2005 Golden Scribe Awards

Grid Iron · 01-11-2005, 04:13 PM

2005 Golden Scribe Awards

The Golden Scribes are alive and well! For those of you who are new to FOF, the Golden Scribes are given annually to honor the great dynasty writers of this excellent community of sports fans.

This year, the Golden Scribes will be undergoing a major renovation to make the process faster, more manageable, yet fair to all nominees. The Golden Scribes will now more closely resemble the Academy Awards, rather than the People’s Choice. The sheer numbers and tabulations required under the old system are just too cumbersome to do it that way. Therefore, I now present to you the all-new, streamlined Golden Scribe Award process:

THE NEW GOLDEN SCRIBE PROCESS

The new process for the Golden Scribes will be as follows:

1. All FOFC members are invited to submit nominations for the best dynasties in four (4) categories:

Front Office Football
The College Years
Other Sport
Non-Sport.

Nominations for other categories will be ignored.

2. All nominations should be e-mailed to Grid Iron (rhbaker AT gmail.com) no later than January 31, 2005.

3. The title of the e-mail should be “Golden Scribe Nominations”

4. Include your FOFC handle in your e-mail. E-mails not containing this information will be ignored.

5. After the nominations are in, a Blue Ribbon Panel comprised of five (5) former Golden Scribe winners will vote on the 2005 Golden Scribe Awards, as well as select a Rookie Dynasty Writer of the Year.

6. Winners will be announced as soon as possible in February.

THE BLUE RIBBON PANEL

To ensure fairness, the following rules will apply to the Blue Ribbon Panel:

1. To prevent lobbying, the identities of the panel members will remain secret. Any panel member that discloses that he or she is a panel member will be replaced with another former Golden Scribe winner.

2. Panel members may not be involved in a vote in which their own dynasty is a nominee. In such a case, alternate panel members will be selected.

I know many of you may not agree with the process or be upset that the number of categories has diminished significantly. However, the current process is a necessity to keep the Golden Scribes alive. If anyone is willing to volunteer to run the Golden Scribes under the previous system, please let me know and I will pass on this responsibility to you.

Good luck to all the competitors!

THREE IMPORTANT NOTES

1. Blue Ribbon Panel members may nominate dynasties.

2. You don't need to vote for every category; if you only read one dynasty and love it, then vote for it!

3. If you are an unregistered guest lurker, register for FOFC and vote for your favorite dynasty!

INELIGIBLE DYNASTIES

The X-Com and Bill Gates Challenge dynasties are not eligible for nomination because they are both in the Golden Scribe Hall of Fame.

SAMPLE BALLOT

Please use this general format:

To: rhbaker AT gmail.com
Subject: Golden Scribe Nominations

Grid,

Here are my nominations for the Golden Scribes:

Football-
Other Sport-
Non-Sport-

Signed,

FOFPlaya

Kodos · 01-11-2005, 05:36 PM

I was gonna provide a link to the one in General Discussion, but looks like you are ahead of me.

Grid Iron · 01-11-2005, 09:40 PM

Notice: The Bill Gates Challenge and X-Com are ineligible for nomination because they are in the Golden Scribe Hall of Fame.

Kodos · 01-12-2005, 12:26 AM

Dang!

Alf · 01-12-2005, 04:29 AM

I think a special CM/FM Golden scribe award should be created.

Kodos · 01-12-2005, 06:03 PM

I demand a paint chip eating category!

Grid Iron · 01-13-2005, 01:00 AM

No on the CM/FM, yes on the paint chip category.

MIJB#19 · 01-13-2005, 09:02 AM

How about a seperation of TCY and FOF dynasties?

Grid Iron · 01-13-2005, 09:08 AM

Ok, I'll split football into TCY and FOF. That sounds like a reasonable request.

I've sent e-mails to all the members who have submitted their nominations asking for a follow-up vote.

Grid Iron · 01-13-2005, 09:13 AM

The nomination guidelines have been updated. I have split the football category into two--Front Office Football and TCY. So, please submit nominations for four categories. See above.

MIJB#19 · 01-13-2005, 09:20 AM

It was merely a suggestion, seeing that FOF/TCY covers roughly estimated 2/3rd of the dynasties. Nice to see it go through, though.

Grid Iron · 01-13-2005, 09:48 AM

THREE IMPORTANT NOTES:

1. Blue Ribbon Panel members may nominate dynasties.

2. You don't need to vote for every category; if you only read one dynasty and love it, then vote for it!

3. If you are an unregistered guest lurker, register for FOFC and vote for your favorite dynasty!

01-11-2005, 09:40 PM	#3
Grid Iron Ice Cream Man Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Bay Area	Notice: The Bill Gates Challenge and X-Com are ineligible for nomination because they are in the Golden Scribe Hall of Fame. __________________ Follow the story of the Oregon Ice of the Continental Football League.

01-12-2005, 12:26 AM	#4
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	Dang! __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties.

01-12-2005, 04:29 AM	#5
Alf Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Rennes, France	I think a special CM/FM Golden scribe award should be created. __________________ FOFL - GML - IHOF - FranceStats

01-13-2005, 01:00 AM	#7
Grid Iron Ice Cream Man Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Bay Area	No on the CM/FM, yes on the paint chip category. __________________ Follow the story of the Oregon Ice of the Continental Football League.

01-13-2005, 09:02 AM	#8
MIJB#19 Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands	How about a seperation of TCY and FOF dynasties? __________________ * 2005 Golden Scribe winner for best FOF Dynasty about IHOF's Maassluis Merchantmen * Former GM of GEFL's Houston Oilers and WOOF's Curacao Cocktail

01-11-2005, 05:36 PM	#2
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	I was gonna provide a link to the one in General Discussion, but looks like you are ahead of me.

01-12-2005, 06:03 PM	#6
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	I demand a paint chip eating category!

01-13-2005, 09:08 AM	#9
Grid Iron Ice Cream Man Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Bay Area	Ok, I'll split football into TCY and FOF. That sounds like a reasonable request. I've sent e-mails to all the members who have submitted their nominations asking for a follow-up vote. __________________ Follow the story of the Oregon Ice of the Continental Football League.

01-13-2005, 09:13 AM	#10
Grid Iron Ice Cream Man Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Bay Area	The nomination guidelines have been updated. I have split the football category into two--Front Office Football and TCY. So, please submit nominations for four categories. See above. __________________ Follow the story of the Oregon Ice of the Continental Football League.

01-13-2005, 09:20 AM	#11
MIJB#19 Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands	It was merely a suggestion, seeing that FOF/TCY covers roughly estimated 2/3rd of the dynasties. Nice to see it go through, though. __________________ * 2005 Golden Scribe winner for best FOF Dynasty about IHOF's Maassluis Merchantmen * Former GM of GEFL's Houston Oilers and WOOF's Curacao Cocktail

01-13-2005, 09:48 AM	#12
Grid Iron Ice Cream Man Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Bay Area	THREE IMPORTANT NOTES: 1. Blue Ribbon Panel members may nominate dynasties. 2. You don't need to vote for every category; if you only read one dynasty and love it, then vote for it! 3. If you are an unregistered guest lurker, register for FOFC and vote for your favorite dynasty! __________________ Follow the story of the Oregon Ice of the Continental Football League.

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