Hi everyone. I've always voted in the Best Forum Awards and I vote for the forum I like the best. 

I make my choice on content, visuals etc.  I don't vote because of WHO the forum owner is, I vote for the content.  I vote for good forums, where everyone gets along and there are no conflicts going on.

I don't know who the judges are and I'm glad they are kept secret.  I feel the judges have made good decisions in the past.

I like the system the way it is now,  I'm glad the community makes the decisions.

Pat

Hello friends,

Finally I can find a few moments free to share some thoughts here again.

But first I want to thank all our friends who have come forward to state their opinion about the issues at hand. THANK YOU !!!

I'm glad to see quite a few like John Partingtons idea....with the time I went thru' last nite with the Poll....whew...and I see others had problems too...Believe me I tried 3 attempts to post the poll but for some weird reason the editor tabs would not load or show up....finally when it did on the 4th attempt it came out all messy. Bogdan did fix it but explained what I could have done wrong...being not so computer literate :-( I still haven't figured out how come it messed last nite when I did it always as the way I always do ?????????????????? Oh well will have to catch JOe to explain to me a little more in detail and hope n pray I am able to learn something more with this experience.

So now you see in view of the above... I for one would pray hard ...Bogdan accepts John P's suggestion.  As stated..its Bogdans money :-) and it should be his choice and choosing out of 3 most nominated forums shouldn't be hard. BUT BIG QUESTION IS.......how many are willing to TRUST HIS JUDGEMENT and accept it ??

I FOR ONE VOTE ON TRUSTING BOGDANS CHOICE.....anyone want to follow on adding a vote here ???

Think of all the hassles we would be free of:  disagreement on judges personal comments.....voting with multiple accounts....the question of genuiness of judging according to criteria etc; and not to talk of the anomosity one faces when a certain poll or win doesn't go the way certain members think it should go. ;-)

I for one could do without all of this & much more of all that I have faced in the past 2 yrs I have been moderator :-)

So what say you kind folks??????????????

Hugs to all

Pauline

Hello BFA Team,

I agree that sometimes there are tech problems with the polling system that can baffle you to death since it's something you do week after week and all of a sudden there are glitches.

Something I don't understand. The BFA, POTW and the Photo contest are forums that were started by members for members and Bogdan adopted them and supported them with prizes.

If the path John P suggested is adopted why would you need the intervention of Bogdan to judge? It's not a matter of trusting Bogdan or not. If each member nominates 3 forums then the forum that gets the most nominations wins. It's as simple as that. The complication of judging and adding an additional burden on Bogdan is simply not necessary.

That said the BFA could end up having much fewer participants like the POTW with this system

Shalom,

Peter

" If each member nominates 3 forums then the forum that gets the most nominations wins. It's as simple as that. The complication of judging and adding an additional burden on Bogdan is simply not necessary.

That said the BFA could end up having much fewer participants like the POTW with this system"

Very correct Peter!!

thats even more simple.

about this statement of yours....

That said the BFA could end up having much fewer participants like the POTW with this system"

I would think even though less  participate at the potw with the new process I see more members being nominated there than have been in the recent past!

just my thoughts.

Pauline

Hello BFA Team,

There are many responses to your last comment but I'll only add this.

How long do you think Bogdan will continue to award a $200 prize if all you have are between 10 - 25 members participating (like the present POTW)?

When he stopped the $50 prize for the Photo contest it was cos of lack of participation and we had around that 25 - 35  members voting then. Even when the number of participants went up the prize was gone forever.

Shalom,

Peter