LPIN Awards FINALISTS by Year

"Summary of Changes"

II. a) Voter Registration opened at the Annual Reno Meeting and closes midnight December 31, 2018 PST. 

b) The Nominating Round begins February 1, 2019 and ends midnight February 28, 2019 PST.

c) The Preliminary Voting Round begins March 4, 2019 and ends midnight March 31, 2019 PDT.

d) The Final Voting Round begins April 4, 2019 and ends midnight April 30, 2019 PDT.

EXPLANATION:  The Voter Registration period opened at the Annual Reno Meeting and closes midnight 12/31/18 to allow prospective voters more time to register.  The Nomination and Preliminary Voting Round results will not be posted until after completion of the respective rounds.  The Final Voting Round results will be disclosed at the LPIN Awards Banquet.


III. b) LPIN Awards voter registrants must provide LPIN Awards Registered Voter or LPIN Awards Committee member references that have met them in person.  Prospective voter registrants who desire to be added to the Official LPIN 2018 Awards Registered Voters List must submit a Voter Registration Form during the voter registration period.  They must provide their handle, email address, and the handles of LPIN Awards Registered Voters that have met them in person.   Voter registrants who haven't met any LPIN Awards registered voters must list all the LPIN Courtesans and others in our community that have met them in person for committee evaluation and confirmation at the committee's discretion.     

EXPLANATION: There aren't enough LPIN Awards registered voters to verify every legitimate voter registrant who desires to register to vote.  Therefore LPIN Courtesans and others in the community may verify voter registrants subject to LPIN Awards Committee confirmation.  Voter registrant LPIN clients must be verified that they are not known by another handle and they have registered only once.  Note: LPIN Awards voter registrants should list several references for proper verification; furthermore, it increases the likelihood of a response.


IV. c) A Registered Voter email address change may be requested by sending a PM to the LPIN Awards Committee or email to vote@lpinawards.com.  Voters must include their handle, old email address, new email address, and the committee will process the change.  Alternatively, registered voters may reregister during the voter registration period. 

EXPLANATION: The LPIN Awards contact email is exclusively vote@lpinawards.com for simplicity and consistency. 


V. a) Voters must enter their handle and voter registration or LPIN Awards forum email address when casting ballots for their selected candidates.  Therefore, it's imperative to record the precise handle and email address submitted for registration purposes, since it must be provided in nominating and voting rounds.  The LPIN Awards Committee will not be able to provide voters their registration information, since it's the voters' responsibility to retain it.  Voters who can't remember their registration information must reregister during the next registration period.

EXPLANATION: There were a few voters last year that entered their LPIN Awards board email address instead of their voter registration email address.  They evidently thought that registering on the board with a different email address would change their voter registration email address; however, the committee could not know their actual intentions.  Therefore, either email address will be forthwith accepted since it would be confidential to the individual registered voter.


VII. a) The top five candidates in each category from the Preliminary Voting Round will proceed to the Final Voting Round.  However, BOY category finalists will be limited to 50% of the total eligible candidates.

EXPLANATION:  There are a total of seven eligible BOY candidates, so there should be no more than four advancing to the final round for an efficient narrowing of the field.


VII. c) In case of a tie for first place in the BOY or RBOY categories at the end of the Final Voting Round, the tie will be broken in favor of the candidate receiving the earliest vote involved in the tie according to the date and time stamped ballot.

EXPLANATION:  Multiple winner awards will be presented in the COY category in case of a tie for first place.