Man it's been hectic for me lately! LOL Anyway, Dave, shoot me a PM or catch me on IM. I should be around later tonight as I don't think my Fire Officer 1 course is going to fly this time around. We'll get this hashed out. I think we are going to use the model presented in this thread, but we just have to work out the logistics.

 

I hear that. I am working like crazy this week and when I get home, I am too exhausted to do anything. I go on the computer for a bit, but just to check my mail and stuff. I won't be able to get on im tonight(tuesday), but I will go on tomorrow(wednesday)night sometime after 7. I usually log of around 10-11 depending on how tired I am.

 

yea i like the idea of being able to vote for any type of car the person has. i for one would like to be able to vote for lets say kyles chevelle when its done thats forsure....and i also no longer have a blazer anymore but like hanging around the forum to see whats up because of the great group of people we have on here and i have a little knowledge about blazers and gm products (currently own a silverado) so.... with that said i guess im just throwing out support of an idea brought up earlier by lastcoupe i believe it was

 

maybe i didnt understand itbut when we nominate someone we list the prev. nominees and then after the week is up do the nominated people have to accept or is there a secondin process?

jimmyboy

 

I have to get the completye rundown from Kyle about how it's going to work, but I'm pretty sure that there is going to be no more seconding. I think that the way it's going to work is that everyone is going to nominate one person per month, sticking with the present rule of no person can win more than once a year. I'm still not sure if these people who get nominated have to accept or not, but I'll find out. I'm pretty certain though that the people who get nominated are going into a pool persay, and five will be picked from that list randomly. And then those five will be the five who go into the voting for rotm. I think it will be more fun this way, and some people who didn't really get a chance before, will now have a chance. The nominating process wil be a little different, but the voting is still the same. Kyle is going to inform me of the changes and how it's going to work. I am going to lend a hand to make sure that the nominations go smoothly. I'm sure that when the time comes, the new process is going to be explained to everyone.

As far as the previous nominees, as far as I know, people can be nominated every month. Not saying that they will be in the voting, because it is going to be random. The only way the same perosn cannot be nominated twice in a row is if they won. Then if they won, they will not be eligible until one complete year later. Not the following year, 12 months later. So say I won the December 07 rotm, I could not be nominated again until December 08 rotm. Like I said, everything will be explained to everyone when the time comes.

 

Nomination Eligibility:
This is pretty simple. There are only four criteria that the nominees must meet. 1) Nominees must have been a member for 2 months prior to the month nominations are being held in. 2) Nominees must have 5 posts in each of the 2 preceeding months. 3) All nominees must have a gallery containing atleast one picture of their vehicle. 4) Previous ROTM winners are not eligible for 12 months from the month they won in. So not only do you need to have been a member for atleast 2 months prior to the current month, you also have to have posted atleast 5 times a month. This is to make sure that the nominees are still active in the forum. This goes for any member, not just the new ones!


So Here's the procedure: [ol][*]Members can nominate one(1) eligible member each during the first week of the month.[*]All accepted nominees will be put into a list in order of nomination.[*]All nominees must accept prior to the 10th of the month.[*]The list will be randomized with the results to be posted in the nomination thread.[*]At the same time, the chosen candidates will be notified via PM to send links to the ROTM picture of their choosing (640x480 only please)[*]The Voting thread will be setup by the 14th of the month with or without pictures.[/ol]

I would like the nomination thread to have posts containing ONLY nominations or accepting nominations. The nomination posts should only list the member being nominated and the person doing the nominating (i.e. davtak - swartlkk where I am nominating davtak). After someone has been nominated, they must accept to be put into the list prior to randomizing. Periodically through the thread, either davtak or myself will post a summary of the nominations up to that point. After the first week of nominations, a post will be made stating that nominations are closed and the final list will be created. The nominees will then have 3 more days to accept their nominations. From there, the randomized list of the accepted nominations will be posted and the top 5 will move on to the voting.

Please be assured that the randomization will be unbiased in any way. The list will be copied into the utility found on random.org with the advanced option of the pregenerated randomization from a date to be announced after nominations have closed. This will ensure that if any member were to question the randomization, they could go in and perform the exact same randomization with the list from the nomination thread. The date of the pregenerated randomization will be referenced when the randomized list is posted.

I am going to post a poll on whether this should be BOTM (Blazer of the Month - to include all fullsize, s-series, and GMT360/370 variants), ROTM (Ride of the Month - open to any vehicle in a member's garage), or MOTM (Member of the Month). I also would like to start a poll on doing a 'Member Spotlight' as Jenn (m00nwater) suggested, possibly instead of having just a MOTM voting alone, this would be separated. Well, I'll combine the polls, hows that..?

*EDIT* - Forgot the gallery requirement.

 

I was just looking at the post from before about the people who only have like 2 posts or something. Do you think we should have something like if you there is no activity within a few years, the account should be deleted. This would free up some of the confusion, it would probably take a while though, seeing how many people have only a few posts.

 

I think that is something best discussed separately with Patrick and the rest of the staff.

 

Well, I guess that the rule about the member must have at least five posts would cancel them out. Thanks for the write-up on it Kyle. I'll make sure to print it out to keep it handy next to my computer so I don't have to keep checking this.

 

I'm going to add this to the ROTM rules post (or maybe just write up another one).

This thread has served its purpose. Thank you to everyone that contributed!!