Pickled Toads: Award Categories

[Haggridd]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Caius Marcius" 
<coriolan at w...> wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Haggridd" 
> <jkusalavagemd at y...> wrote:
> > Okay, the consensus on categries for the 2003 Pickled Toad Awards 
> > (the "Pickled Toadies") so far are as follows:

> > I envision possibly closing nominations at the end of May, and 
> voting 
> > via HPFGU-OTC poll (maybe on the main list too if the mods 
approve) 
> > through June, with actual physical awards-- wait till you see 
them--
>  
> > to be presented during Nimbus 2003 (or mailed to the winers 
unable 
> to 
> > attend).
> > 
> > 
> > Please comment either here or to me offlist.
> > 
> 
> This sounds good. I might suggest adding a category for best 
Gilbert 
> and Sullivan filk as well. 
> 
> As for scoring, I would say each voter should be able to name one 
> first choice, and one runner-up. First Choice is worth two points. 
> runner-up one point. 
> 
>    - CMC

I very much appreciate all the suggestions and welcome more.

Nominations will be made by post to HPFGU-OTC.  Nominations will be 
allowed for each category, with two choices, first and runner-up, for 
each category.

Nominations will close 31 May, 2003.  Since many fine filks will have 
been written by then, nomination lists may be amended until that 
time.  In cases of conflicts, the latest post of a listee's 
nominations will be used.

As a matter of procedure,  I don't know if it is possible to award a 
different number of points on the same poll.  So I envision two 
polls, one for winner and one for runner-up.  Each poll would be 
identical, except for the heading.  Each poll would have all the 
categories with all the songs nominated by 31 May, 2003 listed for 
each(if categories are not included, the songs nominated will be 
listed in the nearest relevent category.

As usual, voters may change their votes until the polls are closed.   
These will be blind polls.  The polls will close 30 June, 2003, at 
which time the results will be available, as well as the winners in 
each category.

Any comments, suggestions or improvemnst will be greatly appreciated.

-Haggridd
p.s. I knind of like Melody's suggestion about the filkers' 
nominating hteir own favorite songs.  The voting would be the same 
for the other categories, but this would serve all the puposes Melody 
discusses in her post.