Originally Posted by
RichMSN
.... the next logical question is "why have a TalkBoard at all?"
To give
Randy some input on things that are
not VERY time dated - however this competition clearly was heavily time dated.
You
still do not seem to have absorbed
Randy's comments along those lines.
If you have studied how TB works (and as a candidate I hope you have!) the deal is:
1. A matter is raised in private TB forum and discussed. I've had personal experience where this process alone can take
WEEKS. In some cases
MONTHS. If a mover and seconder are then found and the Motion wording is agreed, this then goes to a TB vote.
2. THEN the motion and date of vote closing is posted for member general discussion. That often involves several 100 often heated posts, name calling, food fights, taunts, suspensions, masses of post deletions, and generally raised blood pressures all round.
3. All TB votes run for quite a while, to allow for member input to be digested, and for the reality the 9 TB members actually have busy lives and travel a lot.
4.
Only after 1-3 are complete, is the final vote result posted.
So a month from start to finish is
not unusual.
HOWEVER the free tickets needed to be used if full - both ways - by December 15. Durrhh.
And the original winner did say from post #1 of comp thread - and any colour is mine:
Originally Posted by Randy Petersen"
As the founder of FlyerTalk, there is nothing I like better than to keep giving back to FlyerTalk. One of the selected members, mikeef, had some challenges setting the time aside to fly off to Amsterdam (we all know that feeling when almost every weekend is booked!) and in the great spirit of FlyerTalk has instructed me "... to re-enter them into a contest of your choosing so that someone can put them to good use. I'd be thrilled if a FTer could use them in any capacity."
What a great fellow member of FlyerTalk to give you all another chance.
Rather then seek additional feedback, we're just going to start this new thread allowing any member interested in this LAST CHANCE pair of business class-style tickets to/from New York and Amsterdam to post their entry and may the luckiest member win.
I must be pretty thick, but I don't see how hard it is to see this needed to be done fast, or
NO FT'er would have gotten to use them.
Randy runs a large travel related biz and was running freebies and giveaways and competitions WAY before there was any kind of Talkboard, so I guess he managed somehow to think up some rules even without their valued input.
Glen
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