To all my friends at Adland I all ways thought that the Person Of The Week forum is an Adland award for been active on the main Adland and is good for the adland Community. So why is it there are winners there and people who are on the voting list who have no intentions of been active at the Main Adland area? They should not be allowed too be on the list if they do not partake in the main part of Adland. Thanks for listening too me. Linda

Hi Linda A very good question; to which, I don't know the answer! This one could run and run! Best Ian

GOOD QUESTION MY DEAR UK-FRIEND. I HOPE THAT OUR FRIENDS VOTE FORE THOSE WHO ARE DOING A GOOD JOB, HELPING OTHERS OR ARE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER POSITIVE/ACTIVE AS MEMBER. HOPE YOU ARE WELL ME DEAR FRIEND?! HUGS FROM ARILD PS! TAKE A LOOK AT MY NEW (SERIOUS) BIZ: http://arildaha.photomax.com

Hello Linda, I am one person who is nominated for POTW but not yet have been successful. Your question is a very good one. I try to participate in the main Adlandpro when I can. I think it depends on whose friendship lists you are on and how many forums you participate in. I am still building my friendship list as I changed profile names earlier this year from 91136 to CurrencyLass because I did not want to be known as a number (particularly the 911 part) At present I have other matters pressing on my time on the net. I have an offline business that keeps me going as I am interacting with both customers and representatives and managers and my husband has some health issues that need to be resolved. I need to attend his medical appointments with him so that I can be part of the carer and healing process. The carer role is very important to help someone who will be recovering from surgery. But to get back to the question, some of my friends in Adlandpro have a wide circle of friends and yet others are still building up their friendships. Back to the issue of forums. Successful forums require time and commitment and it seems that those who are very active in forums both initiator and participant seem to be nominated most offen. I am quite sure that there are other members of Adlandpro who do not participate in forums but yet are the quiet achievers working away in their businesses and who are helping others to do the same. I have noticed that other members have initiated alternative Persons of the Week; Sites of the Week; and so on to recognise other well deserving people in Adlandpro. Not everone can be the main person of the week but these alternative recognition processes are also healthy for the Adlandpro Community. Thank you Linda for raising this issue. Sincerely, Christine Gleeson aka CurrencyLass Sydney, Australia

Hi Linda, An interesting view you put there. I guess a list of 10 nominees for one spot must include people who may do unknown good for some members of the community who are grateful for that and wish to recognise that person. However this is a community of almost 32,000 members and it is difficult to see that any winner of the award is known by more than around 20% of it. And like any community it has various 'cells' that like to operate their own agenda. Whilst writing I note the total votes are 42. I think it is a good thing to have an election of the good but I guess the turn-out will always be in line with people's interests and for many of them - also to be noticed. On balance I feel the community is well run and provides a platform for everyone to make what they can with it, without being over-run by the 'powerful few'. Many may have the view that it is not worth voting because they don't count. I feel that is wrong. You can't change the outcome of a game unless you are a player. I hope more members will truly get involved in this. Perhaps more coverage will be given with the launch of the community gazette I read about recently? - Subject to editor's approval I guess! Have a Great Day! Peter