OTF's Blue Publication Anniversary 2006
Hi folks,
Thanks to everyone who came out to our awards ceremony. If you missed the event, have a look at the transcript.
This year has been about taking what we have and making it better. We've seen improvements and new ideas for existing projects, scripts and systems. Individual achievements in the areas of system and design development have been replaced by solid teamwork. The Outpost's vision as set out years ago has for the most part been completed. Unless we develop a new vision, future goals will be around solidifying what we have now and promoting these items to the community and the internet as a whole. I have been solely impressed with how well everyone has worked together in light of the fact most of the people who managed the Outpost during its beginnings are no longer active on a daily basis. This demonstrates the values of the community are in fact well absorbed and understood by the members. I thank everyone for their efforts during year 9 and look forward to our 10th anniversary next year.
The winners of the awards are as follows:
Individual Annual Accolades
Senior Manager of the Year: JJ (CL8)
Department of the Year: Guilds - JJ, please come forward! I hereby present you with SM of the Year and your department with this year's departmental honours. A team effort towards set goals is always important. Your team has been focused on this all year and you've remained steadfast and focused. Congrats!
Gene Roddenberry Award: Zildjian (CL7) - Congratulations to our ISA Director, CL7 Zildjian - the Winner of the Gene Roddenberry Award 2006, for his outstanding service!
George Lucas Award: QD (CL7) - The Star Wars genre would like to recognize QD's work in the Senate and Entertainment this year...Well done QD, you rule!
J.R.R. Tolkien Award: Ryo Crimson (CL7) - He was a great help as a Wizard, did an exemplary job this year within ISA, organized the Advent Children celebration, and was generally always there to help out when we needed it...So this year's Tolkien award goes out to none other than Ryo!
Select Medals
Platinum
Crazy Texan (CL10) - CT, you have my old job and I must say you've been fantastic. Your leadership skills have been a perfect fit for the Outpost; I'm lucky to have you as my second ear and eye! Really, great stuff. You and Hong work well together and in the past year have provided a consistent leadership style needed to keep the community's functions operating and of course find ways to improve what we do best.
Hong (CL9) - Hong's done a great job. She's reliable, caring, and effective. She's one of my ears and one of my eyes.
Iain (CL8) - Iain's ego is allowed to be a little bloated. This is the guy that rebuilt our armory and has been endlessly tweaking and improving things. As I mentioned earlier, this has been a year of working together to improve what we have. Iain's been central to that.
JJ (CL8) - JJ, you have put a huge amount of time into our Guilds department and adjusted its focus. It's never easy to adjust a department's vision but you've taken the right approach - by taking small steps. I am looking forward to seeing you continue develop this department in the coming year and am excited to see the community continue to chip in and make it as great as we know it can be.
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Regards,
Andrew