What are the DeeperBlue.net Community Awards?
The DeeperBlue.net forums are a very busy place everyday with people posting questions looking for answers, feedback or help. All of this is offered for no reason other that we like to learn and equally teach. No reward is expected and a simple thank you is often all it takes to make it feel worth it.
That's great - however we feel we want to be able to offer more and people deserve recognition and thanks for the tireless help they provide to the community.
Plus we get to give away some killer prizes worth over $3500 USD in total in what has to be the largest give away from an online forum in quite a while!
So - we have come up with the DeeperBlue.net Community Awards!
How does it work?
Like any other awards, the first step is the nominations.
You can nominate anyone for any award, but you can only nominate 1 person for each category. Also, you can not nominate yourself for a category but you can nominate someone for more than one award. As a side note, lets keep this fair and don't ask your friends to nominate you or try and buy peoples nominations.
Nominations will commence right now (September 17th 2005), and will end at the end of the year (31st December 2005). The Forum Team Leaders and Mentors then lock themselves away for to decide upon the top four nominees for each award as the finalist for each category. At this point we will supply a poll which you get to vote on (Remember what we said about keeping it fair people!). You will only be able to vote once for each category, and the poll results will not be visible.
Voting, like the nominations, will last until January 31st 2006, after which the polls will disappear and we will review the results, and the give out the awards to the lucky winners!
Only one award per person will be allowed. This rule is in place so that more people can win, and so the same people do not win all of the awards (you overachievers know who you are ).
How do I nominate?
Nominations are to be COMPLETELY secret! If you nominate somebody then please do not tell them. Likewise if somebody asks you to nominate them then please ignore all such requests. We want these awards to be based on your decision and not on who your friends are.
NOMINATIONS CAN ONLY BE MADE BY EMAIL TO nominations@deeperblue.net
When sending the email, please have the "DeeperBlue.net Community Awards" as the subject, then the relevant details within the email. You can nominate as many people in one email.
Who you can't nominate/Rules
Now apart from the massive status recognition and cool "badge" you will be able to display under your username on the forums, we decided having some actual "stuff" would be pretty decent. The prizes are being allocated to different categories and when the finalists are announced we will tell you which categories get which prizes.
So, a huge thank you to our Sponsors, here are some of the prizes:
The Categories
Now it’s what you've all been waiting for: a list of the categories! Read them carefully, think of whom you want to vote for, and then vote!
The DeeperBlue.net forums are a very busy place everyday with people posting questions looking for answers, feedback or help. All of this is offered for no reason other that we like to learn and equally teach. No reward is expected and a simple thank you is often all it takes to make it feel worth it.
That's great - however we feel we want to be able to offer more and people deserve recognition and thanks for the tireless help they provide to the community.
Plus we get to give away some killer prizes worth over $3500 USD in total in what has to be the largest give away from an online forum in quite a while!
So - we have come up with the DeeperBlue.net Community Awards!
How does it work?
Like any other awards, the first step is the nominations.
You can nominate anyone for any award, but you can only nominate 1 person for each category. Also, you can not nominate yourself for a category but you can nominate someone for more than one award. As a side note, lets keep this fair and don't ask your friends to nominate you or try and buy peoples nominations.
Nominations will commence right now (September 17th 2005), and will end at the end of the year (31st December 2005). The Forum Team Leaders and Mentors then lock themselves away for to decide upon the top four nominees for each award as the finalist for each category. At this point we will supply a poll which you get to vote on (Remember what we said about keeping it fair people!). You will only be able to vote once for each category, and the poll results will not be visible.
Voting, like the nominations, will last until January 31st 2006, after which the polls will disappear and we will review the results, and the give out the awards to the lucky winners!
Only one award per person will be allowed. This rule is in place so that more people can win, and so the same people do not win all of the awards (you overachievers know who you are ).
How do I nominate?
Nominations are to be COMPLETELY secret! If you nominate somebody then please do not tell them. Likewise if somebody asks you to nominate them then please ignore all such requests. We want these awards to be based on your decision and not on who your friends are.
NOMINATIONS CAN ONLY BE MADE BY EMAIL TO nominations@deeperblue.net
When sending the email, please have the "DeeperBlue.net Community Awards" as the subject, then the relevant details within the email. You can nominate as many people in one email.
Who you can't nominate/Rules
- [ame="http://forums.deeperblue.net/member.php?u=6"]Stephan Whelan[/"]View Profile: a08885@@AMEPARAM@@View Profile: a08885</title>@@AMEPARAM@@a08885[/ame] (i.e. me) cannot be nominated for anything.
