We are wanting to do more with regards to recognition to those that are giving of themselves to members of this community. In that en devour we are starting up a quarterly community hero project.
Right now we are looking at giving the winner a certificate of recognition and a custom forum title (Quarterly Community Hero Winner) or something along that line. I believe in recognizing people for their efforts in helping one another, giving of themselves, sacrificing of their time and resources to be more than just a casual observer and/or just a taker instead of a giver also.
So while we may not be in a place to do much at this point, we can at least take a step in a direction that will let people know that not only have we seen and appreciate their efforts but that they have received the recognition of their peers.
So what does it take to be a community hero?
A community hero will be someone that gives freely, willingly, repeatedly of themselves to members of the community. Whether that be knowledge, financial, time, etc. It needs to be a member of the community giving to another member of the community. It can be car related. For instance someone comes and helps you with an install you were shaky about doing or to help you make a repair, volunteered to come and bring tools that you didnt have to do a job right. It can be someone that came over an mowed your lawn in the heat of summer because you were physically unable or were not around to do so (as in vacation) or helped you with a house repair or some other similar task.
It really can be just about anything as long as the one giving does so without any financial or any other incentive to do so. They did so because they too share the spirit of volunteering and vision of this community helping one another, going well above and beyond in the pursuit of furthering the community and its enthusiasm. I would prefer that there be a repeating history of such action, but I do understand that there are times that other priorities must be dealt with. I certainly do not expect someone to be working full time and then go out and give another 40 hours in helping the community unless that is just you and you like doing that. And if you are, get in touch with me.
But it would be nice to see the potential winners to be out once or twice a month doing what they can to help the community out. If you know someone like this, the I want you to list them here in this thread.
Give their name, screen name and what they have done that you observed or were the benefactor of that makes them deserving of recognition. What we will move towards is having a vote in the very near term to determine who our first Quarterly Community Hero recipient will be.
If you think this is a junk idea then post that up as well. If the sentiment is this is a waste of time then I will cease pursuit of it as there is no point in doing it without the support of the community or if the people out there giving of themselves cannot at least have the recognition of the community.
So start posting up who you would like to nominate and why. Keep the posts on topic and related to what has been mentioned above. Please, I ask of each of you to not take this off topic. Thank you.
