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Hi, and welcome to the 6th Annual UltimateDisney.com / DVDizzy.com Forum, Website & Member Awards!

Over the last five years, these awards have become something of a tradition here. We've had a lot of fun with them and I hope that can continue. The Annual UD Forum Awards are a chance for all the posters here to recognize each other's contributions to the always-fun, always-informative community that is the Ultimate Disney / DVDizzy Forum.

The rules are simple and are the same as last year's. You may submit up to FIVE nominations in each of the categories that appear below. Nominations must be emailed to udforumawards@aaronwallaceonline.com to be valid - no PMs accepted. Please make "6th Annual UD Forum Nominations" your subject line. You may not nominate yourself for anything, nor can you nominate a thread/review/idea that you authored. Of course, past winners may be nominated and win again. For those of you concerned, I won't be scrutinizing your nominations and your submissions will be kept completely secret.

Remember, 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! Play nice and remember that it's all in good fun. So please, no hurt feelings.

Important: "Of The Year" is defined as 5/24/08 - 5/31/09. 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.

After they have been sent and tabulated, the official nominations will be posted in Off-Topic 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).

This year, the ceremony will again take place all in one night, rather than spread out over several weeks as has been done in the past. That should again help to alleviate some of the silliness that has marred the ceremony in the past.

And now with all that out of the way, let's get started...

The Categories

Avatar Of The Year (Submit member name/s AND a brief desription of the avatar you are nominating)
Signature Of The Year (Submit member name/s)
Discussion Forum Of The Year (Disney Discussion, Off-Topic, etc...)
UltimateDisney.com DVD Review Of The Year (excluding TV shows)
DVDizzy.com DVD Review Of The Year (excluding TV shows)
Blu-ray Review of the Year (Can be Disney, Non-Disney, or a TV show)
Site TV-on-DVD Review of the Year
Celebrity Interview of the Year
Site Article of the Year (Any non-forum, non-CD/DVD Review, non-interview page on the site posted during the last year)
Topic/Thread Of The Year
Best Message Board Idea Of The Year
Poll/Game Of The Year
Most Amusing Posts Of The Year (Submit member name/s)
Site/Message Board Event or Breaking News Of The Year
Most Intelligent Member
Most Informative Member
Friendliest/Kindest Member
New Member Of The Year
Super Sophomore (Submit members who registered for the UD forum between 5/2/07 and 5/23/08)
UltimateDisney.com Member Of The Year

**There may 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 may 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 this Monday, June 8th at 11:59pm (Eastern Time).

-Aaron

Wait...why do we NOT want silliness?

Well silliness is fine, but go look at the ceremony from two years ago and you will see why it's something to worry about.

-Aaron

Just a statement- people should really post their avatars & signatures in the respective threads, since without seeing them, it's hard to vote for them, unless they really stood out. Just saying. Oh, and I think I usually write next to the person's name in my voting email what avatar & signature I'm voting for...just because...yeah.

*edit* If someone started using their avatar prior to 5/24 (or if we're not sure when they started using it), but they had changed it and then went back to that avatar after 5/24, is it eligible? (Total deja-vu...I think I asked this last year...)

I'm so excited for this!

One question, though, Aaron: I'm a little confused about the "Honorary Award." Can you explain it a little bit more?

Another question: Have there even been any new CD reviews? The ones that say "New!" are from 2007...?

Sounds like a neat idea I'll have to think carefully.

Can't wait to see the list of nominee's

Another question: Are there any "Site Articles" eligible for being nominated this year? The newest one seems to be from HSM2?

I missed last year's UD awards (due to the Disney Program) I am alil bummed bout the "no party animals" rule I had some good acts booked for the awards....

Yet another question from the Peanut Gallery: If a thread has two parts or more, do we just list it as one for the Topic/Thread of the Year category?

Wonder if Joan Rivers will finally get to make out with ichabod this year ...

blackcauldron85 wrote:Another question: Are there any "Site Articles" eligible for being nominated this year? The newest one seems to be from HSM2?

Disney's Earth Movie Review by Christopher Disher (April 2009)

The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning - DVD Premiere Report by Christopher Disher and Caitlin Custer (October 2008 )

Tinker Bell: A Report on the Forthcoming Animated Disney Movie by Christopher Disher (October 2008 )

Sleeping Beauty at the El Capitan Theatre by JP Chism (September 2008 )

These were all that I could remember.

