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Social Justice Wizard
Hello and welcome to the official 2006 Gen Con EN World RPG Awards Judge Nomination Thread. In this thread you may put forth your name for consideration. If you wish to suggest someone else for consideration, or wish to discuss the choices or ask questions of the candidates, please do so elsewhere.
Voting for the five judge positions for the 2006 ENnie Awards will start the morning of Saturday, October 1st. The judge selection will be conducted by a poll on ENWorld, the results of which will be hidden. Each user may vote once. The poll will close Sunday, October 9th no earlier than noon EST. Results will be officially announced Friday, October 14th.
Being an ENnies judge is a huge responsibility, and not one to take lightly. Please read some of the other threads (and this one too) to get a feel for the time commitment and sacrifices required for the job. Chances are if you become a Judge, some large, life-changing event will occur. Job, relationship, health issues and more tend to crop up in the middle of the evaluation crunch time. If you are the kind of person who can perservere through adversity and meet your commitment, we welcome your nomination.
Fortunately, it's not entirely thankless. As an ENnies judge, you receivea free weekend pass into GenCon Indy, a space in the ENnies block of hotel rooms for 3 nights, VIP status at the awards ceremony, notoreity, and of course, heaping piles of RPG books and products delivered to your doorstep (or mailbox as may be).
To officially announce your candidacy, please reply to this post and state your real name, affirm that you have read -and agree to abide by- the guidelines set forth by the Board of Directors, and state that you are of at least 18 years of age. If you are willing to act as Submissions Coordinator (USA residents only, please), state so and specify where you live. After that, you are welcome to elaborate upon why you should be selected as judge. No bribery or coersion will be tolerated.
The Role of the ENnies Judge
Guidelines/Rules of Engagement
Best of luck to all who enter! Let the campaigning begin! Don't forget to start off your post with
I, RealName Here am at least 18 years old. I have read and agree to abide by the Guidelines set forth by the ENnies Board of Directors. OPTIONAL: I live in Municipality, State, and am willing to act as Submissions Coordinator.
PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THIS THREAD IS FOR THOSE SUBMITTING THEIR NAMES FOR CONSIDEATION ONLY. IF YOU WISH TO NOMINATE SOMEONE ELSE, ASK NOMINEES QUESTIONS OR DISCUSS ANY OTHER ASPECT OF THE ENNIES, PLEASE DO SO IN THE ENNIES DISCUSSION THREAD HERE
Voting for the five judge positions for the 2006 ENnie Awards will start the morning of Saturday, October 1st. The judge selection will be conducted by a poll on ENWorld, the results of which will be hidden. Each user may vote once. The poll will close Sunday, October 9th no earlier than noon EST. Results will be officially announced Friday, October 14th.
Being an ENnies judge is a huge responsibility, and not one to take lightly. Please read some of the other threads (and this one too) to get a feel for the time commitment and sacrifices required for the job. Chances are if you become a Judge, some large, life-changing event will occur. Job, relationship, health issues and more tend to crop up in the middle of the evaluation crunch time. If you are the kind of person who can perservere through adversity and meet your commitment, we welcome your nomination.
Fortunately, it's not entirely thankless. As an ENnies judge, you receivea free weekend pass into GenCon Indy, a space in the ENnies block of hotel rooms for 3 nights, VIP status at the awards ceremony, notoreity, and of course, heaping piles of RPG books and products delivered to your doorstep (or mailbox as may be).
To officially announce your candidacy, please reply to this post and state your real name, affirm that you have read -and agree to abide by- the guidelines set forth by the Board of Directors, and state that you are of at least 18 years of age. If you are willing to act as Submissions Coordinator (USA residents only, please), state so and specify where you live. After that, you are welcome to elaborate upon why you should be selected as judge. No bribery or coersion will be tolerated.
The Role of the ENnies Judge
- You will help the Board of Directors determine and define some of the categories in which products will be judged.
