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Georgios Paraskevopoulos

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PHILOXENIA # The reason I am out of POTY
12/31/2007 7:47:45 AM
The real reason that I am not in POTY.

I was expecting the Good Will forum to be the center forum for all members good or "bad".  To cut off a person from a good will forum reminds me the old dictatorships that forced the anti-regime thinkers to leave their country and live in exile or to send them in jail or to shoot them.

Well John and Pauline you acted that way. To stay in my friends list would be a big request. Just delete me. I can't because I am a free member. Trying to be social you both act political. You count your guests after your personal feelings and all that in a Good Will forum. I am not to teach you democracy but some things must be said. Hosting members of a Good Will forum are like the Chairman in a General Assembly. IThe get involved only to solve problems not to make problems.

A Good Will forum is the mirror of a community. When the Ambassador is unable to keep international standards and keep the community united then he ABDICATES. To be a candidate in a contest without the right of speech is not fair and a person who don;t have the right he is not accepted from the beginning. To have a bocked person in a contest is make him a monkey or to get advantage of his popularity.

Last year there were 450 votes. The winner got 165. This year the whole contest will not have what the second winner had.

Instead of offering 1-2 hours to set up a perfect Yearly Contest. The hosting team make what was easiest to do. Tell us that we can nominate up to ten friends (Only they who could do that). They forgot there are people blocked out from Good Will forum and those have their freedom of speech cut off. Though the hosting team accepted anonymous message mentioning one of the "cut" off members as a nominee. I would either tell the community that the person is disqualified or re-block the person and accept the nomination.

Three years now and different rules are set up on how we to go to the final. This year was the worst . There are people who nominated more than 10 candidates. Non of the finalists from last year qualified or got nominated. Strange were they all so bad? Then last year contest must have been a big mess.

There were members did not understand what is a nomination and how to nominate. Some seconded all the candidates and after getting a message the went in to make nominations. Some had fun by jumping in and out and when they remembered someone the jumped in to nominate or to "second".

I next post I will give you my suggestion to the hosting committee. That could solve many problems and make the contest more fair.

What ever happened is over now and I wish all the candidates Good luck may the best win. I can not vote so I will just regard from distance.

HAPPY NEW YEAR
Georgios
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Re: PHILOXENIA # The reason I am out of POTY
12/31/2007 7:59:56 AM
This is a message I sent to Ambassador John and a copy to Pauline and Bogdan yesterday before John took the final decision. 
 

HELLO JOHN

 

Today I got many disappointed voices in my PM and I am not going to do anything except following which I will send to Bogdan and Pauline.

You suggested me if I see anything wrong to take contact first.
I am following your recommendation.


About me, there are two things to do.

1 You re-block me so I can vote in the contest 

2. You mention that I do not fulfill conditions to qualify and remove me from the list by placing Judy Smith. She is not leading any team below.


It is your forum and you decide what to do. What ever you do don't have me in the contest if I can not vote. It is not for my vote. It is a sense of order for me. A vote more or less do not make me or anybody a winner.

 

IF YOU WANT TO MAKE POTY 2007 a success then listen carefully.

Very active people and awarded forum owners in this community are not qualified the way you set up the contest. Most of the most active members did not even come in to nominate.


Here are two of the messages I got from very active AdLandPro members.

Hi Georgios,

Not very many people actually went to nominate at this year's POTY nominations, I guess they lost interest in the elections since most people know they are not cheat-proof anyway. 

It would be fun to campaign for someone who has no chance of winning, if me and you promote someone very heavily, we could get a big winner of a little person. What do you think?  That's what Americans do on contest TV shows, the crazy radio station disc-jockeys make a big campaign for the underdog just to make everyone upset!

I have no intention of winning POTY but I thought some of my forum friends would have at least seconded my nomination.

Most of the members did not even understand that they could not second or thrice.

Qualified (to this very moment)
1. Thomas Richmond 10+
2. Joe Downing 7+
3. Georgios 7+
4. Jerilyn 6+
5. Lisa Simpkins 5+
6. Nick Sym +5             BFA
7. Pauline Raina 5+
8. Peter Fogel 5+
9. Neil Sperling 4+
10. Sam Sunday 4+        BFA
11. Judy Smith +4

 

Set up 10 POLLs as you did last year. Something like last year.

