and a short blurb describing why the forum member deserves to receive the award.
- A nomination does not have to include all awards; you can include any number of awards in your nomination post.
- If a forum member has already been nominated, don't nominate them again – repeated nominations will be ignored.
- Admins and Mods cannot be nominated – nominations for Admins and Mods will be deleted.
- [color=green]No campaigning, advertising, or otherwise promoting a nomination is allowed (anywhere on the forum) – the awards are to be based on proven activity over the past year and nothing else.[/color]
Rules for Voting
- On 15-Apr, there will be a post in this thread with a link to the survey for voting.
- Voting will occur between noon on 15-Apr and noon 21-Apr, EST.
- Each forum member will get one vote for each award.
- You may now vote here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RCRG7GY