Unoffical empeg BBS

Quick Links: Empeg FAQ | RioCar.Org | Hijack | BigDisk Builder | jEmplode | emphatic
Repairs: Repairs

Topic Options
#286618 - 12/09/2006 10:48 Outstanding Contribution Award nominations
rob
carpal tunnel

Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
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

Top
#286619 - 12/09/2006 11:09 Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations [Re: rob]
BartDG
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/05/2001
Posts: 2616
Loc: Bruges, Belgium
Was Mark Lord ever contracted by Empeg?
_________________________
Riocar 80gig S/N : 010101580 red
Riocar 80gig (010102106) - backup

Top
#286620 - 12/09/2006 11:18 Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations [Re: BartDG]
pgrzelak
carpal tunnel

Registered: 15/08/2000
Posts: 4859
Loc: New Jersey, USA
Can you post the winners of the previous awards? This is assuming that a person cannot win twice.
_________________________
Paul Grzelak
200GB with 48MB RAM, Illuminated Buttons and Digital Outputs

Top
#286621 - 12/09/2006 12:32 Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations [Re: BartDG]
rob
carpal tunnel

Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
Quote:
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

Top
#286622 - 12/09/2006 12:33 Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations [Re: pgrzelak]
rob
carpal tunnel

Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
Quote:
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

Top
#286623 - 13/09/2006 13:54 Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations [Re: rob]
peter
carpal tunnel

Registered: 13/07/2000
Posts: 4180
Loc: Cambridge, England
Quote:
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

Top
#286624 - 13/09/2006 14:18 Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations [Re: peter]
rob
carpal tunnel

Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
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!

Top
#286625 - 14/09/2006 08:44 Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations [Re: rob]
SE_Sport_Driver
carpal tunnel

Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
Are we allowed to lobby for our choices like if I wanted to lobby for Tony Fabris?
_________________________
Brad B.

Top
#286626 - 14/09/2006 16:45 Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
canuckInOR
carpal tunnel

Registered: 13/02/2002
Posts: 3212
Loc: Portland, OR
Quote:
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*

Top
#286627 - 14/09/2006 23:56 Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
Snowshoe
new poster

Registered: 04/04/2004
Posts: 16
Loc: Midwest
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.

Top
#286628 - 15/09/2006 01:05 Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations [Re: Snowshoe]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31597
Loc: Seattle, WA
MARK LORD FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!1111!!!!!

_________________________
Tony Fabris

Top
#286629 - 15/09/2006 21:08 And the nominees are... [Re: rob]
rob
carpal tunnel

Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
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

Top
#286630 - 16/09/2006 17:01 Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations [Re: tfabris]
SE_Sport_Driver
carpal tunnel

Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
Quote:
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?


Edited by SE_Sport_Driver (16/09/2006 17:02)
_________________________
Brad B.

Top
#286631 - 16/09/2006 17:36 Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
msaeger
carpal tunnel

Registered: 23/09/2000
Posts: 3608
Loc: Minnetonka, MN
I thought the same thing but then I didn't nominate anyone so how can I complain :-)
_________________________

Matt

Top
#286632 - 16/09/2006 19:35 Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31597
Loc: Seattle, WA
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.
_________________________
Tony Fabris

Top
#286633 - 16/09/2006 21:44 Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations [Re: tfabris]
SE_Sport_Driver
carpal tunnel

Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
Quote:
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.
_________________________
Brad B.

Top
#286634 - 16/09/2006 22:11 Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31597
Loc: Seattle, WA
Heh.

Seriously, though, thanks so much. I really do enjoy being a part of this little community.
_________________________
Tony Fabris

Top
#286635 - 16/09/2006 22:20 Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations [Re: tfabris]
pgrzelak
carpal tunnel

Registered: 15/08/2000
Posts: 4859
Loc: New Jersey, USA
Agreed. In this case, it is really an honor to be nominated!!!
_________________________
Paul Grzelak
200GB with 48MB RAM, Illuminated Buttons and Digital Outputs

Top
#286636 - 16/09/2006 22:25 Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations [Re: tfabris]
robricc
carpal tunnel

Registered: 30/10/2000
Posts: 4931
Loc: New Jersey, USA
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.
_________________________
-Rob Riccardelli
80GB 16MB MK2 090000736

Top
#286637 - 17/09/2006 09:40 Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations [Re: robricc]
peter
carpal tunnel

Registered: 13/07/2000
Posts: 4180
Loc: Cambridge, England
Quote:
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

Top
#286638 - 17/09/2006 10:37 Re: Outstanding Contribution Award nominations [Re: peter]
robricc
carpal tunnel

Registered: 30/10/2000
Posts: 4931
Loc: New Jersey, USA
Dude, I had to catch the last mini-bus back to the hotel.
_________________________
-Rob Riccardelli
80GB 16MB MK2 090000736

Top