2008 SPF Community Awards

**DaveMaxwell** · Dec 1, 2008 07:49

2008 SPF Community Awards
Deadline to vote: December 21st, 2008

Last month, we surveyed the SitePoint Forums community to give us names for who they thought best represented the various areas of the forum.

These names have been gathered, veted and organized, and these are the top names given by our members - it's up to you to help decide who's the best of the best!

And to make it all a little more tempting, SitePoint has stepped in and offered to give out not one, not two, not three but FOUR of its kits to those who participate in the voting. Not bad, huh? A few minutes of your time, and not only are you recognizing the other members of the forums for their hard work and dedication, but you could get something out of it too?

Here are the only stipulations:

You do NOT have to vote for every award, but you can only vote once regardless, so be sure you're done!
If you want a chance at one of the kits, you MUST provide your SPF username AND the email you're registered there under. They must match, or you won't be in the running for the kit.
Voting is only open until December 21st, 2008 so get your votes in now!
If you're in the running for an award, good luck!

(If the image is causing you problems, the link to the voting is here)

**DaveMaxwell** · Dec 1, 2008 07:54

Here is the full list of nominees for your perusal before voting!

note: You may see some surprises in who is in the final nominations. In some cases, the veting process allowed a nominee to opt out of the award. But rest assured, all these members are very well qualified!

Blogger of the Year

Nominees:

Bleys
Dan Grossman
ryanhellyer
ses5909

Other Nominees: Banago, craig anderson, Hierophant, Kyberfabrikken, Mittineague, possibility and Shyflower

Content Writer of the Year

Nominees:

Bleys
DCrux
ShyFlower
ULTiMATE

Other Nominees: Akash Mehta, BlazeMiskulin, Dan Grossman, dvduval and fisherboy

Community Builder of the Year

Nominees:

Datura
iFroggy
ses5909
HAWK

Other Nominees: RyanReese(formerly BoltZ), Dan Grossman, Dijup, JunValasek and php_daemon

Multimediac of the Year

Nominees:

armchaircritic
Dan Grossman
EastCoast
Musicbox
ParkinT

Also Nominated: Datura

CSS Guru of the Year

Nominees:

Centauri
Dan Schulz
Raffles
Rayzur
StormRider

Other Nominees: C. Ankerstjerne, erik.j, Longneck, Paul O'B and Stomme poes

(X)HTML Guru of the Year

Nominees:

cooper.semantics
Dan Schulz
Tailslide
zcorpan

Other Nominees: AutisticCuckoo, BlackMax, BlakeAnthony, felgall, Paul O'B, Rayzur, Stomme poes

Graphic Design Guru of the Year

Nominees:

conradical
Dark Tranquility
Datura
Nadia P

Other Nominees: Helix7, Miss Lee, Shaun(of the Dead), mhulse, www.bighousedesign.com, Varelse

Web Design Guru of the Year

Nominees:

Dan Schulz
Nadia P
cooper.semantics
pmw57

Other Nominees: AutisticCuckoo, RyanReese (formerly BoltZ), C. Ankerstjerne, Dark Tranquility, Kohoutek, felgall, rochow, ryanhellyer, www.bighousedesign.com and zcorpan

PHP Guru of the Year

Nominees:

arkinstall
kyberfabrikken
php_daemon
spikeZ

Other Nominees: crmalibu, logic_earth, Stormrider, asady, cuberoot, Kailash Badu, Logic_earth, Mittineague, salathe, scopez, silverbulletuk

Javascript Guru of the Year

Nominees:

felgall
pmw57
Raffles

Other Nominees: JimmyP, Mittineague, ryanhellyer, SoulScratch

Database Guru of the Year

No Winner - Both of the award nominees, longneck and r937, have declined the award because they feel the other is more deserving.

Programming Guru of the Year

Nominees:

arkinstall
crmalibu
Stormrider
rushiku

Other Nominees: Arlen, creole, dhtmlgod, honeymonster, KevinR, kyberfabrikken, rozner and Thing

Software Guru of the Year

Nominees:

Dan Grossman
dhtmlgod
Mittineague

Other Nominees: honeymonster and kyberfabrikken

Web Hosting Guru of the Year

Nominees:

ldcdc
Karl

Server Guru of the Year

Nominees:

Karl
wwb_99

Also Nominated: dklynn

Apache Guru of the Year

Awarded to dklynn as he was the only nominee!