[*][ame="http://forums.deeperblue.net/member.php?u=2637"]Alison[/"]View Profile: a08885@@AMEPARAM@@View Profile: a08885</title>@@AMEPARAM@@a08885[/ame], [ame="http://forums.deeperblue.net/member.php?u=597"]Amphibious[/"]View Profile: a08885@@AMEPARAM@@View Profile: a08885</title>@@AMEPARAM@@a08885[/ame], [ame="http://forums.deeperblue.net/member.php?u=364"]icarus pacific[/"]View Profile: a08885@@AMEPARAM@@View Profile: a08885</title>@@AMEPARAM@@a08885[/ame], [ame="http://forums.deeperblue.net/member.php?u=1239"]Adrian[/"]View Profile: a08885@@AMEPARAM@@View Profile: a08885</title>@@AMEPARAM@@a08885[/ame], [ame="http://forums.deeperblue.net/member.php?u=81"]Erik[/"]View Profile: a08885@@AMEPARAM@@View Profile: a08885</title>@@AMEPARAM@@a08885[/ame], [ame="http://forums.deeperblue.net/member.php?u=964"]fuzz[/"]View Profile: a08885@@AMEPARAM@@View Profile: a08885</title>@@AMEPARAM@@a08885[/ame], [ame="http://forums.deeperblue.net/member.php?u=80"]island_sands[/"]View Profile: a08885@@AMEPARAM@@View Profile: a08885</title>@@AMEPARAM@@a08885[/ame], [ame="http://forums.deeperblue.net/member.php?u=112"]Jon[/"]View Profile: a08885@@AMEPARAM@@View Profile: a08885</title>@@AMEPARAM@@a08885[/ame], [ame="http://forums.deeperblue.net/member.php?u=1806"]miles[/"]View Profile: a08885@@AMEPARAM@@View Profile: a08885</title>@@AMEPARAM@@a08885[/ame] and [ame="http://forums.deeperblue.net/member.php?u=2425"]Oldsarge[/"]View Profile: a08885@@AMEPARAM@@View Profile: a08885</title>@@AMEPARAM@@a08885[/ame] cannot be nominated for any awards apart from the Team Member award.
[*]Nominations for threads/posts must contain a link to the aforementioned thread/post. Any nomination without a link will be discarded.
[*]Please think about your nominations carefully and only nominate those who are upstanding members of the community.
[*]You cannot nominate yourself for an award, no matter how good you think you are. If you're really that good then you should get loads of nominations from others .
Now apart from the massive status recognition and cool "badge" you will be able to display under your username on the forums, we decided having some actual "stuff" would be pretty decent. The prizes are being allocated to different categories and when the finalists are announced we will tell you which categories get which prizes.
So, a huge thank you to our Sponsors, here are some of the prizes:
- Eliossub
providing a 5mm Smoothskin / Open cell Neoprene Heiwa Wetsuit - Spearo
providing a Venom Carbon 90cm Speargun - Leaderfins
- providing a Flyer Monofin and Classic Stereo Fins
- Seven Tenths
- providing 2 x £25 GBP Gift Certificates
- Liquivision
$150 USD Certificate against a F1 Dive Assistant
- Weekend at the S.E.T.T. 30m Dive Tank with Accomodation (no flights though!)
- Gift Certificates for the DeeperBlue.net Shop (in 50 Euro, 100 Euro and 250 Euro increments)
- Copies of Umberto Pelizzari's "Manual of FreeDiving"
- DeeperBlue.net T-Shirt and goodies
The Categories
Now it’s what you've all been waiting for: a list of the categories! Read them carefully, think of whom you want to vote for, and then vote!
- Team Leader of the Year: This award will be given to the one Team Leader from within the community that you as members find to be the most valuable to the community as a whole.
- Mentor of the Year: This award will be given to the one Mentor from within the community that you as members find to be the most valuable to the community as a whole.
- Member of the Year: This award will be given to the one member of the DeeperBlue.net community that you as members find to be the most valuable to the community as a whole. This member can not be an Administrator/Team Leader or Mentor.
- Funniest Member of the Year: Humor and release is an important part of any community, The class Clown Award should be based on who you see as being the funniest member at DeeperBlue.net
- Funniest Thread of the Year: Your Mission is to go in search of the funniest, most ridiculous or just plain bizarre thread. Please provide a link to the thread when you nominate for this category.
- Best Thread: Some questions spark heated debates, Some are highly educational and enjoyable, These threads are what makes DeeperBlue.net so special. Please provide a link to the thread when you nominate for this category.
- Most Improved Award: Some of us have stumbled upon DeeperBlue.net at the early stages of learning and have become knowledgeable and talented. This award is for the person who has improved both their knowledge and their manner in which they conduct themselves.
- Community Spirit Award: This award goes to the member who consistently posts interesting, thought-provoking, and insightful threads and/or comments. This member should exemplify the spirit of the DeeperBlue.net Forums. This award is open to anybody regardless of technical ability levels.
- DeeperBlue.net King: We decided that it would be nice to have an overall King to lord over the rest of the winners
- DeeperBlue.net Queen: And of course you can't have a King without a Queen
- Personality of the year: You are thinking of a member that just stands out, or has just made a great impression on you? This award will go to the member that you feel has shone with their great personality!
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