Thanks for the quick feedback, Pixar Planeteers! I’m loving all of the suggestions for categories, especially the Best Signatures and Avatars, and the Lifetime Achievement Award, but all the suggestions are great! Here are a few more…
- Best Thread
- Silliest Thread
- Funniest Member
- Member You Would Most Like to Meet in Person
- Most Informative Member
- Quickest Respondent
- Most Popular Upcoming Pixar Article
I’m just throwing them out there, not sure which ones will make it to the final list. We could also have the ‘First Annual Pixar Planet Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence’ like in The Simpsons. Only joking.
I really like Al Bob’s idea of having little icons (similar to the usergroup icons) as little placards for the winner(s). I’m not sure what the prizes will be, maybe a graphic award or something. As for the difference between ‘Best’ and ‘Favourite’, yeah, I guess ‘Favourite’ does have connotations with popularity, which isn’t what we want… what do other users think?
For the Avatars and Signatures Awards, we could either have the top 5 of each category, or an award with just one winner where people can submit one of their own siggies or avvies for consideration that they have worn this year, and they will be posted either in this thread or the sig and avvie thread and people vote from them.
Yeah, that’s a good idea.
Straight into voting, I think… but I’m not sure. If we think there will be too many nominations, we could make a shortlist.
Yes, that’s true. I was hoping it wouldn’t become a popularity contest… we can only tell the members to vote considerately and really think about who best fits the description of that award, rather than just voting for their friend(s). I think there should be a rule like ‘no campaigning’ (as in, no banners in their siggies, avatars or outright telling people to vote for them.)
Well, with the awards (as with any awards) people will generally be on their best behaviour around award time so they get noticed, but the only thing I can do is urge members to think more broadly about who they are voting for and think about how members have contributed over this year. But with the creative awards, well, that’s just a matter of personal taste. People will be able to see whether you are bumping your posts (increasing post count?) either because of the awards, or because they really do want to contribute… members will be able to see through that. Thanks for the feedback, though.
I wasn’t thinking of so much a panel of more of the members get to decide… I can see the merit in having a panel, though. But for me, that would take away the whole point of these awards which is the recognition of members’ contribution to these forums as voted by the members themselves. Perhaps we could have it as a members vote this time around and see how that goes, and next year we could vote for a panel, if need be.
If you were worried about me being the only one taking the votes, I was thinking of getting another member to recieve votes as well, so that it is more fair and there is less chance of corruption because even I don’t like the idea of one person taking votes. And then at the end of the voting period we will tally up our votes and add them together and then announce the winners. But I haven’t thought it through, yet - I only came up with the idea yesterday. =)
And I don’t think you were saying that The Brain Trust should make up all of the panel, but maybe as an award we could have The Brain Trust give out an award for which member they think contributed the most over this year, or whatever.