ETA: Sent in my noms.

albert

Hm, who should I nominate.....*sigh* I'll figure it out eventually, if not then panic and randomize it at the last minute

I sent in my noms!

Noms are sent after the 3rd try. First time I sent the noms to a family member and the second time I closed the window trying to close a pop-up Hopefully they made it because I don't think I have the energy for a 4th attempt.

Escapay wrote:

blackcauldron85 wrote:Another question: Are there any "Site Articles" eligible for being nominated this year? The newest one seems to be from HSM2?

Disney's Earth Movie Review by Christopher Disher (April 2009)

The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning - DVD Premiere Report by Christopher Disher and Caitlin Custer (October 2008 )

Tinker Bell: A Report on the Forthcoming Animated Disney Movie by Christopher Disher (October 2008 )

Sleeping Beauty at the El Capitan Theatre by JP Chism (September 2008 )

These were all that I could remember.

!Muchas gracias! And I do read most of these, I do, but I have a poor memory!

blackcauldron85 wrote: *edit* If someone started using their avatar prior to 5/24 (or if we're not sure when they started using it), but they had changed it and then went back to that avatar after 5/24, is it eligible? (Total deja-vu...I think I asked this last year...)

I found the answer from last year's thread:

2. You may nominate a forum member based on any avatar, since you are nominating the person. It's up to you whether you want to reference specific avatars when you send in your nomination for the person. To answer your question, though, you should be considering avatars that appeared after 5/8/07 (however, if an avatar originally appeared prior to that date but has been used since then, that's fair game).

*edit*

If a subject came out before 5/24/08, but we were still discussing it after that, can we nominate it for Breaking News of the Year?

Here are answers to the questions posed thus far:

If someone started using their avatar prior to 5/24 (or if we're not sure when they started using it), but they had changed it and then went back to that avatar after 5/24, is it eligible?
Yes!

One question, though, Aaron: I'm a little confused about the "Honorary Award." Can you explain it a little bit more?
The honorary award is always a special title that is given to someone each year. Think of it kind of like a Lifetime Achievement Award (though the honorary award isn't always for lifetime achievement). We've given away at least one of these each year. I ultimately decide who to give the special award to but it's based on the suggestions that you guys send in. The more suggestions I get, the easier the decision is to make!

Another question: Have there even been any new CD reviews? The ones that say "New!" are from 2007...?
No there haven't been. I've removed the CD category.

Another question: Are there any "Site Articles" eligible for being nominated this year? The newest one seems to be from HSM2?
Yes, there are some. Escapay pointed some out; I'll look to see if there are more.

Yet another question from the Peanut Gallery: If a thread has two parts or more, do we just list it as one for the Topic/Thread of the Year category?
Each part counts as a separate thread. If there are 2 parts posted in the last year, you can nominate one or the other... or both, but it will count as 2 of your 5.

Wonder if Joan Rivers will finally get to make out with ichabod this year ...
I think that's always a possibility.

If a subject came out before 5/24/08, but we were still discussing it after that, can we nominate it for Breaking News of the Year?
Generally speaking, I would say no, but if you have a particular question about a topic, you can ask me about it specifically.

I found the answer from last year's thread
One change from last year's thread answer is that I *do* want people to submit specific avatars this time rather than just the name of the forum member.

What about Blu-ray?
Okay no one posted this... but per a suggestion received via email, I've added a Blu-ray Review of the Year category (see the category list above). Please add this category to your nominations!


If any of these answers require you to make a change to the nominations you've already submitted, you may do so. Just please note in your email that you are adding to, changing, or replacing your previous submissions.

Thanks!

-Aaron

Escapay wrote:

blackcauldron85 wrote:Another question: Are there any "Site Articles" eligible for being nominated this year? The newest one seems to be from HSM2?

Disney's Earth Movie Review by Christopher Disher (April 2009)

The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning - DVD Premiere Report by Christopher Disher and Caitlin Custer (October 2008 )

Tinker Bell: A Report on the Forthcoming Animated Disney Movie by Christopher Disher (October 2008 )

Sleeping Beauty at the El Capitan Theatre by JP Chism (September 2008 )

There's also this one:

Aaron Wallace's The Best (And Worst) of 2008 in Film by Aaron Wallace (February 2009)



-Aaron