Singlestack Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 There have been some really good threads this month. I would like to thank everyone for making this a great place. Having said that, I would like to make 2 nominations this month. 1) Mr. Bruce Gary for his participation in the Nroi Ruling On Vanek Trigger For Production thread. 2) Mr. Rob Boudrie for his assistance to Brian in the successful and painless (for everyone else) move to a dedicated server. Thank you Gentlemen. These are just my nominations. If there is someone you would like to nominate, please feel free to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Rob gets my vote. I can't even comprehend what he did for us, but I do have a Linux book on the way... Without Rob's help, right now we'd still be erroring out on the old server. Actually maybe this opens up a whole new category - Rob gets my nomination for Member of the Year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRe Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 I 2nd Singlestack's nominations... And if Brian wants an MotY... Rob would be my vote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimel Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 I gotta vote for Rob too. I value Bruce's input/insight very highly but Rob did the magic act of moving the forums without serious incident. Since I do this sort of crap for a living I fully understand the magnitude of this contribution. So, Rob is da man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbadaboom Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 I'ld like to nominate Rob as M.O.Y. and Jake Di Vita as M.O.M. for the "Video Training" idea. I, personally, think it's a great one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 I also concur on Rob for member of the year. What he accomplished overnight and without hassle would take an average IT guy quite a bit of pharting around (I know because I am that average IT guy). Rob is a server-side God and I bow to him in homage. I truly feel he deserves all our thanks for keepin our Forum experience seamless :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckS Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 +1 on Jake for the training video forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carinab Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 The geek in me puts a vote in the Rob column. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singlestack Posted February 26, 2006 Author Share Posted February 26, 2006 Thanks for the Jake nominations but he is a Moderator and we (the Mods) have removed ourselfs from eligibility. I agree, it is a great idea he had though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 Can we vote for both? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diehli Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 I vote for 'em both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Boudrie Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 Thanks for the Jake nominations but he is a Moderator and we (the Mods) have removed ourselfs from eligibility. I agree, it is a great idea he had though Brian made me a forum admin (access to the Admin as well as Mod control panels), so that means I'm not eligbile. Let's keep the M.O.M. honor as a reward for the best contibution to the content of discussions on the forum, not administrative service (hosting, moderating, configuration management, etc.). Besides, I already know that my work was appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Let's keep the M.O.M. honor as a reward for the best contibution to the content of discussions on the forum, not administrative service (hosting, moderating, configuration management, etc.). That's a commendable suggestion Rob. And one I think we will begin honoring next month. For this month, I think we'd all be sad if we couldn't honor the feeling of: "if it wasn't for you we wouldn't be doing any of this right now." And besides, I really want to see those double hearts in your sig line for a month. Brian made me a forum admin (access to the Admin as well as Mod control panels), so that means I'm not eligbile. Nice try. Although commendable (again) - not quite completely true. Although you do have adminCP and Mod control access - no actual moderator duties are required or expected of you. So that doesn't really count. And I'm speaking on behalf of all the moderators. (At least I think I am.) And everyone don't forget - nominations can carry over to the following month. be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmitz Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 (edited) I vote for 'em both. Me too, with an advantage for Jake! according to my humble position. I love to read his posts, they're teaching me something... Edited April 3, 2006 by schmitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 A little more Rob support from George: "He performed a Herculean task with a nonchalant attitude and in an extremely skilled manner. What he did overnight without a hitch would have taken me many bad days to just make happen and then another bad week debugging it. Yeah, he did us all right and no matter what Rob says, he deserves some extra recognition from every member here every moment that we enjoy the new server with no issues :-)" +1 be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTOSHootr Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Of course, Jake is the man and his posts are always great but I'm voting for Rob all the way. We're especially lucky to have him here in Area 7. He does too much to list. I'm sure all of us have experienced his handiwork on the web before without even knowing it. Thanks Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3quartertime Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Lots of people have helped with the forum over the years. Many times it's just an extra effort by someone that benefits countless members, but it's normally something anyone could have done had we taken the time. I have no idea what Rob really did or how hard it was. But when I read a testimonial from members like George it makes me wonder what must have been involved. Certainly it was more than most of us would have known how to accomplish and probably more than many of us would have given had we the time... BTW,,,I would think a fella that could so effortlessly spin such IT magic could easily have the M.O.M. graphic placed in thier sig by tomarrow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 BTW,,,I would think a fella that could so effortlessly spin such IT magic could easily have the M.O.M. graphic placed in thier sig by tomarrow... It's coming up... I just talked to him and he sounded very busy, and hungry... so I'm sure he won't mind if I save him that little bit of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ima45dv8 Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 ... so I'm sure he won't mind if I save him that little bit of work. Good call, Brian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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