The concept of the idea is to award and recognize the person who is most helpful based on votes by peers and members. If I did it and assigned the award, it could seem biased and preferential. By having the votes cast by members, I remain neutral and unbiased and the award to presented to someone that most deserves it.
I hope that this idea will not end up with people helping people for the sake of gaining something in return from us. Even if it does end up that way, I don't see the harm in adding a bit of an incentive for members to help fellow members. There are other members who do not do it for incentives but rather to just help a fellow reefer come one step closer to succeeding in keeping fish and corals. All too many times, these go unnoticed and I would like to publicly applaud these people as they deserve recognition for their time and knowledge.
So to clarify, the award is to be given to the person with the most amount of votes or stars in each given month. The votes/stars are appointed by anyone who thinks that that member should be recognized for.
For example:
If reefer A helps reefer B then reefer B can vote as well as reefers CDEFG etc... At the end of the month, the person who has obtained the most amount of stars will be given the credit. Everyone and anyone can vote but only once to a member. You cannot repeatedly cast a vote to member. Only one vote per person for that person.
I hope this concept makes sense?
I welcome anyone else's with ideas as well.
The bottom line is, that I think we shoulld acknowledge a fellow members who take time in lending a hand, experience or advice to a fellow reefer. We all have busy lives and some of us take extra time out to help someone. They need to be applauded.
thanks,
Ian.