- You will help the Board of Directors determine the eligibility of products in each category.
- You will select the five finalists in each of the categories. In some cases, you may be responsible for selecting in which category a product is best placed (for example in cases where less than 7 submissions were received in a given category).
- You will be consulted in aspects of ENnies planning- marketing, planning the ceremony, etc.
Guidelines/Rules of Engagement
- The Board of Directors will confirm Judge selection, and reserves the right to make adjustments to the panel should any conflict of interest, confidentiality, or other factor detrimental to the continued success of the Awards arise.
- As official representatives of the ENnies, Judges are required to act in a professional and impartial manner.
- Judges must be at least 18 years of age as of October 1st, 2005 and able to enter into a legal contract.
- Judges will sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement.
- Judges may not have a professional relationship with any RPG publisher during the period of 2005-May 31 2006.
- This includes being involved in the publication of a product whether the product was a free one, a charitable one, or whether they were paid for it or not.
- If Judges have a relationship with a publisher in which they receive money, product, or special consideration in exchange for their services, they are considered to have a relationship with them that might influence their impartiality. Being paid for their reviews by a magazine constitutes a professional relationship with a publisher, and could disqualify them if said publisher produces RPG products.
- Even though EN Publishing does not compete in the Awards, its "competitors" do, hence contributors to ENP's products(with the exception of the Ceramic DM book) may not be judges.
- Involvement in the Ceramic DM product, or receiving free product in order to review it for a fan site are not as grounds for disqualification.
- Playtesters and Volunteers who have run demos at conventions for their favourite RPG publisher and have received free product as a result constitute a grey area. Their eligibility will be determined on a case-by-case basis by the Board of Directors.
- Judges must be able to read English and communicate clearly therein.
- Judges must be able to commit to daily access to the EN World ENnies boards during the month of June and the first two weeks of July, and maintain regular (at least weekly) access and contact throughout the judging period.
- If a judge is found derelict in his/her duties, or does not follow the guidelines, he/she will be asked to step down and will bear the responsibility of shipping any product already received to his/her replacement.
- One of the judges in the Continental USA will be required to act as Submissions Coordinator, acting as a central mailing location to which the publishers can ship their submissions, and being responsible for sorting, packing, and shipping product to the other judges. When all the judges have been selected, if none of them has declared their intention to act as SC, the judge with the lowest number of votes will be eliminated and replaced with the next highest-vote-receiving candidate who did say they would act as SC. In the event that the majority of judges are not in the US, this policy may be altered.
- Judges will be responsible for paying for any customs/duties on submissions.
- If there is a funding shortfall, each Judge (except the Submissions Coordinator) will be expected to contribute $50 each by Gen Con Indy 2006.
- Judges may dispose of received product as they see fit. While they are required to retain the product until the nomination period is complete, once this is done they may sell off, give away, use, or otherwise do what they will with the submitted product.
- Attendance at GenCon Indy is not mandatory, but should a Judge attend, semi-formal attire at the awards ceremony is expected of all staff- judges included. If Judges avail themselves of the free passes, they will be required to work at least two hours (but no more than 6 hours) throughout the course of the convention at the ENnies booth.
- The Board of Directors reserves the right to modify these Guidelines at any time.
Best of luck to all who enter! Let the campaigning begin! Don't forget to start off your post with
I, RealName Here am at least 18 years old. I have read and agree to abide by the Guidelines set forth by the ENnies Board of Directors. OPTIONAL: I live in Municipality, State, and am willing to act as Submissions Coordinator.
PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THIS THREAD IS FOR THOSE SUBMITTING THEIR NAMES FOR CONSIDEATION ONLY. IF YOU WISH TO NOMINATE SOMEONE ELSE, ASK NOMINEES QUESTIONS OR DISCUSS ANY OTHER ASPECT OF THE ENNIES, PLEASE DO SO IN THE ENNIES DISCUSSION THREAD HERE
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