Outstanding Contribution Award nominations

Posted by: rob

Outstanding Contribution Award nominations - 12/09/2006 10:48

Folks

We are now taking nominations for the empeg Outstanding Contribution award, to recognise those folks who have contributed their time, expertise and effort to improve the empeg experience for all of us. To avoid various edge cases we have lifted the restriction that nominees cannot have been employed or contracted by empeg. You can nominate anyone you wish, but please focus on the key achievement of having made an outstanding contribution to the empeg community.

We'll vote and find the winner during the Empeg Owners Meet in Cambridge this weekend. As for whether or not he or she will be present to collect their prize in person, we'll have to wait and see!

Please email your nominations to [email protected] or PM me here. Please include a very short explaination for your nomination - just a sentance or two will do. I will collate them and post the complete list on Friday. The result will be posted shortly after the meet on Saturday (or in real time if someone has the appropriate cellular connection) and the winner will be awarded a trophy and a serious amount of empeg geek kudos!

Rob
Posted by: BartDG

Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations - 12/09/2006 11:09

Was Mark Lord ever contracted by Empeg?
Posted by: pgrzelak

Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations - 12/09/2006 11:18

Can you post the winners of the previous awards? This is assuming that a person cannot win twice.
Posted by: rob

Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations - 12/09/2006 12:32

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Was Mark Lord ever contracted by Empeg?

Nope, not as far as I'm aware. However it's a moot point anyway as we've lifted that restriction.

Rob
Posted by: rob

Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations - 12/09/2006 12:33

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Can you post the winners of the previous awards? This is assuming that a person cannot win twice.

This is the first time we've run this - it replaces the Distance Travelled award.

Rob
Posted by: peter

Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations - 13/09/2006 13:54

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This is the first time we've run this - it replaces the Distance Travelled award.

Darn, just when I was in for a chance on that one . And I've got to say I'm a bit confused as to how you can "relax the restrictions" on an award that's never been awarded before...

Peter
Posted by: rob

Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations - 13/09/2006 14:18

The restrictions were documented on the meet web page. I hereby relax them. Easy!

Rob

PS Since you're not actually coming to the daytime event you wouldn't have qualified for distance travelled anyway!
Posted by: SE_Sport_Driver

Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations - 14/09/2006 08:44

Are we allowed to lobby for our choices like if I wanted to lobby for Tony Fabris?
Posted by: canuckInOR

Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations - 14/09/2006 16:45

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Are we allowed to lobby for our choices like if I wanted to lobby for Tony Fabris?

Well, I haven't made my nominations, yet, so I'm still... uh... able to be persuaded. *wink*wink*
Posted by: Snowshoe

Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations - 14/09/2006 23:56

I haven't posted here practically at all but have many a night read the BBS board for help & things to add to my player. Tough choice for me as there are 2. Tony for help & Mark for programming & help w/that to be sure.
Posted by: tfabris

Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations - 15/09/2006 01:05

MARK LORD FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!1111!!!!!

Posted by: rob

And the nominees are... - 15/09/2006 21:08

In alphabetical order...

Patrick Arnold (pcats)

Toby Fabris (tfabris)

Chris Gilbert (firefox31)

Paul Grzelak (pgrzelak)

Mark Lord (mlord)

Richard Lovejoy (rjlov)

Rob Schofield (schofiel)

Voting will take place tomorrow at the owners meet!

Rob
Posted by: SE_Sport_Driver

Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations - 16/09/2006 17:01

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I'd like to vote for Tony Fabris. While his contributions of the Logo Edit (which let average PC users use Hijack) and the FAQ have helped the community a ton, I remember him being the main personality during those "formitive years" that really made empeg.comms.net feel like a home. I probably havn't used my empeg in about 5 weeks, but it's that sense of home that makes me still visit the BBS once a day. If it wasn't for him, many other people wouldn't have stuck around to offer their contributions. Heck, before the FAQ (as a forum section) even existed, HE was the FAQ answering all silly and newbie questions for anyone that came along. I tip my hat to him!

Brad


This isn't to take away from anyone else that qualifies (and believe me, the list could be much longer than the one being voted on), I just attribute Tony with helping a lot of other people do good too. If that makes sense...

Did Hugo not qualify or something?
Posted by: msaeger

Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations - 16/09/2006 17:36

I thought the same thing but then I didn't nominate anyone so how can I complain :-)
Posted by: tfabris

Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations - 16/09/2006 19:35

I am so very flattered, you guys, but seriously, come on, nothing I've done can possibly hold a candle to some of the other nominees.
Posted by: SE_Sport_Driver

Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations - 16/09/2006 21:44

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I am so very flattered, you guys, but seriously, come on, nothing I've done can possibly hold a candle to some of the other nominees.


Okay, okay. We'll add humble to the list.
Posted by: tfabris

Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations - 16/09/2006 22:11

Heh.

Seriously, though, thanks so much. I really do enjoy being a part of this little community.
Posted by: pgrzelak

Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations - 16/09/2006 22:20

Agreed. In this case, it is really an honor to be nominated!!!
Posted by: robricc

Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations - 16/09/2006 22:25

Rob Schofield won. Rob V's grand garden party is starting to wind down. I've taken about 400 photos so far. Too bad internet access costs £15 per day at the hotel. It's not even wireless.
Posted by: peter

Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations - 17/09/2006 09:40

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Rob V's grand garden party is starting to wind down.

Dude, you posted that at 1.30am. The party was hardly starting to wind down when I left at 4.15am...

Peter
Posted by: robricc

Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations - 17/09/2006 10:37

Dude, I had to catch the last mini-bus back to the hotel.