recording.org product giveaway

Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 10:29 pm

Bigtree had a good idea elsewhere.
"Is this fake" contest, where you gotta guess how something was recorded.

Also like Erics call on best reply. I'd vote for Cucco's in my Vinyl thread.

Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 7:04 am

As far as who would qualify for prize eligibility... I would think that there might be a way to narrow the prize(es) down to a category or so that most applies or aligns with a topic forum...

e.g. would it really be fair/appropriate to see someone who's just starting out to NOT have a snowball's chance in hell of winning an SM57?

By the same token, wouldn't it be kinda' silly to see a Live Sound member get a bundle of plug-in's when they never touch a DAW?

Of course I'm thinkin' that BigTree will get enough response from manufacturer's to do a give-away of multiple items... which takes me to clarifying the next thought (such as thought processes are, in my feeble "brane bukit"...) of how to award the prizes...

Vetting for qualification wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing... say 25 posts or more before you're eligible.

A different approach here... What about a random drawing of names based upon votes from the mods? Each mod would submit say... 10-20 posters who have either helped or have learned the most from posting in THEIR forum. (Excluding the Mix Critique, Chat and manufacturers' forums... dunno about the feelings regarding the Business forum.)

Then, maybe expand the concept to include submission of names from the general membership in each forum. Where someone has really helped another member, the person helped would be able to "thank" that other member for their assistance... as well as the reverse. Only take the top 10-20 names from these ballots. (same count as submitted by the mods)

Then with 20-40 names per forum, that would make the drawing both fair and equitable... if there's the same name in there twice, then that person's odds are proportional to how much they've been active in that forum.

It not only encourages everyone to help, but it spreads the prize(es) out to a wider group of members.

Again, this is assuming that there are manufacturer's who are willing to donate enough items to cover the 10 or so forums.

If nothing else, 1 drawing/month would cover each forum over the course of a year.

They don't have to be big prizes, either. Heck, I'd love to get a pair of mic cables, a big sweet mic pre, or even a pair of drumsticks. Confused

But why should I be eligible for a drawing if I've not contributed to the knowledge base?

Just another hack's humble .02

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