Now that the Awards are done, we have made changes to the guidelines for this year.
We have changed the date allowed to make nominations to start January 1st to August 10th in lieu of December 10th.
This allows the committee more time to process the nominations submitted.
Nomination and voting process also have changes made, so please read carefully before making any nominations.
Feel free to make nominations any time you want in the specified time frame above.
Read the articles here.
so what You are saying is that some of You fogies are getting really old and need more time tp process and function… 
Hey I resemble that damn remark!
if the fu spits…
So how many posts are required to vote?
9,833.33 which is the same number I give to price shoppers whose first question is “How much do you charge?”.
I guess you need to read it again. LOL
So I’ll ask again since the last time I voted you disqualified it for not posting enough. You literally listed the number of posts for each person who’s votes you were not counting. The rules didn’t say anything about post count then and they still don’t. This is why I asked the question.
if You keep posting Mike You will get there,
It is listed here;
Voting and Selection
Voting eligibility is limited to active forum members, defined as those who have logged at least 12 visits over three months or an equivalent of read time to show some participation.
It was previously noted as;
III. Voting is limited to members who are regularly active on the forum and will be voted on by the awards committee only.
You had 2 posts at time of voting which is a far cry from being a regular active member.
I do not have to define the word regular active to specify how many posts. Common sense tells anyone who is active or not.
The voting process is critical to prevent vote stuffing from members outside the forum.
I am sorry your vote did not count, but maybe spending more time on the forum to help or read only if you wish, so next time you will not be eliminated due to being inactive.
I read the forum every day. This was discussed last time. You said again “or read only” so which is it? I don’t really care that my vote didn’t count but I find it odd that you have these rules that don’t say you have to post a certain amount but that seems to be the only criteria. I’m not sure posting a lot makes you active when 80% of all threads on here are complete nonsense.
Mike, thank you for asking questions to get clarity on the voting rules.
The awards committee tries its best to rework the guidelines when needed to protect the award’s integrity. One of the ways is through a clear understanding of the guidelines and criteria. The last thing the awards committee wants to do is keep that information confusing or secret.
Larry I appreciate what the committee does and in no way am I trying to belittle anything or be difficult. Unfortunately the rules are confusing to me. I voted every time since I’ve became a member and nothing was ever said about anyone’s post count. I totally understand not wanting people to “stuff the votes” but to discount votes strictly based on post count and then say posting doesn’t matter makes no sense. I read every new post every day. I feel someone who is on here to learn and is reading all the posts would be very qualified to know what members would be worthy of your awards. Most of the threads on the forum have nothing to do with home inspections and that’s fine but in my opinion someone just wishing happy birthday or posting memes doesn’t necessarily make them knowledgeable about what members are deserving of an award. Again I know it’s the committee’s award and you can make any rule you want but it just seems confusing to me. Thanks for hearing me out.
Having logged 12 visits is very clear but I still worry about “an equivalent of read time” not being defined. Although I would think anyone who is truly active would meet the 12 visits requirement.
Good discussion!
Do not stop with it until you get the clarity you are searching for…
Such as…
Are 12 visits at 2 minutes each visit, comparable to, 1 visit at 24 minutes?
I often “check in” for 5 minutes in the morning before leaving for the field, but log back in for ‘hours’ in the afternoon/evening while writing reports. Sometimes I do not log-out, and leave my system running all day long! How is that tracked?
Yes, I often post meme’s, video’s, etc… but I also participate very often with technical and non-technical issues. Who’s to say what the content of my interactions are required to be? I’m quite certain the Awards Committee does not wish for me to ‘get active’ with my posts on this topic again. Just one of such posts will easily cover me for a full years worth of posts!!
I tell you what, why don’t you rewrite this in a fashion that you understand and if it makes any sense, we will entertain changing it.
“Voting eligibility is limited to active forum members, defined as those who have logged at least 12 visits over three months or an equivalent of read time to show some participation.”
So being a jerk seems helpful. Again you write something vague and if it’s questioned you treat the person asking like an idiot. If you can’t understand how “an equivalent of read time” could be interpreted many ways then I don’t know what to tell you.
I am not being a jerk, I am just asking you to rewrite it in a fashion you understand based on what the basic objective is and we will look at it. Objective; To stop ballot stuffing, to stop members outside the forum that don’t participate in anything from voting for their friends and make it unfair for others. ETC,
Everything is open for interpretation for some, so instead of arguing the matter, help out.
I’m not arguing. I felt I explained it well. If you write it so it’s not vague you wouldn’t have confusion when you discount someone’s vote. Not everything is open for interpretation. Making it 12 visits over three months is easy to understand. Saying “An equivalent of read time” means again that you could discount someone’s vote who had 11 visits because you don’t think they met the “read time” necessary. Not putting a number on the read time absolutely leaves it vague and open for interpretation. You are the one who said it was common sense that I should of known I wasn’t an active member the last time I voted so why not write so people like me can clearly understand your requirements.
It may just be me but Mike You seem to be really thick or just pretending to be for some reason…restricted to active participants seems pretty simple to me…either participate on a regular basis or dont try to vote, Im not sure how that could be misunderstood or written in plainer language…however it seems an offer has been made if You can write that in an easier to understand fashion go for it…
