Bravo awards and recognition...Moderators Please Read

[OceanicCorals-Ian-]

Dear Members and Moderators,

Before starting up Oceanic Corals, I was a hobbyist (and still am) and have gained invaluable information through this community.

I have learned a lot over the years and many of you have provided me with advice that I still revert to. Thank you.

Without your support, I could not be where I am now so I would like to give back to this community of ever learning hobbyist.

This is a proposal for Titus and moderators to see if there is a way to award "Bravo Stars" to members that have given advice, time, lending of equipment; basically anything that the receiving person feels that the member deserves to be recognized for publicly.

If there is way to attach stars to a members name so that a tally could be totaled every month and the person with the most amount of stars is given a $100 credit to Oceanic Corals.

This is not a marketing ploy but rather a way to reward members who go out of their way to help a fellow hobbyist, whether with advice or otherwise.

We all have something to contribute to this community whether you are a noob or 20 years experience and I welcome other vendors to join me in this idea if it could be made possible.

Thanks,

Ian

[Ephraim]

+1

Very good idea, this would really help in visualizing which members of the site contribute to the community other than post count and as we all know, post count isnt everything.

And your offer of a store credit is very generous and gives further reinforcment to a great idea.

[Aquattro]

Ian, as I just said in the moderators forum, my preference would be for you to select a recepient of your award based on past participation, not participation by someone in hopes of gaining an award. Reward members who have been helpful for the sake of being helpful, not in quest of a store credit.
And if you find my answer helpful, you can credit my account Thx

[OceanicCorals-Ian-]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

And if you find my answer helpful, you can credit my account Thx

[OceanicCorals-Ian-]

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.

[Ian]

WOW...amazing offer by you Ian...this is a great idea and i hope that it can be refined into a working plan.....hats off to you Ian for putting this forward....my vote is that the newb that shares your name gets the 1st months award.....but I'm a tad biased

[fdiddy]

We have a system like this on another forum in which I participate. It's called Karma, every time you help someone they can give you karma if they so wish. No rewards though.

[Leah]

I liked the customer rating idea much better LOL

[Myka]

Great idea! I think even if people do help out just in hopes of gaining a store credit is still good because hey they're helping out, and that's good no matter what, right?

I think this is a good idea to create positive discussions.

[Pan]

Nice idea....still sounds like a marketing ploy though...