The 4th Annual Plan B Person of the Year Award - for 2016

[Joe Guy]

In spite of popular demand, The Plan B Person of the Year Award is once again being considered by me, The Plan B Person of the Year Award Founder, in the time honored tradition of me offering something for people to complain about that directly affects them or it doesn't since it doesn't really matter much to them anyway.

Having learned absolutely nothing from past years, I have decided to add another step to the process for the sole purpose of accomplishing more than one thing. This year, as opposed to previous years, rather than me randomly choosing candidates to place in a poll, I am offering the opportunity for you, the membership, to nominate FIVE candidates. The five candidates with the highest amount of votes will be placed in a poll for a final vote.

Of course this will require me to physically count written votes for nominees, which will be a challenge to my math skills while placing me in the highly pressurized position of having to be accurate and to spend much more than the few minutes I would normally spend on this highly anticipated annual event.

It has not gone unnoticed by me that in past years there has been an evil conspiracy to stop any one person from becoming The Plan B Person of the Year and members have attempted to time their final votes in a way that upsets the process and leaves no clear winner. This tells me that deep down inside their competitive minds everybody actually wants to win but figures they won't win so they attempt to sabotage the contest in their own selfish interest.

One person, who shall remain nameless but goes by the name of Scooter, pretends that he doesn't understand why such a contest exists and thinks it is silly. Obviously, he is so obsessed with wanting to win that he can't bring himself to admit that fact. That's why he pretends to not care. I'm very perceptive of people's feelings and have the uncanny ability to interpret things in any manner I so choose.

So, on to the subject at hand. I am aware there is a possibility that more than 5 nominees will tie with the same amount of votes. I have come up with a process for dealing with the situation if it should manifest itself. I'm not sure what the process is yet but trust me, it will be amazing I can tell you that. You're going to be so happy, folks.

So, here's how the nomination process works: Everybody can nominate ONE person up to THREE people to be a candidate for The Plan B Person of the Year Award for 2016. You may change your nominations, but only within your original post. When you no longer have the ability to edit that post or the deadline has been met, you're done. You may include a statement to explain why you think your candidates should become The Plan B Person of the Year 2016 – or not. And of course you can nominate yourself if you are an egotistical masochist.

Since this is the weekend and I'm sure that everyone in the Plan B membership wants to participate, nominations will be accepted until Tuesday, January 10th 2016 at 12PM Pacific Standard Time. At that time I will tally your votes and move forward to phase two of The Plan B Person of the Year 2016 process.

As always, any helpful suggestions will be considered to have been suggested whether or not they are taken seriously by me which they very likely won't.

Humbly yours,

Joe Guy
Chairman of the Bored
Plan B Person of the Year 2016 Committee

[Lord Jim]

Of course this will require me to physically count written votes for nominees, which will be a challenge to my math skills while placing me in the highly pressurized position of having to be accurate and to spend much more than the few minutes I would normally spend on this highly anticipated annual event.

I don't think you should place that burden on yourself Joe...

Plus this new system also means that no one can vote anonymously if they choose...

I propose going back to a version of the system used last year, with a first round with people getting three votes and the ability to change their votes..(where they can play around and make mischief if they choose, and the only votes you have to physically keep track of are for those who aren't on the poll list)

And then a second round of finalists where you get one vote and you can only cast it one time, no take backs...

That way, you wont have people able to try to create a last minute five way tie, because once you've voted you've voted...

[Joe Guy]

Okay, Jim. I'll take your suggestion to the The Plan B Person of the Year Award 2016 committee for consideration.

In the meantime, nominees will be accepted.

[Burning Petard]

I see no description or limitations on eligibility to be nominated. There fore I nominate Adam as the Plan B Person of the year for 2016.

I reason that without him there would have been no other persons in 2016. 'Course similar argument is just as valid for Eve.

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[RayThom]

Why can't you accept PM's as the only voting source? No one else would need to know.

[Gob]

I nominate wesw for making the biggest contribution to PlanB of 2016/17, by leaving.

[Lord Jim]

I nominate wesw for making the biggest contribution to PlanB of 2016/17, by leaving.

I seriously doubt he's actually done that...

If you use the Time Magazine "greatest impact for good or ill" criteria, wes is a very strong contender...

