RateBeerians of the Year Awards 2015 - Nominations

With the new year upon us, it’s time again to recognize our fellow Ratebeerians for their contributions over the past year.

Nominations will be open between 4 Jan and 11 Jan; voting will take place between 12 Jan and 19 Jan.

Rules will be made-up on the fly, and supervision of the process will be done by a crack team of borderline alcoholics.

Here are the Categories:

[1] RateBeerian of the Year
To the most outstanding member of the site exemplified by leadership, humility, organization skills, real world involvement, and general site expansion and improvement.

[2] Trader of the Year
To the most outstanding trader on ratebeer as shown by their generosity, enthusiasm, and love for the community.

[3] New Member of the Year
To the most outstanding new member on ratebeer as evidenced by join date between 1 Jan 2015 and 31 Dec 2015.

[4] Admin of the Year
To the ratebeer administrator that has shown unparalleled commitment to site expansion and improvement behind the scenes.

[5] Walt Powell Lifetime Achievement Award
To the ratebeer veteran who has distinguished themselves through long-term commitment to discovering the world of beer and the community within it.

[6] Thread of the Year / Post of the year
To the most hysterical, instant classic, immortal thread/post generated this year for immense joy to others created between 1 Jan 2015 and 31 Dec 2015.

[7] Rating of the Year
To the most memorable, useful, funny, insightful, or poetically crafted beer/place review posted between 1 Jan 2015 and 31 Dec 2015.

[8] RateBeer Meme of the Year
To the best, most likely to go viral, original content theme or saying developed by RateBeerians birthed between 1 Jan 2015 and 31 Dec 2015.

[9] OTLer of the Year
To the most prolific, original, and funny Off-Topic Lite sub-forum contributor.

[10] OTMer of the Year
To the most articulate, truth-seeking, and intellectual Off-Topic Medium sub-forum contributor.

[11] Troll of the Year
To the most successful internet troll to invade and conquer RateBeer this year.

Following template can be used for easy nominations:

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Hey Brain, I think your dates for ratings/raters is a little wonky

Notable Past Winners:

Walt Powell Lifetime Achievement Award
2011 - Papsoe
2012 - Travlr
2013 - Walt
2014 - ChrisO

Ratebeerian of the Year
2010 - Bu11zeye
2011 - 3Fourths
2012 - Drowland
2013 - Walt
2014 - Travlr

New Member
2011 - Billicus
2012 - AdamJackson
2013 - Pinkie
2014 - [none]

Here’s a link to last years winners thread: http://www.ratebeer.com/forums/ratebeerians-of-the-year-awards-2014-winners_268944.htm

Originally posted by Homer321
Hey Brain, I think your dates for ratings/raters is a little wonky

Another rule - Past winners of the Walt Powell Lifetime Achievement Award are already in the official JoeT sanctioned RateBeer Hall of Fame, and are ineligible from re-winning. All the other categories can have repeat winners.

Originally posted by blipp
Notable Past Winners:

Walt Powell Lifetime Achievement Award
2011 - Papsoe
2012 - Travlr
2013 - Walt
2014 - ChrisO

Originally posted by Quevillon

Originally posted by blipp
Notable Past Winners:

Walt Powell Lifetime Achievement Award
2011 - Papsoe
2012 - Travlr
2013 - Walt
2014 - ChrisO

Is that the full list?

[1] 0.75
[2] Blofofftube
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[4] - Marko for putting up with my dumb questions as a new admin
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[7] - http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/funky-buddha-morning-wood/165389/58484/
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[9] - Frank
[10] - JoeT
[11] - JoeT

Still working on remembering stuff for the other categories

[1] Leighton
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[3] Hippoman
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[5] JCWattsRugger
[6] The Ashes
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[9] Bhops
[10] MaxxDaddy
[11] SarkyNortherner