2003 HOBBY AWARDS BALLOT

Jim Burgess, Chair of the Hobby Awards Committee: The Hobby Awards have a long and proud tradition in the Diplomacy Hobby and I am continuing an effort to expand the scope and reach of the awards. This year we again have eight nominees in each category. Please publicize this ballot, reproduce and send it to your Diplomatic mailing lists. Please consider the whole ballot carefully, use the web pages for research, and vote in one, two, three or all four award categories.

The 2003 Hobby Awards generally are for hobby activities during the calendar year 2002. Congratulate ALL of the nominees for their service and achievements and please vote!

Don Miller Award (Meritorious Service)

_____ Mike Barno (Doing the Maintenance of the Diplomatic Corps Web Page)

http://www.diplomaticcorps.org/

_____ Rudi van Hal (Tournament Director for 2002 Worldmasters Tournament)

http://www.worldmasters.net/portal/

_____ Edward Hawthorne (Took Over the Editorship of the Diplomatic Pouch)

http://devel.diplom.org/DipPouch/Zine/

_____ John Marsden (Running Ode for both Postal and On-Line Diplomacy Gaming)

http://users.breathe.com/jandcmarsden/Ode-online/Index.htm 

_____ David Norman (Supporting WorldMasters, Tournament Play, & AI Development)

http://www.ellought.demon.co.uk

_____ Chad Schroeder (Running the Redscape Diplomacy Playing System)

http://www.redscape.com

_____ Christian Shelton (Running the Dip BOUNCED Diplomacy Playing System)

http://www.dipbounced.com

_____ Alain Tesio (Developing and Running the Mapper for the Judge Playing System)

http://www.floc.net

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Rod Walker Award (Literature)

_____ Allan B. Calhamer, “Across the Whole Board”, in Diplomacy World #88, Spring 2002.

http://www.meurglys.com/DW/issues/issue88/88across_the_whole_board.htm

_____ David E. Cohen, “Diplomacy and the Way of the Warrior II”, in Diplomatic Pouch 2002 Spring Movement.

http://devel.diplom.org/DipPouch/Zine/S2002M/Cohen/Way_of_the_Warrior2.html

_____ Gary Coughlan, Fake of “Deny Everything #14”, in The Abyssinian Prince #263, August 2002

http://devel.diplom.org/DipPouch/Postal/Zines/TAP/DenyE14f.html

_____ Manus Hand, “The Missing Master’s Mystery (Sherlock Holmes)” in Diplomatic Pouch 2002 Spring Movement (with Clues and Solution in following two issues)

http://devel.diplom.org/DipPouch/Zine/S2002M/Holmes/Blind.html  

_____ Nick Kinzett, “Yes, the ‘Badly Written’ Rule is Indeed GM Interference”, in Armistice Day #18, November 2002

http://www.armisticeday.com/issues/Issue18.pdf

_____ Ron Newmaster, “The Proper Place for a Fleet Is On the Water”, in Northern Flame #87, November 2002

http://devel.diplom.org/DipPouch/Postal/Zines/TAP/Newmaster.htm

_____ Paul Windsor, “Persuasive Illogic”, in Diplomatic Pouch 2002 Fall Movement

http://devel.diplom.org/Zine/F2002M/Windsor/Persuasive_Illogic.html

_____ Jim Yerkey, “Where’s the Love?” in Diplomatic Pouch 2002 Winter Adjustment

http://devel.diplom.org/Zine/W2002A/Yerkey/deLove.html

 

 

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John Koning Award (Player Performance)

_____ Chris Aanstoos (Tops JDPR Rating for Judge Games with 2190 at 2002 Year End)

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

_____ Yann Clouet (Led the Diplomatic Pouch Tournament Ratings at 2002 Year End)

http://devel.diplom.org/Face/DPTR/AllRatings.html

_____ Toby Harris (Solo 18 Center Win in First Round Worldmasters 2002 Game)

http://www.worldmasters.net/wm02/showindv.aspx

_____ Erlend Janbu (Won Worldmasters 2000 Tournament Finished in 2002)

http://www.worldmasters.net/wm02/?doc=HALLFAME

_____ Rob Schone (Winning the 2002 Bismark Cup for DAANZ Play)

http://daanz.org.au/results/bc2002.htm

_____ Rob Stephenson (Winning 2002 World DipCon XII in Canberra)

http://www.diplomaticcorps.org/PastEvents/WDC02Awards.pdf

_____ Tim Sweeney (Leads the Diplomacy 2000 Eagle Points Ratings and 2002 Player of the Year)

http://home.online.no/~solf-d/pastyears.html

_____ Roger Yonkoski (Second in JDPR Rating for Judge Games with 1982 at 2002 Year End)

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

 

 

 

 

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Fred Hyatt Award (GM Performance)

_____ Andy Lischett (Postal GM for Cheesecake)

_____ David Norman (GM for FTF Tournaments, E-Mail Games, and AI Games)

http://www.ellought.demon.co.uk

_____ Tom Reinecker (Redscape GM)

http://www.redscape.com

_____ Peter J. Richardson (Cat23, Academy and WorldMasters2000 Finals GM)

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~pjrich/diplo_gi.htm

_____ Ray Setzer (Cat23, Academy, and WorldMasters Tournament GM)

http://www.worldmasters.net/portal/

_____ Christine Stoy (Redscape GM)

http://www.redscape.net/magazine/issue1_gmchristine.php

_____ Robert Keith Thurston (Dip BOUNCED GM)

http://www.dipbounced.com

_____ Tom Tweedy (Diplomacy 2000 GM)

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

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

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Voluntary donations that go toward the plaques sent to the winners are accepted. The Committee currently consists of myself (Chair), Fred Davis (Treasurer), Gary Behnen, Melinda Holley, Jamie Dreier, Paul Kenny, Mark Stretch, and Robert Lesco. The voting deadline is Oct.1, 2003. Please send votes, contributions, and comments to:

Jim Burgess, 664 Smith Street, Providence, RI 02908-4327 USA,burgess@world.std.com Thank you for your participation