As I brought up in my TB campaign, I would like to bring the idea of giving awards to posters each year for specific forums. How this can be done is left up to discussion however the idea I believe is one that deserves a thorough conversation. Some ideas I have:

1. Either voted on by the members at large, the mods, TB, Randy or some combination of all of them.

2. Include awards for the most heavily posted in forums as many aren't frequented nearly enough to warrant recognition of 1 of 10 people who may have posted in that forum in the last year. Thus some criteria would need to be developed as to which forums to include.

3. What awards should actually be given? I think a couple easy ones are: most helpful poster, most knowledgable poster, rookie of the year. Just some that come to mind.

3. Include in the avatars of those who have been recognized with the award and year won.

4. Give some type of tangible award for this honor. Certainly Randy and others would have to tap into their contacts to come up with an ecert, flight, etc perhaps.

5. Shooting for the stars on this idea if lifted off the ground. Formally present these awards at a year end DO somewhere. A free flight to the winners (if it is decided a small number are given) or other type of freebie to honor them formally.

There are concerns which need to be discussed but I feel this is an good idea and can really enhance the "community" of Flyertalk.

There is the idea, discuss amongst yourselves, I'll give you a topic, flyertalk is hobby or an obsession. Hmmmm.

Thank you for giving this your attention.