Categories:
I tried to keep the categories broad so that there would be more competition instead of a clear cut winner. The names are kinda bland, so post any ideas you might have to spice some of these categories up! Also, please feel free to add any additional ideas about new categories. Here's the ones I've come up with so far:
Best New Shincha
Best Organic Shincha
Best Value
Retailer of the Year
Shincha of the Year
Nomination Process Ideas:
The final voting field for each category would include 3 options, so in order to obtain the finalists, everyone should have a say. You'd be allowed to nominate up to 2 nominees per category. The top three nominees with the most nominations in each category would then become finalists and voted on in a poll to determine the winner. To nominate finalists, we can start a new nomination thread when the time comes. After the voting, the finalists will be announced and a poll would be placed at a time and place to be specified.
Comments/Questions/Suggestions:
I just drafted up the rules and everything relatively quickly and I'm sure I forgot something, so if you have anything to add to this discussion, please just leave it here on this thread
There's a lot of room to grow and play with this idea, so any suggestions are appreciated.We'll see how this works out in actuality, hopefully we can draft a system that will work well.
