[haikuware-tya] Re: Candidates for 12th TYA
- From: "Dennis d'Entremont" <dennis.dentremont@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haikuware-tya@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:56:32 -0300
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Dennis d'Entremont <
dennis.dentremont@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Humdinger <humdingerb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Hi Dennis!
>>
>> Dennis d'Entremont wrote:
>>
>>> Please go ahead and publish a poll for August, I'll just be a week late
>>>> with giving the award.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Alright I can do that then. It will be later today or tomorrow before I
>>> get
>>> a chance to set it up. Do I need to email these people first or
>>> something?
>>>
>>
>> Yep, you'll have to establish contact first.
>>
>> I've digged up the notification mail from an old posting:
>
>
> Ok thanks. I'll try and get these out this evening if not probably
> tomorrow.
>
Alright I've sent out the notifications. Seeing how these were the only
nominations that we received I just sent it to these 4.
I'll wait for about 24hrs to see if I receive any replies from people who
don't want to be included. if no replies are received I will go ahead and
publish a poll.
Thanks
DD
>
>
> Thanks
> Dennis
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>> > > Hi folks,
>> > >
>> > > I've written three notification mails we can use in the future.
>> > > Improvements are appreciated. The nomination-email should be sent out
>> before
>> > > announcing the nominees, so anyone uncomfortable can back out.
>> > >
>> > > One more thing: The questions in the mini-interview should be
>> shortened for
>> > > the publication; they are only this long to help the interviewee.
>> > > So, for publication it's just:
>> > >
>> > > Q1: How old are you and what do you do to pay the bills?
>> > >
>> > > Q2: In your nomination, it says: "$---NOMINATION-TEXT---."
>> > > How difficult (or easy) was it to accomplish these tasks?
>> > >
>> > > Q3: What would you love to have that would make working on Haiku
>> easier?
>> > >
>> > > Q4: What interesting book, band, TV show etc. would you like to
>> recommend?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Thanks!
>> > > Humdinger
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Here are the mails:
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > > Subject: You're a Thank You Award nominee!
>> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > >
>> > > Greetings, nominee!
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Congratulations, you were chosen as a candidate for a Thank You Award
>> (see
>> > > http://www.haikuware.com)!
>> > >
>> > > Every other month, the Haiku community nominates people whose
>> contributions
>> > > to Haiku within the last two months caught its collective eye. So,
>> being
>> > > nominated is in itself a sign of appreciation. Nevertheless, during
>> the
>> > > coming week everyone can vote for the candidate, they consider most
>> > > deserving of the grand prize, the Thank You Award including a nice
>> Haiku
>> > > t-shirt.
>> > >
>> > > If you don't want to participate in these proceedings, please say so
>> and
>> > > we'll remove your name from the ballot before any announcement.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Thanks very much.
>> > > Your Thank You Award Team
>> > >
>> > > ====================================================================
>> > >
>> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > > Subject: Congrats, you've won a Thank You Award!
>> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > >
>> > > Hello $NAME!
>> > >
>> > > Congratulations, you've won a Thank You Award!
>> > > Please give us your shipping address for your Haiku t-shirt and we'll
>> mail
>> > > it directly to you.
>> > >
>> > > To give you the opportunity of a kind of acceptance speech and to let
>> the
>> > > Haiku community learn a bit more about you and your work, we've
>> created a
>> > > little questionnaire that we send out to every Thank You Award winner.
>> > > We'd appreciate if you could take the time to give detailed and
>> interesting
>> > > answers. The interview will be posted at http://www.haikuware.com.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Q1: How old are you and what do you do to pay the bills?
>> > >
>> > > Q2: In your nomination, it says: "$---NOMINATION-TEXT---."
>> > > How difficult (or easy) was it to accomplish these tasks? Have you
>> done
>> > > other things these past two months that we missed and that you'd
>> consider
>> > > even more interesting or successful?
>> > >
>> > > Q3: What would you love to have that would make working on Haiku
>> easier?
>> > >
>> > > Q4: What interesting book, band, podcast, website, magazine, movie, TV
>> show
>> > > etc. would you like to recommend?
>> > > You can pick more than one item. Tell us why you picked it in one or
>> two
>> > > sentences.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Thank you very much for your time to do this interview and even more
>> so for
>> > > your work on Haiku!
>> > > By the way, a person can only win one Thank You Award, so don't wonder
>> why
>> > > you just won't be nominated again for your excellent work in the
>> future. :)
>> > >
>> > > Kind regards,
>> > > Your Thank You Award Team
>> > >
>> > > ====================================================================
>> > >
>> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > > Subject: Sorry, no Thank You Award this time
>> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > >
>> > > Hello there!
>> > >
>> > > Sorry, you didn't win the Thank You Award this time. Rest assured that
>> the
>> > > Haiku community appreciates your commitment all the same.
>> > > Maybe you'll have another chance at a future Thank You Award. Just
>> keep on
>> > > hacking. :)
>> > >
>> > > Kind regards,
>> > > Your Thank You Award Team
>>
>> > >
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Humdinger
>>
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