SRP member of the month

I think that some of the guys of this forum go way beond "duty", when it comes to answering questions and helping other people.I am aware of how the rep/thanks system works, but I think that some guys deserves a little extra credit.Therefore I would suggest creating some sort of SRP member of the month thing.My thought would be that other members would nominate those that has made the most helpful effort.I would suggest that the nominates would be placed in a poll, where members could vote for the winner at the end of a month.And a sticky thread that would show all the winners, and mabe the winner would be awarded a SRP symbol or something along with their little green dots, besides of the honour and glory:D

I have no idea how much work would be recuired from the mods/adm to make something like this work.
Or if you guys would like/permit the suggestion.I just tought it could be a nice contribution to our little comunity.For those that really deserve the extra credit.


Kristoffer

Jimbo
hoglahoo
BeBerlin
Dwessell
AaronX
gssixgun
Philadelphia

My vote is for Glen (GSSixGun). :rock:

If we were to include mods and admins I'd have to encourage honouring David Wessell as the first recipient for the mountains of work he has done for the site and me personally over the years.

I don't know if we need to do this, but I'm not against it at all.

X

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If we were to include mods and admins I'd have to encourage honouring David Wessell as the first recipient for the mountains of work he has done for the site and me personally over the years.

I don't know if we need to do this, but I'm not against it at all.

X

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Gotta agree with Xman. dwessell is the man. He does a ton of thankless work.

All good suggestions of names.But do you guys like the idea?

Kristoffer

Oh yeah, I do. It would be fun to have it on the SRP Homepage. Even like an employee of the month sign. Ha! That would be funny.

I think it is a good idea. Not sure how you would create a criteria and judge it, but in principle I am behind it. And maybe not just MoM (Member of the Month). How about other categories? Resto of the month? Newbie questioner of the month? Etc. Use it to encourage participation - get people in the various categories out and into the open?

But perhaps that *is* too much work. But yes, I like the idea of MoM.

My vote goes to either: Glen for his seemingly endless reserves in helping people and answering questions; Dave for his tireless adminning on all of our behalves; Robin for his remorseless pursuit of Wiki perfection (and tireless efforts in that area); or Lee for the same (Wiki).

Seriously, I would not like to have to judge it each month.

James.

Just thinking about it a bit more, I think it would be something best just simply announced by the mods each month, rather than open for debate among members. That kind of thing could get real messy real quick.

In fact, even if it is just announced each month by the mods, the choice could raise potential debates too I imagine. And really they are not the kind of debates we want here.

Just putting that out there - not sure if I would be right or not.

James.

Why do you think there would be such a debate about it? After all we are grown ups, and it would not have any political or religious aspects.(wich seems to be the topics stirring up things here.) And since the mods often would be among the most likely to be nominated, it might be better with a vote.Like a list of people in a poll, plain and simple.

Kristoffer

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Originally Posted by KristofferBodvin

Why do you think there would be such a debate about it? After all we are grown ups, and it would not have any political or religious aspects.(wich seems to be the topics stirring up things here.) And since the mods often would be among the most likely to be nominated, it might be better with a vote.Like a list of people in a poll, plain and simple.

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What would you base that poll on? Grunt work - Dave Wessel? Help - Glen? Acidic responses - trial by combat?

On second thought, maybe Dave could analyse the amount of rep points/thanks ammassed each month. That would work. No jury is good jury.

P.S. How about trial by wombat? We could then ask Jimbo to make JimboWom strops...

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Originally Posted by KristofferBodvin

Why do you think there would be such a debate about it? After all we are grown ups, and it would not have any political or religious aspects.(wich seems to be the topics stirring up things here.) And since the mods often would be among the most likely to be nominated, it might be better with a vote.Like a list of people in a poll, plain and simple.

Kristoffer

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Well, I am not sure there would be. Like I said, I was just putting it out there. Yes, we are all adults here and I am sure in this type of circumstance we could put petty differences aside.

I was thinking more about debates involving the relative merits of the nominated candidates. Even when conducted in a gentlemanly fashion, that type of thing is generally best kept out of public view. Feelings can and do get hurt.

James.