Include all POTWs from the list in the front page in same order by having the above qualified as "team" leaders spread out in teams on 12 or 13 members.

Only one rule. Mention that you by mistake did not mention that the members who get most nominations will be “team” leaders in the POLL.  

 

The winner from each poll goes to final. Nobody will complain because they are all in there and the best qualified above are not in same team.

 

This is just my suggestion. If you really want to make a difference then my suggestion gives you an alternative to not be blamed for a bad contest.

You are also included because such an honor goes to the best. If you are the best in “their” eyes then there is no problem.

POLL #1
1. Thomas Richmond
2. Beverly Armstrong
3. Jeffrey Obrien
4. Eileen Harvey
5, Dave Young
6. Greer Trumble
7. Lee Talmadge
8. Marion Tucker
9. David G. Smith
10. Kathy Martin
11. Michael Rodgers
12. Lisa Westberry
POLL #2
1. Joe Downing
2. Arild Haukeland
3. Shelly Hargis
4. Craftie Linda
5.
Lisa Lomas
6. Kenneth Sword Jr
7. LaNell
8. Bo Tipton
9. Bob Needham
10 Deborah Skovron
11 Carla Cash
12 Luella May
POLL #3
1. Georgios Paraskevopoulos
2 Dave Cottrell
3 Donald "Doc" Carey
4. Dr. David King
5. Dennis Clairmont
6. Larry Anderson
7. Sarka Ksandrova
8. Holly Goodyer
9. Cheri Merz
10. Ana Maria Padurean
11. Philena Rush
POLL #4
1. Jerilyn Merideth
2. Kay Reeve
3. Paul Davey
4. Anthony Hobbs
5. Linda Caroll
6. Linda Caroll

7. Jerome Pfeifer
8. Leon Horton

9. Mohamed Gani
10. Shirley Caron POTW
11. Shannon Bolin
12 Nan Herring
POLL #5
1. Lisa Simpkns

2. Rick Martin
3. Jeannie George
4. Dr. Venerina Conti
5. Dr. David Black
6. Rose Smith
7. Angela Cardwell
8. Scott Reynolds
9. Marilyn Ali
10.
Felicia Harris
11. Carl Haavaldsen
12. Rose Enderud
Poll #6
1. Nick Sym
2. Donna S.
3. Jill Bachman
4. Kathleen VanBeekom
5.
Jenny SJ
6 Kathy Cuenca
7. John Partington
8. Linda Harvey
9. Robert Talmadge
10, Veronica Davidson
11. Roger MacDavitt

12. Joe Buccheri
POLL #7
1. Pauline Raina
2. John Leal
3. Michael Caron

4. Amanda Martin-Shaver
5. Donald Rich
6 Judy Smith
7. Larry Anderson
8. Patricia B

9. Sharon Lee
10. Natalya Restivo
11. Geketa Holman
12. Robert Phillips
Poll #8
1. Peter Fogel
2. Rina Rishilah Rani
3. Phil Black
4. Jason Lamure
5. Terry Gorley
6. Bj Burgess
7. Leonard Berghoef
8. Dee Hudson
9. Barb Doyle
10. Juliana Bond
11.
Katheryn Haigler
12. Janet Ravindran
Poll #9
1.Neil Sperling
2. Monica S
3. Sam Hall
4. Sam Sunday
5. Steven Suchar
6. Mary Hannan
7. Branka Babic
8. James Wrigh
t
10 . Gabrielle Brothers
11. Jo Matthias

11. Valerie Clavin
12. Beth Binkley

Poll #10
1. Sam Sunday

2. Dimitra Bravou
3. Beth Schmillen
4. Sara Blow

5. Judy Woodson
6. Sheryl Loch

7. Beryl Payton
8. Stephen Hauser
9. Daniel Meritt
10. Joyce Parker-Hyde
11. Mary Hofstetter
12.
Sara Pritchard
13. Beef Sloan

 

 
 

HAPPY HOLYDAYS

Georgios


And this is how I reacted when I found out that I am not welcome in this POTY Forum.


THIS IS NOT A SUGGESTION TO DISCUSS OR  TO MAKE ANY COMPLAINS OR TO START ANY DISCUSSION. I WANTED MY MEANING OUT.


HAPPY NEW YEAR
Georgios

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