Member Of The Month Award? Just a suggestion ...
#1
Posted 03 April 2005 - 01:57 PM
The GSSF staff (moderators and admins) should be able to give out awards to a certain member each month--probably 2 months--and write a biography of how they earned the award. I mean, sure we have the GSSF Awards, but, this should be a fun little activity that can be put to the side and picked back up again.
Mainly, just one member of the staff each month should choose which member gets the award, keeping in mind the specific details that makes the member worthy. When the next month comes, another member of the staff chooses a worthy member, and it goes on.
There are no individual titles for the award, except that it should say, "Member of the Month". Of course, it just goes without saying that there's going to be some individual credit in the biography that goes along with the award, but that'll be compiled into it anyway.
On another note, the staff can't really vote for each other or themselves, since that would be unfair. They won't go empty-handed, though, when the GSSF Awards come around, of course. But that's until another time ...
So, what do you think? Should there be such a forum activity like this?
#2
Posted 03 April 2005 - 02:12 PM
#3
Posted 03 April 2005 - 03:01 PM
Good idea I think.
I cant see any downsides to it.
#4
Posted 03 April 2005 - 04:14 PM
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I like the idea of a MotM, but how would we define who deserves the award. There isn't any contributions to the site or forums really, so it would be hard to judge who has been an outstanding member other than post content (which few people could apply for, and many people would be left out).
#5
Posted 03 April 2005 - 04:36 PM
Maybe if we made members elect other members...that said, we could always just make the awards quarterly instead of yearly.
#6
Posted 03 April 2005 - 04:47 PM
maybe we can get the final say or something
#7
Posted 03 April 2005 - 04:50 PM
EDIT: No, it has to be staff. We already have a topic for members commenting about members, and the GSSF Awards also does that.
#8
Posted 03 April 2005 - 04:51 PM
#9
Posted 03 April 2005 - 04:54 PM
Ravenblade, on Apr 3 2005, 05:51 PM, said:
I can believe you that it would be difficult. I mean, the biography doesn't have to put up a completely detailed and perfect description of how they acted on the forums in the past month. Just put down a general description.
#10
Posted 03 April 2005 - 04:57 PM
#11
Posted 03 April 2005 - 04:59 PM
#12
Posted 03 April 2005 - 05:02 PM
Then we make a poll out of the favourites and people vote...then we add the finishing touch with the biography maybe? Im not sure..
#13
Posted 03 April 2005 - 05:06 PM
So, in summary, you open a topic in Spam and ask who should be the new MotM, and when it comes down to at least 10 people--not counting the people in favor of themselves--we put up a poll and the voting starts. By the end of the month before, you tally up the votes, and then start the biography, adding up all the opinions, comments, and putting in your own comments. Voila, you've got an award written up.
#14
Posted 03 April 2005 - 07:26 PM
#16
Posted 03 April 2005 - 09:33 PM
I think it's a bit unfair to make it only Mods/Admins voting amongst members, I mean, I'm pretty good friends with the mod crew so I think it'd be easy to be a bit biased.
EDIT: Just read the past comments, sounds like a good idea, but again I'm afraid of people taking it too seriously.
#17
Posted 04 April 2005 - 01:30 AM
Okay, I was just kidding about that. I'm totally with this idea, because it would encourage members to behave instead of misbehaving for attention if you know what I mean. Except, it should be monthly and not once every too months IMO.
If people take it too seriously, then honestly, why would they be on a forum? It's thier problem if they take it seriously that they didn't get the award, and leave.
#18
Posted 04 April 2005 - 12:14 PM
#19
Posted 09 April 2005 - 06:45 PM
But as stated, the staff would have to create specific criteria for the award, which proves difficult.
Then there is, as some have mentioned, how it will be received. A few members are bound to be frustrated and to take it far too seriously. This is also the reason why there are people opposed to a Veteran's Forum.
#20
Posted 09 April 2005 - 06:50 PM
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Posted 09 April 2005 - 07:18 PM
#22
Posted 24 April 2005 - 03:44 AM
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Posted 24 April 2005 - 10:38 AM
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Posted 24 April 2005 - 11:24 AM
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Posted 24 April 2005 - 07:17 PM
#26
Posted 25 April 2005 - 02:47 PM
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Posted 25 April 2005 - 03:49 PM
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Posted 29 April 2005 - 09:59 AM
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Posted 29 April 2005 - 10:36 AM
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Posted 29 April 2005 - 02:29 PM
#31
Posted 03 May 2005 - 08:27 PM
On a side note; lol, what if the user Nobody won the award. "This months winner is.... Nobody!" rofl. Tycho out
#32
Posted 03 May 2005 - 11:34 PM
#33
Posted 24 June 2005 - 07:14 AM
And the Awarf of Best Quote goes to ...... *dumdumdum* .....
Seems a bit lame to me