[Ansteorra] New award questions

[J.G. Bretz]

> 1. How do you feel about Significant Others or close friends
>  reccomending awards for their partner?

I don't think one can accuratly assess whether your SO is worthy of any
award.  If it were only for me to judge, my SO would have everything ;-)

Okay...well perhaps not everything, but it is very hard to see the actual
impact of something you are so close to.  Same thing for best friends.  I
don't tend to recommend for them either.  If I can't convince someone else
to say "of course...why didn't I think of that" then it didn't need to
happen.

> 2. How do you feel about petition style award recommendations?
> (Where the recommendation is written out and someone hands it
> to you to add your name to the list of signees...)

I think it depends on the person, award, and situation.  I doubt that a
petition is relevant most of these times.  However, if you have a group,
that is perhaps small or remote, or have a person who always does the
thankless job you never see, then it might be the thing you need.  It says
"Bob the Celt may be a quiet soul, but has been cleaning up site after
everyone has gone for 10 years, and even does it at other people's events.
We all feel that our group would be diminished by his absence, so we want
him to have X award.  I do think that it is rare that something like this is
needed.

Also, people are often too willing to sign something put in their face, just
to not disappoint.  I am not sure what I would do if someone came to me with
a petition to give someone something I thought they were not ready for.  I
would probably say no, but as we are most often the "S"society for
"C"confrontation "A"avoidance, I think that is an issue to be considered.

Though I have also sadly seen deserving people get overlooked, because they
are not exposed to the right people (and vice versa), or someone with a
better voice does not care for them particularly,(and vice versa) that may
be another reason to do this.

That is really a tough one.

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