He certainly succeeded in getting more attention, drawing more ire, and causing more exasperation than anyone else...

He also set a forum record for the number of people who have him on ignore, which I suppose is an achievement of sorts...

[Joe Guy]

My original rules stand for now, but here's the reason that I chose the one vote / no poll nomination process: A poll can only include up to 10 people, so what's the point since everyone is equally eligible? I also think placing people in the poll gives them a better chance of winning because not everyone wants to give a whole lot of thought to this (why, I don't know).

In regards to the anonymous vote, I could change the rules to allow one person to choose 2 or 3 nominees if anonymity for the nomination result is important to some people. The final vote will be completely anonymous if it's done my way so it would still allow for weaselly manipulation of the vote - which I know is important to many of us.

I will adjourn for now and go to my quarters to give your ideas the consideration they deserve...

[Lord Jim]

not everyone wants to give a whole lot of thought to this

Well, I think we can all agree on that...

Which is why not having the poll options might easily have the unintended consequence of reducing participation, period...

[Joe Guy]

At this point, if this thread is any indication, reducing participation would only eliminate 4 people at most...

[Lord Jim]

Well, how about this:

We start off trying it this way, and then if hardly anyone votes, we go back to the first round having a poll list and everyone having three votes...

[dales]

I propose an "electoral college" like the grown-ups have to elect the PRESIDENT!

[Joe Guy]

Okay, Jim. That works for me. Since the rules seem to change often for this contest, anything can happen in the future.

And to RayThom, your suggestion is good too. We'll see where it goes. If the past is any indication, ultimately, nobody's suggestion will be accepted by the Plan B Person of the Year Award committee.

[Lord Jim]

I'm tempted to vote for TBK...

(BTW, it's his birthday today...HAPPY BIRTHDAY DUDE! )

The poster who has never said anything the slightest bit offensive, annoying, obnoxious, or factually inaccurate...

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[Bicycle Bill]

I will adjourn for now and go to my quarters to give your ideas the consideration they deserve...

-"BB"-

[Guinevere]

I nominate Gob/RB/Daisy jointly - as the Admins who keep this place up and running with nary a bump in the road.

[MajGenl.Meade]

I nominate:
Joe (for some serious satire)
LJ (for the unintended joke of the year; that he could not be less awesome)
Guin/Sue/BSG (tied for best serious and thoughtful poster of the year)

[RayThom]

I nominate Gob/RB/Daisy jointly - as the Admins who keep this place up and running with nary a bump in the road.

I don't know how they will fit into the comedic and/or sardonic nature of the PBPotY (Peebies?) Awards but I must agree with guin's unimpeachable logic. Chalk me up for one of each.

And may the best woman win.

[Joe Guy]

After an especially difficult committee meeting that went on and on into the early evening hours before I watched a movie. Anyone see 'Eye in the Sky'? Is it true that we have bee sized drones that can fly into homes in other countries to verify targets with face recognition software while streaming real time video to our military leaders so they can bomb the shit out of the right people?

It was brought to my attention that adjustment and clarification of the nomination rules were needed. So, here they are:

For those of you who are new to this - The Plan B Person of the Year must be a person who has posted here at Plan B in 2016. That eliminates Adam & Eve and other non-members. The Plan B Person of the Year doesn't have to be a popular person like wesw isn't. Think Adolf Hitler, Time Magazine Man of the Year 1938.

You can nominate 3 candidates at this point in the process. If you nominate three people "Jointly" and two others singly, you've nominated 5 candidates so you better fix that. If you've nominated three people jointly and no others you've nominated 3 separate candidates.

After the nominees are decided by my official counting process in which I count each vote very carefully and with much carefulness, the finalists will be placed into a poll in a separate thread from this separate thread. At that time you will be allowed one single vote and you won't have the ability to change it as you conspiratorially have done in past years.

Complaints regarding the processes I have set in place will be considered only if you follow my new complaint process by completing the proper forms (form A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y) and send them to my complaint department by certified mail prior to the date you mail them or after the date I receive them, whichever comes first.

If you have any questions or concerns, I understand completely.

[Gob]

I nominate Gob/RB/Daisy jointly - as the Admins who keep this place up and running with nary a bump in the road.

That would be RB & Daisy then, I do nothing....