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SillyYak Homer & Tailend Awards Information
Updated February 19 2007
The awards process is done! Thanks to everyone who voted and special thanks to all the chairpersons who spent considerable time and energy to make all this possible.
To see the results, go to the following pages:
Link To The SillyYak Homers Awards
http://joyspeak.net/page9.html
Link to the SillyYak Tailend Awards
http://joyspeak.net/page8.html
Calendar for Award Process
Note: dates for the primary and final vote have changed to handle the large number of submissions!
Completed - Jan 12 - 21 First six categories accepting nominations
Completed Jan 16 - 23 Manufacturers/Equipment category accepting nominations
More information on the on-line polling process is included in the FAQ below.
primary vote Jan 31-Feb 7 completed
final vote Feb 10-16 completed
Link To The Nominations Page
http://joyspeak.net/page5.html
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Primary Vote Phase Groups - Chairpersons
Group 1 Questions: Margie - MargRN AT comcast.net
Group 2 Questions: Amy – paulandamydutsch AT hotmail.com
Group 3 Questions: Carla - csilverstein AT sbcglobal.net
Group 4 Questions: Chandra - ChandraMH AT aol.com
Group 5 Questions: Joy – joy.shetler AT computer.org
Various odd issues and tasks, send your complaints/comments here.
Proofreader extraordinaire - Barbara - bkstrudwick AT yahoo.com
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FAQs Primary Vote Phase
Our process probably will not be perfect this first try. But this FAQ should answer
some questions.
1) Question
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How do I access the survey? The information is being posted on SillyYaks, you can also send email to the coordinator. We can not post that information here. A link will be provided to the survey to use with your browser.
Answer:
The information is being posted on SillyYaks, you can also send email to the coordinator. We can not post that information here. A link will be provided to the survey to use with your browser.
2) Question:
I don't see my favorite product listed?
Answer:
If you nominated the product during the nominations phase, please check the Nominations page on this website to see the status of that product entry. Several products had to be shifted to other categories or product areas.
3) Question:
Do I have to answer every question on the survey?
Answer:
To keep costs down, we have a single survey with a lot of questions. You must answer every question on a given page to proceed to the next page. There should be a "no opinion" option for each question which will not count towards the vote totals for that product area.
4) Question:
I don't have the time to do this all at once sessions!?! What happens if I have to go do something else?
Answer:
The survey allows you to "exit" and if you log in from the same computer, it will automatically pick up where you left off.
5) Question:
There are several eligible voters at my place, how do they get to vote?
Answer:
The survey only allows one vote per computer. So, the other eligible voter(s) must find another computer(s) to login to the survey. This allows the function described in Question 4 to work properly and discourages large numbers of "muliple votes" from a single voter.
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Nominations Phase Categories - Chairpersons
Baking/Cooking Category (BCC)
Amy – paulandamydutsch AT hotmail.com
Mixes or boxed products used in your everyday baking or cooking
Readymade and Frozen Category (RFC)
Margie - MargRN at comcast.net
Products that are already baked or cooked and can be bought at a grocery store
"Off-the-shelf" Snacks Category (OSC)
Sue - zoemom2001 at yahoo.com
Products that are already prepared and can be used without any further preparation.
Childrens/Toddlers products Category (CTC)
Andrea – akitsm at att.net
Products targeted toward the younger celiac/gluten intolerant consumer.
( besides the product areas listed, any other items specific to toddlers/children that you wish to include)
Restaurants/Bakeries Category (RBC)
Barbara - bkstrudwick at yahoo.com
Products or items that you can purchase at a restaurant
or bakery to eat there (or takeout). See other categories
for items usually purchased at a grocery store or market.
GF Manufacturers and equipment Category (MEC)
Chandra - ChandraMH AT aol.com
Equipment or product manufacturers
On-line Resources/Misc. (ORMC)
Carla - csilverstein AT sbcglobal.net
On-line resources and other things that did not fit into the other categories.
Coordinator/Webpage
Joy – joy.shetler AT computer.org
Various odd issues and tasks, send your complaints/comments here.
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FAQs Nominations Phase
Our process probably will not be perfect this first try. But this FAQ should answer
some questions.
1) Question
:
Are the Homer/Tailend award is the same thing? Or is one the "good"
nomination and the Tailend is the "bad" nomination?
Answer:
SillyYak Homer -
Nominate a product that you think is the winner in that category.
SillyYak Tailend -
Nominate a product that you think is something that you would never
want to buy, under any circumstances, again. A separate list will be
kept for this category. There may be only a few products that
deserve to be recognized in this manner.
Mediocre or "ok" stuff for that category, you should not worry
about. We want to recognize the best and let people know about the
worst.
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2)Question:
Should we allow nominations for food items that are not labeled "GF"
or "Wheat free"?
Answer:
We are recognizing "GF food lists" and "mainstream manufacturers"
under other categories. So, for this first annual SillyYak Homer
and Tailend awards, lets limit the food categories to items that are
labeled "GF" or "wheat-free" or "marketed towards the GF/wheat-free
consumer" (If the product is advertised in a GF magazine or publication
or in some other way marketed to the GF/WF consumer). This focus on
the GF/WF consumer demonstrates is the effort that we want to award.
And then we can revise our list/process based upon additional input
next time around.
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3)Question:
Will people send their nominations for our category to us?
Answer:
For each category, people will send in their nominations for a
product area to the chairperson for that category. Under each
product area, the category chairperson will keep a list of the
products nominated.
Occasionally,we will post the list to this web site so that people
know what products have been nominated.
Once we have a list of nominated products, we'll setup a vote
for the products. During the nomination process, we are just getting names,
not trying to tabulate the votes.
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