I would bump the dates from Jan/Feb to Feb/March; people are still recovering from the holidays in January and you'll probably get a lot better turn out if you bump the dates to the less holiday-affected months.
I feel as though "Smoking Hat" is a bit too reactionary; it might be apt now, but I think, in establishing an award, an eye to the long term is beneficial.
Crowdfunding revives, in a modern way, the concept of patronage. A "Patron Award" would be more appropriate for someone who has done the funding (and might be a nice parallel award at some point), but perhaps working along those lines might lead to a good name for the award.
I think it would be nice, also, to have a tangible form of the award, even just a certificate. If this is to be done, let's do it right.
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Date: 2009-12-30 02:41 pm (UTC)I feel as though "Smoking Hat" is a bit too reactionary; it might be apt now, but I think, in establishing an award, an eye to the long term is beneficial.
Crowdfunding revives, in a modern way, the concept of patronage. A "Patron Award" would be more appropriate for someone who has done the funding (and might be a nice parallel award at some point), but perhaps working along those lines might lead to a good name for the award.
I think it would be nice, also, to have a tangible form of the award, even just a certificate. If this is to be done, let's do it right.