IIA Net Visionary Awards - Nominations Open

[mneylon]

Irish Internet Association - Net Visionary Awards

NB: You DO NOT have to be a member of the IIA to nominate someone

The person you nominate DOES NOT have to be a member of the IIA

 

[ph3n0m]

For something like Web developer, etc - what are the criteria for a nominee, cause it sure as hell isnt standards compliance (especially last years winner for irishjobs.ie, they are still using a plethora of tables, etc)

 

[mneylon]

Anyone can nominate anyone else

 

[Forbairt]

For something like Web developer, etc - what are the criteria for a nominee, cause it sure as hell isnt standards compliance (especially last years winner for irishjobs.ie, they are still using a plethora of tables, etc)

These things are usually based on who you know not what you know aren't they ?

and is it me or does it seem rather pricey €195 for a ticket ? or maybe I'm just not up on how much these things should be costing

 

[mneylon]

These things are usually based on who you know not what you know aren't they ?

No. You're confusing awards

Net Visionaries are based on public votes ie. there isn't a secret jury rigging it so that their friends win

and is it me or does it seem rather pricey €195 for a ticket ? or maybe I'm just not up on how much these things should be costing

It's a gala evening with black tie etc.,
€195 is about the average rate

 

[Forbairt]

Anyone can nominate anyone else

So we can all go the "irish way" on these things and start a massive email spam campaign to get me elected .. woo hoo


But seriously ... do standards and so on come into it ? or is it just a who you know ?

 

[ph3n0m]

sorry just saw your post above Michele

 

[mneylon]

sorry just saw your post above Michele

Which one??

 

[ph3n0m]

No. You're confusing awards

Net Visionaries are based on public votes ie. there isn't a secret jury rigging it so that their friends win

that one cause I was actually going to compare these awards with the Golden Spiders especially since some awards are so open, that all it would involve is me (for example) making loads of phone calls and getting people to vote - even though there might be no substance to the work I have done - e.g. not using standards compliance when making websites, etc

 

[TheMenace]

These things are usually based on who you know not what you know aren't they ?

The Golden Spiders are about who you know. The IIA Net Visionary Awards are really more about how popular you are. Both awards are fundamentally flawed although given a choice, I'll choose the IIA Awards any day. At least they're not run and rigged by Eircom and it's vested interests/bum-buddies