Hi all,
I've had this idea about a Community Hall of Fame. Now before i explain the maybe hows and whats, let me first explain the why part:
I personally find it disturbing that managers who have contribuated alot to the Community (be it in their own respective nation or BB community in it's whole) are not really recognized for their passed efforts. And by that, i'm not meaning that you should reward them with some cash, or whatever. However, their should be a sort of tribiute to the managers who have done alot of the BB ( or their nations) community. A sort of Hall of Fame, to honor them so that everybody can see who the great managers were and what they have done for the community.
The reason why i'm bringing this up, is that in the very near futur, a belgian manager will be quitting the game ( he has announced it that this would be his last season) and altho i strongly dislike the idea of him leaving BB, i would like to see a way of recognizing the great managers for what they've done for the community. He has done an enormous ammount of for us and altho not everyone gets allong with him, he is respected by everyone for what he has done for our ( the belgian community in particular). Thus, if possible, i'd like to see some kind of hall of fame, in which managers can be 'elected' to, for their past contributions to the community.
The way on how this election should happen, i haven't totally figured out yet. Their are several different way's of contribuating to a community. And often, people take things for granted, forgetting how much time and effort somebody has put into the community to make it to what people see it is today.
I'm pretty sure that almost every nation has had one ( or more) guy's who have been working hard for the community, each in their respective way's, and their should be some kind of way to reward those managers for their efforts ( and it might also encourage other managers to make (more) contributions to a nations community or BB's overal community).
As for the position where people should be able to view this 'Hall of Fame', their would be several spots. Maybe a link on the Nations overview, or a link to it in the dropdown menu of the nation. a Link to that page might be able to be inserted under the National forums sneak peak or so.
As for the methode: i'd suggest that to get someone elected to that 'Hall of Fame' that
*) his name should be submitted by atleast 2^n other managers, where n would stand for the ammount of divisions in that country (so if their are 5 divisions, the name should have been submitted by atleast 32 people for consideration).
*) person should have atleast have completed 11 seasons on BB (which is the equivalent of 3 years in RL more or less)
*) before being admitted to that hall of fame, the oldest GM of that Nation should approve his nomination (or the second oldest if the nomination is for the oldest one, and if they don't have that, a GM from a neighbouring community with a simular language or so)
*) a manager can only submit one name every 2 seasons.
*) only one candidate can be admitted to the Hall of fame every 2 seasons ( Oldest GM of the nation should have the last say concerning that. This is to prevent popular managers from having a ton of people putting up their name, just to get their name on that Hall of fame board, which could very well happen in the very large communities... Also, if the GM doesn't deem anyone worthy, then nobody should be added to that Hall of Fame. That to prevent the GM from forcefully having to chose between several popular managers who rallied their friends to submit their names...)