by lakemen » Fri Oct 31, 2008 02:23 pm
Dear Members,
It truly feels good to see the success of AmPm-Marathon over the months. We have witnessed a considerable increase in the volume of posts of late, and this has led us to give you all an opportunity to enhance your quality and accuracy.
We have come up with an idea of selecting our winners through your votes from now on. This would give you a scope to monitor each others' posts and evaluate their worth in terms of both information and quality. Our panel of experts have decided to pick up the top five performers every month for your consideration.
We would expect each one of you to vote for the member-id that you believe to have participated effectively and promoted the cause of our forums through quality posting and knowledge-sharing. The winner for Oct'08 would be declared automatically once we achieve the polling results after 7 days.
I would certainly look forward to your kind cooperation towards the success of our contests.
Regards,
Lakemen
It truly feels good to see the success of AmPm-Marathon over the months. We have witnessed a considerable increase in the volume of posts of late, and this has led us to give you all an opportunity to enhance your quality and accuracy.
We have come up with an idea of selecting our winners through your votes from now on. This would give you a scope to monitor each others' posts and evaluate their worth in terms of both information and quality. Our panel of experts have decided to pick up the top five performers every month for your consideration.
We would expect each one of you to vote for the member-id that you believe to have participated effectively and promoted the cause of our forums through quality posting and knowledge-sharing. The winner for Oct'08 would be declared automatically once we achieve the polling results after 7 days.
I would certainly look forward to your kind cooperation towards the success of our contests.
Regards,
Lakemen
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 01:52 pm Post Subject:
I'm not speaking for InsTeacher because he is perfectly qualified to speak for himself, but I think his beef was that too many "non-insurance" people are trying to give insurance advice that someone might use and be very sorry later.
I totally agree and get that...we've also seen many 'professionals' give wrong advise as well, and wonder where in the hell they got their answer from...Sorry Lori, but I just don't get that one.
That's ok you don't have to get it or agree with me...we all have opinions one isn't any more valid than the other.I don't think anyone has this type of attitude and if that was directed especially toward me, you couldn't be more wrong. In over a year, I may have posted two or three times on a topic relating to "insurance claims".
No if it were directly personally toward you I'd have said so...and I don't think that anyone really feels that way, however I do think that it comes across that way some times...the problem with the typed word is you can't see someones face or hear inflection in their voices...so the typed word can be 'heard' in many ways...'We do those things that we sincerely want to do."
You're right, ok I'll change my statement to 'I don't want to devote the time it takes to blog'....I'm not going to get into who leads a busier life, what's the point? I just (at this point in my life) do not feel that I want to devote what extra time I have to blogging, and honestly it's all I can do to stay on top of this...I'm sure I'm not alone, and don't think that a monthly contest for posting on this site should also require blogging...Have a blogging contest if you want, they (IMO) are two separate things...
I live a very active life and there is never a time when I say "I'm bored
Me either! and sure do wish I had the 'luxury' to say I was bored from time to time! :lol: :lol:I, like all the rest, don't get paid, but when I volunteer to become a part of anything, it is my passion to make it better, whatever it is.
i would hazard a guess that I've put more of 'my' time in on this site than any other 'volunteer' I don't get paid to mod..I get the same as everyone else...I want this site to succeed, because I think it provides a valueable service to the consumer...and I hope to in some tiny way take a bit of the load off of someone under stress...that's it...so I know and agree with you there.
I just haven't decided in my own mind if it is proper for the entire world to see us airing out our dirty laundry
Oh well, hell who doesn't have dirty laundry? :wink: Actually the way I look at it is the same with marriage, and children, it's ok for kids to see their parents argue, (dependent on the topic of course) , IF, and only IF they also get to see it resolved, and them make up...that teaches that we can disagree, but we can also come back together with a common goal.Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 11:28 pm Post Subject: vote
Alot of my wonderful 'insight' has been from people on this forum. I've searched different websites, however.......I think the best advice you can give is people gping through the same thing and that have the same concerns ( ie..Life Insurance for their kids, etc.)
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 11:56 pm Post Subject:
PS - Lori, can you fix the typos? I'm in a vehicle. Thanks.
I would Maze, but for some reason when they did all this upgrading I have zero mod. functions in the pub....all I can edit is my own...all other areas I have them (moderator functions) but not in this category. I'll ask about that, don't know if it is intentional or not. (also didn't realize it till right now)Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 09:46 am Post Subject:
I admit, I am one of those who probably "chatter" more than I should. Is that necessarily a bad thing? I'm not so sure that chatter is bad.
Certainly not and in no account we should make this board a dry information storehouse. But at the same time the need of the hour is to value the comments and therefore the poster, which will help the visitors in need. We are here to extend our supports to people, who are in trouble with their insurance policies. I think this voting system is a good move, I'm sure that this isn't done with a purpose to undervalue someone's contribution, but to pick the community's favorite. I'd definitely cast my vote in favor of my favorite member ;)
However, I don't support the introduction of the idea at the middle of the month. The authority should declare the winner of this month following the old process and should start the system from the next Marathon contest.
~Jeremy
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:31 am Post Subject:
Introducing the voting system is really a nice idea. Just the number of posts may not have been a very good way to judge a winner. The real winner might go undiscovered otherwise. Someone who really takes the pain of going through a post and analyzing the requirement before coming up with a possible solution or suggestion surely could do with a pat-on-the-back. I sure am glad that the community has come up with such a bright idea. Only he/she who deserves should win :)
Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 11:55 am Post Subject:
A thread was started about the "chatter" thing and now it has been moved over to this thread. This is probably the best example of my concerns about this forum. I know we're in the Pub.
I'm sorry maze, I meant to comment on this and forgot to..see this is MY concern, I think that's a bit nit picky, as you said we are in the Pub so really what's the beef? And it is on topic because it's about the new contest...I don't understand what your concern with 'this' thread or post is...I'm not being argumentative, I seriously want to know...I admit, I am one of those who probably "chatter" more than I should. Is that necessarily a bad thing? I'm not so sure that chatter is bad.
I agree with Todd here, when we expand on a topic, I don't see the problem...now if in the middle of the thread (as I've said) we ask "how was your day?" totally different and I agree that has nothing to do with the topic at all and should not happen...I'm just concerned that we are going to turn into a group of 'monitors' that take or attempt to take any freedom to ask questions to expand the topic....which i think adds to this communityPosted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 02:28 pm Post Subject:
goodluck to all
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 04:31 am Post Subject:
I have cast my vote for the one I believe should win this Marathon :)
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 04:34 am Post Subject:
I have cast my vote for the one I believe should win this Marathon
Me too!
Regards, ArindamSenIndies
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 05:51 am Post Subject:
I have cast my vote for the one I believe should win this Marathon
I thought we were voting on prettiest baby avatar!? Oh, man... did I screw up.Add your comment