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National Geocaching Awards
By: Griff Grof Date: February 1, 2016, 2:20 am
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Simply Paul posted this on the NGA group on Facebook, decided to
share here.
The Awards will be handed out at the Geolympix Mega
HTML http://coord.inf
o/GC5XXYY.
Announcing the first National Geocaching Awards categories
Firstly, thank you to everyone who suggested categories for the
first British and Irish National Geocaching Awards. The
following list, which we’re asking you to nominate cachers,
caches, organisations, etc. against, has been created from your
ideas, with a few tweaks from the Geolympix team.
We received several suggestions for names for the awards being
given at the NGA’s, but we decided on The Golden Smilies as it
seems to fit awards designed to reflect the best in British and
Irish Caching, Cachers and Caches!
A note on geography: Ireland includes the Republic of Ireland
and Northern Ireland plus Irish islands off the mainland (the
same way Groundspeak categorises Ireland). Britain includes
England, Wales, Scotland, the off-islands of Scotland, England
and Wales (Including Shetland, Flat Holm, IoW, Scillies, etc.)
and the non-UK islands of Britain, including the Isle of Man,
and the Channel Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Sark, Herm and
Alderney, plus their off-islands. Basically the NGAs cover
anything east of Rockall, west of Ness Point, Lowestoft, south
of Out Stack, Shetland and north of The Minkies, CIs – that
isn’t France. The NGAs exclude other British/Irish/UK
territories, such as Gibraltar, Bermuda and the Falklands. A
‘British or Irish Cacher’ would be someone living the majority
of their time in Britain or Ireland. Voting will be limited to
them too.
Also note: Best means, most innovative, most enjoyable, coolest
location, concept and/or container, cleverest, the one that made
you smile widest… You know, Best!
Caches:
1) Best Cache (must have been live at the end 2015. For archived
caches, see ‘Gone but not Forgotten’, below.)
2) Best New Cache (as above, but published in 2015.)
3) Best Cache Listing (most beautiful, clever, funny, helpful or
educational cache page.)
4) Best Night Cache (specifically designed to be done at night.)
5) Best Non-Physical Cache (includes Virtuals, Webcams and
Earthcaches, excludes Events – see below)
6) Best Event (includes all British and Irish Megas, CITOs &
regular events – inc flashmobs – but be clear which incarnation
of recurring events you mean please!)
7) The Gone But Not Forgotten Award for Best Archived Cache (can
only be won by a cache once. Must have been archived in 2015 or
before.)
8 ) Most Extreme Cache (can only be won by a cache once)
Cache Series:
9) Best Individual Series (could be ring/s, power trail, cluster
or just a collection of caches on a theme, owned by one cacher
or caching account or a small number in a ‘geographically
discrete series’ such as a multi-owner ring.)
10) Best National Series (themed caches – often numbered – set
by multiple hiders across a wide –national- area.)
Support:
11) Most Helpful Landowner/Organisation (who’s been a great
support to British and Irish caching?)
12) Most Helpful Reviewer (They give a lot of time and effort to
make caching in Britain and Ireland possible, but who’s gone
above and beyond the call of duty?)
13) Best Supplier of Caching Goods (must be based in Britain or
Ireland)
14) Best Caching Social-Mediaist (includes British/Irish
geocaching blogs, vlogs, podcasts, twitter accounts, YouTube
channels, Facebook groups/pages)
15) Best Caching Resource (could be international, includes
stats websites, books, magazines, hints ‘n’ tips sites, vlogs,
podcasts etc)
Others:
16) Best Online Cache Log (funniest, most inspiring, or pack of
lies. DNF, Found, Notes- all log types included)
17) Best Log Photo (must relate to the cache it’s added to.
Includes Webcam log pics.)
18 ) Funniest Cache Name (can only be won by a cache once)
19) Most Memorable Trackable (owned by a British or Irish
cacher. Can be memorable for being an interesting item, having a
cool mission, etc etc.)
20) Best New Coin (released in 2015)
Cachers:
21) Geocacher/s of the Year (could be the most dedicated cache
owner, keenest cache maintainer, most inspiring or creative
cache owner, most helpful event host, most committed -or should
be- cacher who went the extra mile and more… Basically this
could be called ‘Services to Geocaching’)
22) Newbie of the Year (must have begun caching in 2015)
23) Young Cacher of the Year (Junior cacher who’s added
something to the game. Must have been under 18 at some point in
2015. So born after 1/1/1998)
24) Achievement Award (either a Lifetime Achievement award, or
for someone who’s Overcome Adversity in the pursuit of
Tupperware. Basically, an impressive, inspirational cacher.)
Please also nominate for the Hall of Fame – Cachers who
contributed to the British/Irish game but are who are sadly no
longer with us. This won’t be voted on (that would be
inappropriate) but the Geolympix team will make a joint decision
based on nominations.
Next stage: Nominations!
In order to make short-lists of finalists in each category,
we’re now asking for your nominations. You can suggest a maximum
of three people/caches/whatever in some categories, and one in
others.
The best way to do that is copy the text below, replace the
[bits in boxes] with info, and either paste it here if you don’t
mind your nominations being public, or if you prefer (want to
stay ‘anonymous’) you can email it to geocachingawards@gmail.com
(Please don’t use this account for questions – it’s not being
monitored until late April!)
Nomination FAQs – yes, you can nominate yourself or your
caches/series/business, but unless some other people do too,
you’re unlikely to make the shortlist!
We’ll award one point to third nominations, two to second and
three to each main nomination on categories inviting you to pick
three, and then add them up to see which cachers/caches/etc. are
most deserving of joining the Finalists for each category.