Domain Guru of the Year

Nominees:

linkin99
felgall

SEO Guru of the Year

Nominees:

Dan Schulz
HAWK
hooperman
JJMcClure

Other Nominees: aspen, bigalreturns, I,Brian, Stymiee and tke7909

Marketing Guru of the Year

Nominees:

Dan Grossman
Mahz
tke71709
Ted S

eCommerce Guru of the Year

Nominees:

beley
Corey Bryant
Dan Grossman
Ted S

Also Nominated: Stymiee

Business Guru of the Year

Nominees:

Dan Grossman
DeenaEsq
MobyMe
Sagewing

Other Nominees: beley, Hartmann and shadowbox

Ad & Affiliate Guru of the Year

Nominees:

Dan Grossman
john278
tke71709

Also Nominated: aspen

Computer Helper of the Year

Nominees:

Crazybanana
felgall
Ingoal
tke71709

Other Nominees: iTechno and logic_earth

Staff Member of the Year

Nominees:

Datura
HAWK
spikeZ
r937

Other Nominees: armchaircritic, AutisticCuckoo, Dan Schulz, DaveMaxwell, molona, Paul O'B, ShayneTilley, Matt, Molona, iFroggy, kevin, ses5909, stymiee

Member of the Year

Nominees:

arkinstall
hooperman
php_daemon
Shaun(OfTheDead)

Other Nominees: RyanReese (formerly BoltZ), Cups, Rayzur, Aarem, Dr John, JimmyP, Raffles, asady, cooper.semantics, corbyboy, crmalibu, felgall, guido2004, jessiejames27, logic_earth and spence_noodle

**DaveMaxwell** · Dec 1, 2008 16:39

Moved to the News & Announcements - everybody vote!

**Stormrider** · Dec 1, 2008 16:51

Voted

I'm surprised at some of the things I'm nominated in, I have to say!

**ShayneTilley** · Dec 1, 2008 16:55

Let the voting begin! Good luck to all the nominees.

**ferrari_chris** · Dec 1, 2008 16:58

Voted.

Congratulations to those who win their categories. Well deserved victories, I'm sure.

**Nonie** · Dec 1, 2008 18:19

Good luck everyone - and despite the fact that the winners are singled out at the end of the voting for glory - by being nominated you have all done a great and fantastic job!!

**Matt Mickiewicz** · Dec 1, 2008 18:31

Congratulations to all the finalists! Well deserved.

**php_daemon** · Dec 1, 2008 18:32

No more polls, eh!

Alrighty, good luck everyone!

BTW, who nominated me for Community Builder award please report yourself to me immediately, I wanna know what you were thinking!

Oh and thanks for other nominations, not once but twice, that's very much appreciated

**Paul Annesley** · Dec 1, 2008 18:36

Nice work to all the nominees - good luck!

**iFroggy** · Dec 1, 2008 18:47

Thank you to everyone who nominated me.

**Erik J** · Dec 1, 2008 18:49

Voted.

There were a couple of hard decisions.

**atetlaw** · Dec 1, 2008 19:21

Well done to all the nominees! The forums always impress me with the time/effort members spend and the all round community-mindedness. Good luck everyone.

**Mittineague** · Dec 1, 2008 22:05

I guess I must be someone that sees my skills as being "half empty" (the more you know, the more you know how much you don't know), so thanks to those that see them as "half full" and nominated me.

I was a bit confused about the "4 kits". But with the possibility of being 1 of 4 members getting a free kit

The Web Site Revenue Maximizer $197.00
The Email Marketing Kit $197.00
The Usability Kit $197.00
The Search Engine Marketing Kit $197.00
The Web Design Business Kit $247.00

I expect that the voting will be exceptional this year with this added incentive.

**kikykuang** · Dec 1, 2008 22:24

I have not voted, joined sitepoint shortly, i would vote next year

**conradical** · Dec 1, 2008 22:50

voted... closed my eyes and clicked on my name.

**ryanhellyer** · Dec 1, 2008 23:01

Voted

Thanks for those who nominated me. I have no idea why anyone would think I was a javascript guru though. I know how to use a script tag and that's about it!

**Dan Schulz** · Dec 1, 2008 23:10

Good luck to the finalists and congratulations to everyone who was nominated.

**Blake Tallos** · Dec 1, 2008 23:43

Good luck to all the finalists you deserved it!

Thank you for everyone who voted for me.I'm going to take this in consideration and improve my skillsets and work harder towards next year to prove to you that I can be a better Webdeveloper/Graphic Designer.

WhooooHoooo Good luck Sitepoint finalists.

**raena** · Dec 2, 2008 00:05

Congratulations everyone, and good luck

**Nadia P** · Dec 2, 2008 01:21

Originally Posted by BlakeAnthony

Thank you for everyone who voted for me.I'm going to take this in consideration and improve my skillsets and work harder towards next year to prove to you that I can be a better Webdeveloper/Graphic Designer.

That's the spirit Blake and exactly what the awards are all about !!
Congrats on your nomination as well :-)

Nadia

**Nadia P** · Dec 2, 2008 01:25

Congratulations to everyone who was nominated and best of luck to all who made the finals

PS: Also a big thank you to those who nominated me :-)

Nadia

**Stomme poes** · Dec 2, 2008 02:38

/me turns on Javascript and takes a deep breath... whew, no, the ads aren't so bad. Prolly the first time in 6 mos I've clicked on a "web2.0" button.

Bah, two someones I was gonna vote for weren't on the list! Oh well. Always plenty more. : )

Voted.

**akritic** · Dec 2, 2008 02:51

The last two were agonising... that's for sure. I skipped the awards where I didn't know anything about them, but managed to cast my vote over a large part of it

The prize draw for a free kit sounds super cool btw