Some of you may recall last year's series called the kOscars, an awards series all things Daily Kos in 2009.
You didn't hear about it?
REALLY?
Well, this will get you started. There were dozens of diaries, three of which were recommended, and a few mentions on the front page as well.
It is time to begin discussion about if/when/how it might happen again this year.
This has been a community effort from the onset, so everyone's input is valued in deciding the best way to do things. There were many polls in the early diaries to help determine the categories, etc.
This concept was stated more succinctly by exmearden
an excellent idea and one that I hope continues each year. Hopefully with a lot of collaboration so that just a few aren't carrying the major load...
Having done the brunt of such work last year, I am going on the record as fully willing to pass off any and all such roles to others. My sense is that PDNC feels similarly. We could both serve as consultants and/or trustees if others were enthusiastic about running the day-to-day side of things.
It helped a great deal when other people began posting diaries (cfk being the first to do so, Patriot Daily followed shortly thereafter).
I think that it's clear that the only way this concept was successful was the groundswell of grassroots support, if you will. With that said, I truly hope that if/when this happens again, future participation will be a completely collaborative effort even more so than last year's series.
Hence the creation of this group account so anyone, even people who already posted their daily diary, can post an "official" kOscars diary to drum up interest.
IMPORTANT:
It is very important to log out after hitting "publish" so as to use YOUR OWN HANDLE for all comments so people know whose opinion is attached. I think even the tip jar needs to be overridden every time so any opinions expressed in the diary are clearly affixed to the editor.
From last year's "post-mortem"
• Next year's nominations should begin in 2010 sometime, and voting should begin as close to Jan 1st as possible.
• Some categories had too many nominees.
Having mentioned the fact that thick skin might be required didn't seem to spare all the possible hurt feelings. Taking steps to avoid such scenarios will be challenging, but might be necessary.
• Too many/too few categories?
If so, which ones should be omitted?
Which ones should be broken into two?
This is your big chance to influence the process this time if/when it happens.
By the way, one way to get me to stop writing "if/when", is to volunteer in the comments to serve your little corner of the blogosphere by supporting future kOscars efforts.
Just sayin'....
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See comments in this retrospective from last year for more ideas.
http://www.dailykos.com/...
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