member of the month
chris Walken
Posts: 85MI6 Agent
A idea a thought of member of the month where one "random" member gets there profile highlighted maybe on the main forum page?
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Member of the Month:
JennyFlexFan
Claim to Fame: Passionate Love for Jenny Flex/Alison Doody and 'A View to a Kill'
Why we love him: He's dedicated
Why we hate him: Too dedicated!
Joined: October 2005
Quote: "Welcome sir, I'm Jenny Flex"
-Roger Moore
Not to mention the fact that there will always be people who complain because they haven't had a turn yet; because the person they dislike has had their name featured; because out of six Members of the Month, four have been anti-Craig, meaning that there is a hideous bias; because there have been six men so far and no women; because, because, because. Like the "ranks" for people with a certain number of posts (which were abandoned on this site), any singling out of members usually leads to fractures and dissent. How about we're all just members of AJB, in a giant, Communist-type people's collective, each equal and valid as the next member? Far nicer that way, I think.
And I'm not just saying this because, as a Mod, I'd be virtually guaranteed never to get a go
@merseytart
I will consider it, it would be purely based on member written content so there wouldn't be a way a random member with 2 posts from 2004 could take part (as they'd need to write a short biog).
Let me know if anyone would like to take control of the idea and we can work on it together. I want to build the community up so if help doesn't materialise then ideas will be ignored.
If we do have a Member of the Whatever, could we ask the perspective Member to list their three, four or five favourite films? Obviously not everyone would have ranked all 23 films, but perhaps the perspective member could list their absolute favourite films.
I wouldn't mind seeing something that would allow regular contributors to say more about themselves (as for favorite films, there's already a feature for that); but as for singling someone out as "Member of the Month" or "Most Valuable Poster" or whatnot, no thanks.
The fairest way is to randomly pick members with say at least 5 posts, ask if they wish to participate and go from there. You have to remember that not everyone will want to take part.
In my opinion the emphasis of a 'competition' needs to be removed for it to even begin to work.
Maybe I will expand the member profile, but with what options? I quite like your idea Darenhat of the members topic, almost like a public questions and answers. I will look into doing that.
My profile link would be dead boring, I confess, as it would probably read something along the lines of "Nothing to see here..."
Splendid idea! And let me be first to volunteer myself for the post of Miss October. I feel I have all the qualities necessary for the job; adequately fulsome post count, reasonably entertaining posts that have somehow furthered the collective information pool and the key attribute of not posting so much that people become weary with one's contributions.
Do I get the job?
'Member of the fortnight' doesn't have quite the same kudos.
Unless, of course, you are British, as there is nothing we find funnier than a man dressed in women's clothing. A ripping good laugh. Apparently.
Come on Rogue, I'm offering you a free laugh here, now come and take it!
1.) Each November, AJB members can send nomination PMs to SiCo naming who they think should be "AJB Member of the Year."
2.) The top five members receiving the most nomination votes move on to the final round.
3.) In December, a secure poll is set up in which each member receives 1 vote. I suppose this could also be handled via PM to prevent members from voting multiple times.
4.) At the end of the month, all votes are counted and the winner is revealed. Perhaps their title could be changed from "MI6 Agent" or "Chief of Staff" to "Member of the Year 2007."
This idea is certainly open for change. For instance, we may want to limit the time people can both nominate and vote (say a week rather than a whole month). Also, we may want to set up some voter qualificatons, such as you must have been registered by January 2007 to be elligible.
What do you think?
-Roger Moore
Anyway, I PM'ed Si, and was thinking about doing a thing similar, but open to all. I was thinking about doing an interview series where I email out questions to a member and they respond, and I post it in the articles section, that way all the posters can really get to know their fellow members.
It could also tie in to the whole member of the month thing, as members could read the interviews and judge, I would have my own Barbara Walter's Oscar Special!
I hope to start this soon, but I'm awaiting Si's okay.
This all seems very formal and I'm not at all sure about any system that has voting involved - that turns it into a competition with all the rivalries and abuse such contests inevitably invite.
Member of the Month (or similar) has been suggested many times before and I’ve always been against any such form of competition; but I have to say I like JFF’s idea of making it part of the feature article section and turning it into a pattern question & answer interview. That way we’d see various members thoughts on similar subjects. As to how the candidates are chosen – how about leaving it up to the mods? They’re from different backgrounds and have a broad range of opinion and it would still be possible for anyone to PM a mod suggesting their choice of member and reasons why they’d like to know more about that individual. It would then of course be up to the selectee whether or not to participate.
My only concern would be in giving any one person the job of interviewer, which might easily lead to it's own ego implications. Wouldn't it be possible for a pattern interview (with scope for individual interpretation) to be written and sent to each candidate to fill-in? That way, the job of editor/interviewer could be anonymous and pass to anyone who was suitable and available.