There’s two (or more) of you who use the caching account and
you’d both/all like to vote? No problem. Duplicate names will
only be an issue if it’s clearly an attempt to skew nomination
results unfairly. A team of six all nominating themselves as
Cacher/s of the Year would only be counted once, for example.
What then?
Once we have sort-lists of finalists, in May and June we’ll
invite cachers to vote on them via a secure, cheat-blocking
polling website (such as SurveyMonkey).
In the meantime, please Copy, Paste and Edit and Post/Send the
below:
In the meantime, please Copy, Paste and Edit and Post/Send the
below:
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Nominations by [your geocaching name]
Caches:
1) Best Cache (must have been live at the end 2015. For archived
caches, see ‘Gone but not Forgotten’, below.)
[Nomination 1: Name – GC number
Nomination 2: Name – GC number
Nomination 3: Name – GC number ]
2) Best New Cache (as above, but published in 2015.)
[Nomination: Name – GC number]
3) Best Cache Listing (most beautiful, clever, funny, helpful or
educational cache page.)
[Nomination: Name – GC number]
4) Best Night Cache (specifically designed to be done at night.)
[Nomination: Name – GC number]
5) Best Non-Physical Cache (includes Virtuals, Webcams and
Earthcaches, excludes Events – see below)
[Nomination: Name – GC number]
6) Best Event (includes all British and Irish Megas, CITOs &
regular events – inc flashmobs – but be clear which incarnation
of recurring events you mean please!)
[Nomination 1: Name – GC number
Nomination 2: Name – GC number
Nomination 3: Name – GC number ]
7) The Gone But Not Forgotten Award for Best Archived Cache (can
only be won by a cache once. Must have been archived in 2015 or
before.)
[Nomination: Name – GC number]
8) Most Extreme Cache (can only be won by a cache once)
[Nomination: Name – GC number]
Cache Series:
9) Best Individual Series (could be ring/s, power trail, cluster
or just a collection of caches on a theme, owned by one cacher
or caching account, or small group if a ‘geographically discrete
series’ such as a multi-owner loop.)
[Nomination 1: Series Name – GC number for one of them
Nomination 2: Series Name – GC number for one of them
Nomination 3: Series Name – GC number for one of them ]
10) Best National Series (themed caches – often numbered – set
by multiple hiders across a wide –national- area.)
[Nomination 1: Series Name
Nomination 2: Series Name
Nomination 3: Series Name ]
Support:
11) Most Helpful Landowner/Organisation (who’s been a great
support to British and Irish caching?)
[Nomination: ]
12) Most Helpful Reviewer (They give a lot of time and effort to
make caching in Britain and Ireland possible, but who’s gone
above and beyond the call of duty?)
[Nomination: Reviewing Account Name]
13) Best Supplier of Caching Goods (must be based in Britain or
Ireland)
[Nomination: Name – URL]
14) Best Caching Social Mediaist (includes British/Irish
geocaching blogs, vlogs, podcasts, twitter accounts, YouTube
channels, Facebook groups/pages)
[Nomination 1: Name – URL
Nomination 2: Name – URL
Nomination 3: Name - URL ]
15) Best Caching Resource (could be international, includes
stats websites, books, magazines, hints ‘n’ tips sites, vlogs,
podcasts etc)
[Nomination 1: Name – URL
Nomination 2: Name – URL
Nomination 3: Name - URL ]
Others:
16) Best Online Cache Log (funniest, most inspiring, or pack of
lies. DNF, Found, Notes- all log types included)
[Nomination: Log URL]
17) Best Log Photo (must relate to the cache it’s added to.
Includes Webcam log pics.)
[Nomination: Log URL]
18) Funniest Cache Name (can only be won by a cache once)
[Nomination: Name – GC number]
19) Most Memorable Trackable (owned by a British or Irish
cacher. Can be memorable for being an interesting item, having a
cool mission, etc etc.)
[Nomination: Name – Ref code (not tracking number!)]
20) Best New Coin (released in 2015)
[Nomination: Name/version]
Cachers:
21) Geocacher/s of the Year (could be the most dedicated cache
owner, keenest cache maintainer, most inspiring or creative
cache owner, most helpful event host, most committed -or should
be- cacher who went the extra mile and more… Basically this
could be called ‘Services to Geocaching’)
[Nomination: Caching Name and reason]
22) Newbie of the Year (must have begun caching in 2015)
[Nomination: Caching Name and reason]
23) Young Cacher of the Year (Junior cacher who’s added
something to the game. Must have been under 18 at some point in
2015. So born after 1/1/1998 )- [Griff Grof: think this is a
mistake, should be 1997 to be 18 at some point in 2015)
[Nomination: Caching Name and reason]
24) Achievement Award (either a Lifetime Achievement award, or
for someone who’s Overcome Adversity in the pursuit of
Tupperware. Basically, an impressive cacher)
[Nomination: Caching Name and reason]
Please also nominate for the Hall of Fame – Cachers who
contributed to the British/Irish game but are who are sadly no
longer with us. This won’t be voted on (that would be
inappropriate) but the Geolympix team will make a joint decision
based on nominations.
[Nomination: Caching Name and reason]
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Thanks again for getting involved. The more cachers who respond
to this call for nominations, the more the NGAs will truly
reflect the opinions of British and Irish cachers. We want them
to be meaningful and relevant, and that needs your help.
#Post#: 10851--------------------------------------------------
Re: National Geocaching Awards
By: Griff Grof Date: April 10, 2016, 3:19 am
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Has anyone emailed their nominations to
geocachingawards@gmail.com?
Maybe next time they'll do it as an online form as I think
that'd be easier to nominate from.
I haven't got round to it yet but I hope to do so before the
deadline of April 24th! :)
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