As the year 2003 comes to a close, we'd like to do a little something special for a specially selected member of our forum, in giving the very first AudioKarma Member of the Year award.

This member should represent the very best of what AK has grown to become.....it could be a good friend, someone who has helped the membership to a great degree, someone who made you laugh, or just someone who you really feel is an unsung hero.

Rather than accepting nominations of who best fits this bill, we're going to leave it to an open voting of the membership. If you'd like to cast your vote for the person who you feel best fits the title of AK Member of the Year, please email akmember2003@aol.com with your screen name, the name of the person that you are voting for, and if you wish, a few words as to why this person best deserves the award.

The award will consist of a custom professionally created plaque inscribed with the member's name, and the title of Member of the Year 2003.

Please leave Moderators and Admins out of the selection process. We will tabulate the votes on Saturday January 10th, to give all members ample time to vote.

My vote is in :yes:

-Dave

Mine too!!!:D

1,633 members, 6 votes :eek:

Please cast your votes early!!!

I just voted!

I voted when the post was inniated,no waiting in line!

A.

I have voted for the person I think should get the award. Best of luck.:wave:

I had a hard time figuring out who to vote for...the first ten choises were either moderators or administrators.....:dunno:

Gary, I'm with you on that!

My vote is in

Put mine in the first day and just checked the moderators and he was not there, so it should count

Rob

Mine is in ;)

Oops, forgot to mention my screen name but new message is on the way Kama. :rolleyes:

Mines in:)

My votes in too!

Its not easy. of course most of the top nominations are mods, but my decision was pretty easy. There are a couple members who truly stand out :thmbsp:

Voted.

God Bless AK, and God Bless America.

Cheers,
Russ

Voted, because I always vote.

Oops, just realized I too voted the other day but forgot to give my screen name.

Kam, I'll send you another.

I actually remembered your name and email addy from the Secret Santa :)

How many members have voted?

Chris

So far we have 25 votes cast.....keep them coming!!!!

Actually had to send in 2 names and let someone sort it out!

Cheers, Ron

If you have not voted for me yet hurry up! Less than 2 days left.

It was tough, but I posted my vote! it was a civic duty...

So who won?

To be fair, I'm going to announce the winner tomorrow, since the voting ends today. This way, more people can get in on the voting.

C'MON PEOPLE!!! CAST YOUR VOTE! :)

Yes,all you members who haven't voted,cast your vote,the number of votes will make it more parliamentry

A.

Aawwww Maannnn...and I was all worked up waiting .....I looked like a Praying Mantis getting to eat it's dinner waiting for the answer

you mean like this?

THATS IT!!!!!

After tabulating the votes cast by our members, I'm proud to announce that our Member of the Year for 2003 is none other than our own Glenn M., aka EchoWars :)

I'd like to share a few comments made by our members:

"He is easily the most helpful, most informative person I've never met. He is constantly offering free valuable advice on troubleshooting questions and the like. Even before he started repairing equipment, he would walk members through problems on and off the forum. A real assest to our community."

"A few words as to why this person best deserves the award - Very helpfull to other members. When given only description of problems his diagnosis is very accurate. Is courteous to others. His depth of troubleshooting and repair is now a rare and respectable artform. Without question Echowars deserves the
member of the year award."

"This is pretty hard because all the folks I would first vote for are
moderators. With that being said, I think the best person for this
award would be EchoWars. He is a great tech and an asset to the group. He has been helpful to more folks than I can count this year. He represents us well!"

"I vote for Echowars, he has helped countless people doing things ( including myself! ) and is one of the most helpfull knowlegeable tech people on the forums."

"My vote goes for Echowars, because he has unselfishly helped so many people here."

Congratulations my friend, my sentiments couldn't be expressed better. We're going to have your award crafted and sent to you on a custom engraved plaque.

Here's to EchoWars! :beerchug:

Congrats EW!!!

I'd like to also name other people that were voted for amongst our membership, in no particular order, your contributions have made others feel highly of your presence :)

Dave918
JDaniel
Reel2Reel
Don McR
Toasted Almond
Bigmacc
DingusBoy
Ski
Don C

The first runner up for the award is Toasted Almond. To quote one member:

"ToastedAlmond.....heart of gold, a very kind man"

EW:
Congrats on an award richly deserved!

Congratulations!

Greg

Congrats EW! :bigok:

-Dave

Congrats Glenn, well deserved I'm sure. MikE

Yes, EW is a great pick...

Lefty

Congrats.EW.....Dont forget to post picts of the Plaque..so we all can see it...:cool: :thmbsp:

TA....Congrats to you also ...

And all the rest of you ...that made the grade....your all what makes this B/B worth hangin' out on...;)

EchoWars and Toasted Almond difficult not to sound mushy here but two perfect representatives of why l love this site. OK l better stop do not want to give the impression that l'm sensitive. :)

I've recovered as a further reward to these two gentlemen l will first allow EchoWars to rebuild three of my big dog receivers at get this "NO COST TO HIM". IMAGINE THE BRAGGING RIGHTS FOR ECHO. :D :D

Toasted a little more difficult. Ok l got it Toasted sir you can send your amazing Carvers to me for a two year written review, autograft. :D :D

Both gentlemen will receive my Women Pleasing Secrets numbers 13 through 17.:p:

LOL.....

Echo...congrats!

To Echo and all the others...thanks for contributing to AK. You all, are what makes AK such a nice place to visit...and the reason I enjoy AK so much.

Thanks!

