Many of you participated in this last year and hopefully you, like me, had fun with it. I expect even more of you will join in this year. If you want to recap on last year's nominees and winners, read the 1st Annual UD.com MB Awards.
Things will run just slightly differently this year. The biggest difference is that we're starting in mid-March. I know that last year's ran from June to July, so you might be asking why jump the gun by three months? Well the reasons are 3-fold: (1) It's looking more and more likely that I'll be traveling extensively this summer and won't have an inordinate amount of internet access, (2) A lot of people get busy and drift away from the net in the summer, making participation a problem that we dealth with last year... the board is nice and active right now, (3) This will carry well into April, and since we're ruling out May and beyond for reasons #1 & 2, now seems like a logical time.
Now I was originally planning to start at the very end of Mardh, but I'm on Spring Break right now and have a lot more time to attend to nominations then I will when I get back to schoo, so it works well for me. So for 2004's winners, I'm sorry that your year will only be 10 months in duration, but your championships are forever chronicled in last year's thread! March will become the new annual month.
Also, for those of you concerned, I'll do my best not to do any of that "He voted for HER!?" business and your submissions will be kept secret.
And of course, I want to again emphasize (and this won't be the last time I'll type this
) that the intention here is not to pit anyone against anyone else or hurt anyone's feelings. There are a LOT of people participating and only a few can be nominated and even fewer can win. You never know how many votes may have come in for you! So please, no hurt feelings. 
THE NOMINATING ROUND
The Rules
You may submit up to 3 nominations for each category. Last year, when bandwith wasn't quite the ordeal it is these days, all submissions were over PM. That has changed. All nominees must be sent to awallaceunc@gmail.com or will not be accepted. You may not nominate yourself for anything, nor you can nominate a thread/review/idea that you authored. Of course even people who were nominated or won last year can be nominated again if you want.
After they have been sent and tabulated, the official nominations will be posted here for you to vote on. The number of final nominees selected for each category will vary, depending on the numbers received, though the goal is always 3-5 for each (not always possible).
"Of The Year" is defined as 6/8/04 - 3/12/05. Only reviews/threads/topics/etc. posted in that time frame are eligible.
Everyone is encouraged to put a lot of thought into this and consider more than just the last month or two.
Please do not post anything about who/what you are nominating in this thread. We want to keep things mysterious.
Got it? Good.
The Categories
Avatar Of The Year (Submit member name/s)
Signature Of The Year (Submit member name/s)
UD Forum Of The Year
Site Review Of The Year
Topic/Thread Of The Year
Controversial Topic Of The Year
Best Message Board Idea Of The Year
New Category! Poll/Game Of The Year
Most Amusing Posts Of The Year (Submit member name/s)
New Category! Site/Message Board Event or Breaking News Of The year
Most Intelligent Member
Most Informative Member
Friendliest/Kindest Member
New Category! New Member Of The Year
UltimateDisney.com Member Of The Year
**There will also be one honorary award given to a member in a special category. You may submit any ideas, suggestions, or nominations for this as well. (This category will be different than last year's, though the same person is still eligible)**
This might be a tad confusing, so let me know if you have any questions.
Send in your noms by Sunday, March 20th at 11:59pm (Eastern Time).
-Aaron
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