>> I'd like to see the Rose & Bays be juried rather than be voting at large. As things stand, it's a popularity contest. Note that this is not sour grapes on my part; coming in second to Cecilia Tan is no shame. Nevertheless, the award would mean more were it juried in some fashion.<<
All award models have their ups and downs. Scroll up to my reply to ellenmillion for my thoughts on this.
>>It needs its own website. <<
I agree that this would be useful. We need to find someone who can set up the website, whether that means hand-coding a fully functional one or assembling a decent stepping stone from Wordpress or whatever.
>>I would offer to host it (and could provide those capabilities) but I'm sure some might consider it a conflict of interest.<<
Can you code a site, or assemble one from available materials?
I'm less worried about conflict of interest than I am about making things happen. I thought about that, but honestly, in a small community the people will mostly know each other and the most likely ones to DO things will be the most heavily involved already. If we cut out people for involvement due to conflict of interest, we'd lose most or all of our potential workforce and nothing would ever get done. I'd prefer to avoid direct conflicts of interest, which is why I asked for someone to cover the categories I was eligible for. But I'd have done it all myself if that's what it took to launch the award.
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Date: 2010-03-05 07:41 am (UTC)All award models have their ups and downs. Scroll up to my reply to
>>It needs its own website. <<
I agree that this would be useful. We need to find someone who can set up the website, whether that means hand-coding a fully functional one or assembling a decent stepping stone from Wordpress or whatever.
>>I would offer to host it (and could provide those capabilities) but I'm sure some might consider it a conflict of interest.<<
Can you code a site, or assemble one from available materials?
I'm less worried about conflict of interest than I am about making things happen. I thought about that, but honestly, in a small community the people will mostly know each other and the most likely ones to DO things will be the most heavily involved already. If we cut out people for involvement due to conflict of interest, we'd lose most or all of our potential workforce and nothing would ever get done. I'd prefer to avoid direct conflicts of interest, which is why I asked for someone to cover the categories I was eligible for. But I'd have done it all myself if that's what it took to launch the award.