New Golden Mallet award

[Phil S]

I am pleased to announce the Golden Mallet award. This shall be presented to the member that we choose to be the best representative of the spirit of NCWW, the friendliest and most helpful site on the internet.

Nominations should be posted to this thread (current board members should be excluded). The nomination period shall run from now until April 28 and voting will run from April 29 until the picnic.

The award will be presented at the annual picnic.

 

[Gofor]

I nominate Mike Davis

 

[Bill Clemmons]

I nominate Mike Davis

+1. Mike has selflessly donated his time and talent through numerous workshops and demonstrations to help other woodworkers improve their skills.

 

[SubGuy]

+1 more.

+1. Mike has selflessly donated his time and talent through numerous workshops and demonstrations to help other woodworkers improve their skills.

 

[FredP]

yeppers!+1 Mike be the one, but are we gonna use real gold?

 

[allisnut]

Second! Or fifth, whatever, in addition to being a Davis, Mike is a great guy.

 

[Mike Davis]

Dagnabit!

that feller's humble too...

 

[Mike Davis]

And I nominate Bill Clemmons.

 

[Jeremy Scuteri]

Mike Davis is an obvious choice. Bill Clemmons is the other person that come to mind right away. I have benefited from the wisdom and generosity of both of these guys. I wasn't sure if being VP of the Outreach program made him ineligible for this

 

[Phil S]

Mike Davis is an obvious choice. Bill Clemmons is the other person that come to mind right away. I have benefited from the wisdom and generosity of both of these guys. I wasn't sure if being VP of the Outreach program made him ineligible for this

Bill is in an appointed position and not "officially" a board member. He should be eligible

 

[jcz]

If I may, I would like to nominate FredP.

 

[cskipper]

Mike Davis :thumbs_up

 

[JackLeg]

​If I may ask, why would we not allow Board Members to be nominated? The nominating is done by the membership, is it not? Let's open this up to ALL NCWW staff and members. The attributes mentioned in the "rules" certainly can apply to some who are giving of their time and effort for NCWW!

 

[Bryan S]

​If I may ask, why would we not allow Board Members to be nominated? The nominating is done by the membership, is it not? Let's open this up to ALL NCWW staff and members. The attributes mentioned in the "rules" certainly can apply to some who are giving of their time and effort for NCWW!

Reggie if I had to guess, I believe the board members are deciding who will receive this. If so, it will be a conflict of interest for one to be nominated. That being said, any board member that is serving or has served would certainly meet the standards set for nomination. :eusa_clap

 

[woodworker2000]

Reggie if I had to guess, I believe the board members are deciding who will receive this. If so, it will be a conflict of interest for one to be nominated. That being said, any board member that is serving or has served would certainly meet the standards set for nomination. :eusa_clap

I agree with Reggie. Phil's post says that voting will run from April 29 until the picnic. That suggests that the award recipient is selected by membership vote and not the BoD. I would like to see this award open to all members, including the BoD.

 

[Phil S]

​If I may ask, why would we not allow Board Members to be nominated? The nominating is done by the membership, is it not? Let's open this up to ALL NCWW staff and members. The attributes mentioned in the "rules" certainly can apply to some who are giving of their time and effort for NCWW!

Let me bounce this off the board, there are no set rules as this is our first annual award. I think we felt there would be a perceived conflict and easy to eliminate that problem thru ineligibility of the board. thanks

 

[gator]

After a lot of thought, quite a few names came to mind, but, I must admit that the first one was Mike D

George

 

[thesource]

I nominate TracyP.

 

[zapdafish]

I'll nominate Joe Scharle. His free jig workshops are very helpful

 

[Phil S]

​If I may ask, why would we not allow Board Members to be nominated? The nominating is done by the membership, is it not? Let's open this up to ALL NCWW staff and members. The attributes mentioned in the "rules" certainly can apply to some who are giving of their time and effort for NCWW!

I agree with Reggie. Phil's post says that voting will run from April 29 until the picnic. That suggests that the award recipient is selected by membership vote and not the BoD. I would like to see this award open to all members, including the BoD.

While I thought the BoD should not be eligible for this award, I could not think of why. A review with the board brought my attention to if there is a tie, the board will have to decide the winner and therefore we should not be eligible. Hope this helps