PS: LOL Trial by Wombat!! :D

No no, you got me wrong.What I meen by a poll, is basicaly this: A list of people, each person must be nominated by someone else.Lets say each member is given one nomination.The person with most nominations would win.
Another alternative would be that all the nominates would be on a list, and then people would have to stop nominating lets say by the last week of the month, and then they would vote for that week.The winner could be announced in the beg. of the next month.


Kristoffer

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Originally Posted by Jimbo

Well, I am not sure there would be. Like I said, I was just putting it out there. Yes, we are all adults here and I am sure in this type of circumstance we could put petty differences aside.

I was thinking more about debates involving the relative merits of the nominated candidates. Even when conducted in a gentlemanly fashion, that type of thing is generally best kept out of public view. Feelings can and do get hurt.

James.

PS: LOL Trial by Wombat!! :D

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with the aproach mentioned, there would be no real need to mention the reason for nominating/voting for someone.

Kristoffer

Ah. Sorry Kristoffer, I misunderstood.

I guess that could work. :shrug:

James.

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My vote is for Glen (GSSixGun). :rock:

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What he said

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Originally Posted by Jimbo

I think it is a good idea. Not sure how you would create a criteria and judge it

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There is only one way to decide who's the man: put the contenders in a ring and let nature take its course...
YouTube - Star Trek - Amok Time fight scene

Ok, with the video, and my avatar. And my inherent geekiness and love of all things ST.. I must remove my name from nomination.. It just wouldn't be fair..

:)

Hello Dwessell, does that meen you aprove of the general concept?


Kristoffer

I don't want to get deeply into this conversation here, but I keep thinking of one thing that hasn't been mentioned yet– repeat nominations/winners. I mean depending on criteria, rules, or lack thereof, I think it is pretty safe to say that you would often see someone like Glen or Bruno as the final guy. With this in mind, basing it on how many thanks/rep points one gets each month is out. The best option might be that once a member has 'won' they become ineligible for it in the future. Doing that would knock out the option of any random person just throwing in a nomination though too I'd say. I think you'd see a lot of new members voting for people who had won maybe 2 and 3 months back... they just haven't been around long enough to see it.

Anyway– Cool idea. There are obviously lots of logistics to work on to keep it fun.

Kris, I'm sure you're well-intentioned when you propose this. However, this sort of thing can backfire onto the forum climate and generate hard feelings. I've seen it happen. Now SRP is a mature place, so chances of that happening are actually not very high. Just something to keep in mind.

Kristoffer's good intentions very much appreciated, I really think we already have enough popularity poll going on here, with the thank you button and the green dots.
I also understand, that members that have shown special merits in contributing with the forum and helping out fellow members, can be granted a moderatorship, if they choose to accept it.
Please correct me if I'm wrong with that assumption.
So it seems a bit redundant to have a "member of the month". I would find it awkward to be it. (Not that I ever expect to stand a chance).

Just my very personal opinion,

Bart.

HAHA!! Reminds me of this scene:
YouTube - cable guy immense

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Originally Posted by Rajagra

There is only one way to decide who's the man: put the contenders in a ring and let nature take its course...
YouTube - Star Trek - Amok Time fight scene

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Ok, just a suggestion with good intentions. If you don't like it I'll just have to live with that....(sob).
I'll manage...I'll be strong...

Honestly tough, when I think about it, it might be a little over the top.To much icing on the cake so to speak.



Kristoffer

Don't be discouraged buddy. Keep the ideas coming. It keeps things interesting around here.

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Originally Posted by KristofferBodvin

Ok, just a suggestion with good intentions. If you don't like it I'll just have to live with that....(sob).
I'll manage...I'll be strong...

Honestly tough, when I think about it, it might be a little over the top.To much icing on the cake so to speak.
Kristoffer

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Cheers for your enthusiasm, Kristoffer! The world would be a dull place, if we never allowed ourselves to get carried away by what we do.
Can someone please make this man SRP-member of the year!!!:y
:D

Bart.

I think there are too many great people here to have only one SRP person of the month...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3070/...42cf9f30a4.jpg

I Think that the SRP member of the month deserves his own parking space:rofl2:

Maarten