2001 HOBBY AWARDS BALLOT

Jim Burgess, New Chair of the Hobby Awards Committee: I am very honored to be taking over the chairmanship of this committee this year. The Hobby Awards have a long and proud tradition in the US Diplomacy Hobby and I am continuing an effort to expand the scope and reach of the awards. This year we have eight nominees in each category, except for the Rod Walker Award for Literary Achievement where the Founder of the Feast weighs in, so we have nine nominees in that category. Please publicize this ballot, reproduce and send it to your Diplomatic mailing lists.

 

Don Miller Award (Meritorious Service)

_____ Stephen Agar (Diplomatic Archives & Revival of Diplomacy World)

http://www.diplomacy-archive.com/

_____ Edi Birsan (Running the Diplomatic Corps web page & organization)

http://www.diplomaticcorps.org/

_____ Manus Hand (Running the Diplomatic Pouch & Hosting DipCon XXXIV)

http://devel.diplom.org/DipPouch/ & http://devel.diplom.org/armada/2001/

_____ Doug Massey (Running the JDPR Diplomatic Rating System)

http://devel.diplom.org/DipPouch/Email/Ratings/JDPR/jdpr.html

_____ Ted Miller (1999 WorldMasters Tournament Director)

http://worldmasters99.diplomacy.org.uk

_____ John Schultz (Taking on Standby Positions & Hobby Participation)

http://devel.diplom.org/DipPouch/Postal/Zines/TAP/abyss231.html

_____ Matt Shields (Co-Editing the Diplomatic Pouch & Constructing the Dip Pouch

Tournament Scoring System)

http://devel.diplom.org/DipPouch/ & http://devel.diplom.org/DipPouch/Face/DPTR/

_____ Tom Tweedy (Diplomacy 2000 Site)

http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk/dip2000/index.htm

 

Rod Walker Award (Literature)

_____ Stephen Agar (What Do You Do When You Have To Guess?)

http://www.diplomacyworld.org/issues/issue85/85guess.htm

_____ Harry Cameron Andruschak (It's All Kathy Caruso's Fault, Blame Her!)

http://www.diplomacy-archive.com/resources/strategy/articles/kathy's_fault.htm

or with more comments and updates within:

http://devel.diplom.org/DipPouch/Postal/Zines/TAP/abyss235.html

_____ Edi Birsan (The DipCon Story -- The Early Years)

http://www.diplomacyworld.org/issues/issue85/85dipcons.htm

_____ Allan B. Calhamer (Calhamer on Diplomacy: The Boardgame and Diplomatic History)

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1585007587/107-0249852-4964538

_____ Brandon Clarke (Playing the Bigger Picture in FTF Diplomacy)

http://devel.diplom.org/DipPouch/Zine/S2000M/Clarke/BiggerPicture.html

_____ Mark Fassio (The SWAT Approach in Diplomacy)

http://www.diplomacyworld.org/issues/issue85/85swat.htm

_____ Chris Martin (Martin on Diplomacy: Play to Win)

http://devel.diplom.org/DipPouch/Zine/F2000M/Martin/MOD2.html

_____ Simon Szykman (Grudges in Diplomacy)

http://devel.diplom.org/DipPouch/Zine/W2000A/Szykman/Grudge.html

_____ Ole Tuft (Geographical Destiny Revisited)

http://devel.diplom.org/DipPouch/Zine/W2000A/Tuft/Fear.html

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John Koning Award (Player Performance)

_____ Bob Acheson (Winning CanCon 2K)

http://www.diplomaticcorps.org/PastEvents/CanCon2K.txt

_____ Simon Bouton (Winning World DipCon X)

http://devel.diplom.org/DipPouch/Face/results/zAvalon2000.html

_____ Christian Dreyer (Winning Demo Game Ruffians)

http://www.diplomacyworld.org/issues/issue86/86ruffians.htm

_____ Mark Fassio (Winning Demo Game Arsenic and Old Farts)

Endgame Statements at http://devel.diplom.org/DipPouch/Postal/Zines/TAP/abyss244.html

_____ David Hood (Winning DipCon XXXIV)

http://devel.diplom.org/armada/2001/results.html

_____ Glenn Ledder (Increased JDPR 301 points from 16th to 2nd during 2000)

http://devel.diplom.org/DipPouch/Email/Ratings/JDPR/top5000.html

_____ Karlis Povisils (Increased JDPR 327 points from 19th to 1st during 2000)

http://devel.diplom.org/DipPouch/Email/Ratings/JDPR/top5000.html

_____ Lee Simpson (Winning the 1999 WorldMasters Tournament, mostly during 2000)

http://worldmasters00.diplomacy.org.uk/england.html

 

Fred Hyatt Award (GM Performance)

_____ Doug Burgoyne (Cat23 GM)

http://www.cat23.com/ & http://www.geocities.com/apocalypseinparadise/

_____ Bruce Duewer (Judge GM)

http://www4.ncsu.edu/eos/users/b/beduewer/www/diplomacy.html

_____ Greg Greenman (Judge GM)

http://www.spencersoft.com/diplomacy/

_____ Andy Lischett (Postal GM of Cheesecake)

_____ Michael Lowrey (Carolina Command & Commentary and now Houdini Blues GM)

http://devel.diplom.org/DipPouch/Postal/Zines/TAP/hblues2.html

_____ Ted Miller (1999 Worldmasters Tournament Director and GM)

http://worldmasters99.diplomacy.org.uk/gm.htm

_____ Tim Miller (Judge GM)

http://members.tripod.com/btamil/btamilphoto/id6.html

_____ Tim Richardson (Email GM)

http://deeplight.net/tor/

VOTERS!!! - PLEASE SIGN YOUR NAME LEGIBLY BELOW OR E-MAIL FROM A "DOCUMENTABLE" E-MAIL ADDRESS – ALL DIPLOMACY PLAYERS ELIGIBLE!!!

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Again, the Committee is soliciting a $1.00 donation per vote to defray costs of the awards themselves. This is a voluntary donation and does not affect your vote’s status in any way. We will continue to send the winners plaques. The Committee currently consists of myself (Chair), Fred Davis (Treasurer), Gary Behnen, Melinda Holley, Jamie Dreier, Paul Kenny, and Robert Lesco. The voting deadline is Sept. 2, 2001. Please send votes, contributions, and comments to:

Jim Burgess, 664 Smith Street, Providence, RI 02908-4327 USA, [email protected]

Thank you for your participation.