Ausfisher of the year

[loophole]

great idea also thanks to all ausfishers who regulary make this site what it is .

[mod5]

Similar thread here http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/showthread.php?t=54068

[Didley]

I'd like to nominate Myself , I'm one of the nicest blokes you'd ever want to meet, what is the prize for this again? A new rod & reel would be good. If that's no good Clint06 needs an honourable mention for the post below a week or two back.

found gear at scarborough ramp
found a couple of rods and reels and a tackle box last night at scarborough boat ramp. looks like someone was packing up the boat and left them on the ground..

would like to see them returned as i know the pain of losing good gear.

[charleville]

I love this site and I have to say that I am not in favor of such an award.

1. The Victorian site Fishnet.com.au has such an award and although I don't frequent that site any more and have no current knowledge, it seemed to me when I did that whilst there was considerable enthusiasm for such an award, which in their case, is monthly, it was down to one South Australian member to make the selection every month. I am sure that there was nothing wrong with his choices but my point is that maintenance of such award processes has the potential to become a bit burdensome once the initial enthusiasm for the idea wilts amongst the general membership population.

2. I get great help and advice from many members on this site. eg Webby has been extremely generous in his tips both in the public forums and in private mail and likewise Finga has offered great help to me after reading something in one of my posts and several members have PM'ed me with their special GPS marks at places like Harries. In fact, I receive quite lot of advice through PMs and even a few free tickets to boat shows from different members. So anything that is done without fanfare in PMs would be lost in this process.

3. I would hate the idea of people ever being motivated to actively try to win the award with a pseudo contest being established. That might create all sorts of excessive behaviour. After all, look at the nonsense this year about who was awarded Father of the Year nationally - a bloody breakfast TV "personality"! Strike me bloody pink!!! Bugger all of the good people working with crippled children or orphanages etc. - let's give it to some TV boofhead because his program rates well.

4. One of the great joys of participation in Ausfish is that no matter what our background, income level or other status might be, we are equal on this site. I recall how the late State MLA Tom Burns used to say that fishing is the great society leveler as it is hard to be up yourself if you are standing in the same mud as someone else digging worms or whatever. I like thinking of all Ausfishers as equals and appreciate that some might have extra experience that enables them to offer guidance to poor dumb boofheads like me. We already have mechanisms for expressing appreciation - eg the thank-you button or just the written word on the screen.


If however, someone wants to do an ad hoc poll at Christmas time on who is the Ausfisher of the year without too many criteria, then that might be fun - but as for formal awards, I would prefer to see that saved for the River to Mud challenge each year.


Just my $0.02 worth.


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[nigelr]

Have to agree with Snelly.
BM and GM are both the first to chip in with absolutely priceless info.
Ausfish is extremely fortunate to have them aboard, IMHO.
Not that they are alone, what makes this the premier fishing site in Aus is how happy folk are to help others, really something to be very proud of.
Cheers!

[Blackened]

G'day

There is no real way to choose. Just have a lok at the size of the member base.

If any group of guys, I'll vote for mr ausfish himself, finga, gm and bm and choppa.

At the end of the day, Maybe have a tiered system if it came into play?

A platinum member got 1 point, a gold got 2, a silver got 3, a bronze got 4 and a new member 5?

Just a thought to offset the percieved popularity.

Dave

[castlemaine]

Great idea

[Steve B]

Scott (finga) gets my vote.!!

he cracks me up with his witty one liners! . He seem to always have genuine helpful advice and unselfish comments.

keep up the good work scott.

[dogsbody]

Those that have been round long enough know who the good eggs are. Why does human nature say we must pat someone's back for them being themselves. If you do something good for a fellow member there is always someone else who says "your a good egg so and so" why can't we be happy with that.

Sorry i don't get it but if you got a thanks to your name then someone has been happy with your input. Isn't that enough?


Dave.

[Poodroo]

There are so many members on here who are deserving of being a nominee which is what makes this site the great success that it is. The amount of growth it has had since I joined up is nothing short of amazing. The advice that I have had from numerous members in my membership time has been priceless and will never be forgotten. Choppa has been one of those people without going into too much detail and naming all the other people I would consider worthy. If I were to name them all I would run out of character space in this post and have to start on another reply. I applaud all the good eggs alongside dogsbody.

Cheers,

Poodroo

[disorderly]

To try and give such an award to just one person would be a slap in the face for many.
There is just too many helpful people on here to narrow it down to just one anyway.
I'm happy for it to remain a non competitive forum where the members can already show their appreciation via the thanks button.
I'm sure that all those that so willingly provide such helpful advise derive an intrinsic satisfaction from helping and educating others that such an award is irrelevant regardless.

Scott

Scott

[B_E_N]

regardless of a prize or not, all that have been named on this thread are considered highly helpfull at one stage or another. naming just one would leave alot of people out, i think being mentioned by someone is a worthy accolade, and no one is let down because lets face it everyone who has ever replied to someones question seeking help or info should be consider because they to have helped form what this site is today. so im saying i cant choose theres to many to choose from, its harder than choosing between jessica alba and erin mcnaught! you just cant! i couldnt say no to one of them lol

[Crestcutter]

Scott gets my vote as well, but how can you actually pick one. I mean Scott would get the do anything for you award , And people like Webby the old fart would definately get the most fishing related help award.

Pretty hard.

Darryl

Ps, I would get nothing as i have only been thanked once, and i think that was a mistake

[Tailortaker]

I wouldnt know who to vote for as I've been given so much good info and advice by heaps of members. There are a few that stand out for different reasons but there are to many "deserving" poeple.
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[Didley]

My wife has made the generous offer of a set of ex US army camo fishing gear, and a one way flight to Bagdad to fish the Tigerus River for bass. But said the offer only stands if I win. On that note she’d like to second my nomination.