Look.....up in the sky. It's a bird... it's a plane... No, it's EchoWars off to save another piece of vintage audio equipment in trouble!

Congratulations EchoWars ..... our hero:p:

Congratulations Echo,you have shown what teamwork and compassion are all about!!

Alan

Congrats ! :yippy:

Yep, what everyone else said! you deserve it! :D

Like everyone else said...... Congrats:yes:

C'Mon guys ..your supposed to be 'Mushy' right now!!!!!not just a "congrats"............you all sound like your dissapointed that it wasn't you......(uuuuggghhhh..I didnt win ... I'm so depressed!..............uuuuugggghhhhhhhhhh).....


But....EchoWars really does deserve it .....dont'cha think???

We need some really good congratulatory speeches here........................................;)


Out of 1083 new members in 2003 ....only 10 made it into the contention.......all of you that made that list should be proud... I know I am.......

Thanks Kam..(Tim),.for the priveledge of postin' on your board.....,Grump, Wards(Dave, Luther)and all the moderators make this a Great place to hang:thmbsp: :beerchug:........................................ ................too bad we don't have an "ass kiss" smiliey rite now.....

btw how many people actually voted in this thing?

Well, I for one voted and am most pleased with the outcome. Echo it is richly deserved and I fully agree about the other nominees, all great contributors to AK, congratulations all!

Rob

Congrats EW!

Hard to argue with this outcome. I'll pack my acceptance speech away.

Congratulations to Echo Wars! :ntwrthy:

Carl

It really cramped the voting by eliminating the moderators. I think they all deserve an award for all their time and energy spent on this forum. Echowars deserves this award and likely would have been chosen either way.

I'm suprised that he hasn't showed up to claim his prize...I'm waitin for a speech......a long speech!!!!!

Echo has done so much for so many of us! Truly deserving....
Thanks for everything!
:beerchug:
RobV

I dunno,,,,I heard that there is some inetrnet movie shot in the dark, with Echo and some vintage stuff.....:D

Congrats to EW and all the other nominees for making this a great place to learn and just hang out.

Mr EchoWars

Congrats on a well deserved title! I can't addd more than what's already said.

:)

Chris

I think popularity contests are silly ( maybe because I have never won one :( ) :D :D Thats why I didnt vote. But now that I see who won, it makes perfect sense to me.

Congrats Echo !! I whole-heartedly agree.

John

OK...to be honest I had my head stuck into a piece of gear the last full day...so I didn't know about this till about 5 minutes ago.

Not sure if I know what to say... except 'thanks!.

Audio is much more than a hobby to a lot of us. There is truly someting soul-stirring about hearing real hi-fi music fill a room and your heart. I believe everyone here can remember the first time he really experianced high-fidelity music. That moment sent most of us on a journey to create a system of our own worthy of the time and trouble we all invest in this hobby. It also put us on a plesant collision couse to the degree that I believe we all are richer for having met each other.

Glad to be here! Thanks ya'all! :beerchug:

:beerchug:

:thmbsp:

Wow, my man got in!! :yippy:

Congratulations EW!

It's hard to choose just one member but I did. AK is a great site and I salute the people who started it!

A well-deserved honor - congratulations! :D

You da Man Echos!
I think this award exemplifies the type of members that are here, and you raise the bar.;)
Kudos also to the others who were mentioned and voted for. I for one appreciate all of your input and comments; hell, all member's inputs. All of you ROCK!

I just realized that most of you never saw the actual award!

Inscribed:

AudioKarma.org
Member of the Year 2003

In recognition of the spirit of friendship and common interest that bond us together as a group, we hereby present this award to

Glenn McDonald, aka EchoWars

We hold you in the highest regard for your knowledge, expertise, and generosity. By popular vote you have been chosen as the finest embodiment of what AudioKarma.org has come to be. From all the members, moderators, and administrators of AudioKarma, we now extend this token of our appreciation and gratitude.

LUTHER WARD TIMOTHY POLINIAK
ADMINISTRATOR ADMINISTRATOR

DAVID GOLDSTEIN
ADMINISTRATOR

Very cool.

So what am I, chopped liver? Sheesh.

You are a front runner for "The Member Who Posts The Greatest Pics of Babes in the Rumpus Room" award for 2004.

Very valuable prizes goes along with this award. Autograft picture of me in a thong.:eek: Can be used to excite the lady or ladies in your life. Of course do l have to say it "Free Equipment Storage".

:D :D

I don't check on too many of these forums. I just stumbled in here to this one. I am flabbergasted to be the first runner up. I can think of people FAR more helpful and courteous to others than I. Certainly none more than Echo, who deserves this award 100 times over. To be mentioned in the same sentence with him, well...........

Whoever thought I was worthwhile, thanks a million, I am REALLY honored, but Echo's the man.

Man, I'm so played out. I didn't even see this contest, didn't even tender a vote. It would've been Echo.

George

Old McDonald had an award...
ee ii ee ii oh...

and on this award award he had some kudos...
ee ii ee ii oh...

with an AK here
and an AK there

well you know the rest...

Sorry ... couldn't resist. :D

You silly boy!

TA

This is the first time i saw the award, completely missed the thread months ago! Nice plaque :)

It was well deserved

Originally posted by Haoleb
This is the first time i saw the award, completely missed the thread months ago! Nice plaque :)

It was well deserved

Yep I missed it too !

Way to go Glenn you'da gotten my vote :thmbsp:
I'd like to see the award next time I'm down yer way :yes:

Army

Add another vote.

And another.