=/\= Awards Procedure and Regulations =/\=

Official Award Voting Procedure
VOTING:
Voting will be done by three different individuals, each month.

Voters will not collaborate on their choices and submit their choices directly to the Commander in Chief or Director of Operations (DFO) upon completion.

The three people voting will be chosen as follows:
1. An Admiral
2. A Captain
3. A crewmember**

** The crewmember will be chosen by this process.
1. Each month a CO will send the DFO the name and email of two characters who have done exceedingly well.
2. The DFO will then review ALL of the names sent and choose the most qualified candidate to vote for that month.

The three people have to meet the following conditions in order to be eligible to vote:
1. They are not nominated for any awards for the month.
2. They agree to exercise no biaism towards their own ships.
3. They did not vote in the previous two months awards.
4. Their second character is not eligible for any awards. For example, if Admiral Krol is voting, his Captaincy position is not eligible for the genesis award.
5. Their second character is not also voting. For example, both Admiral Krol or Captain Ryan can vote, only one of them can vote (as they are the same person).

The three people will be chosen, at random, by the DFO and notified on the 7th of the month.

The compiled awards will be sent to each voter INDIVIDUALLY, so they are not aware of the other voters, on the 8th of the month.

Voters will turn their nominations in by the 11th of the month.

Once a voter is notified of his selection to vote, he is to respond to the DFO immediately via instant message or email. They will be expected to vote, unless a problem is presented to the attention of the DFO before the 9th of the month. If a problem is presented, the DFO will choose another person who meets the criteria to fill in.

The following is a template voters will use when voting for awards. The below criteria is what is looked for in nominations and should be included in all nominations if they expect to be fairly represented in voting.

The first two awards are based solely off of posts. Any comments written by the CO should and will be ignored.

BEST STORY POST
1. Grammar and Mechanics (Includes the use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling)
2. Total Contribution to Plot (Mission expansion and development)
3. Accurate Portrayal of All Characters (No discrepanices or contradictions noted)
4. Accurate portrayal of Canon Details (Nothing off the wall and not possible in the Star Trek Universe)
5. Originality (Original ideas, no direct plagarism)

BEST CHARACTER POST
1. Grammar and Mechanics (Includes the use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling)
2. Crew Integrations (Use of other crew members, when used. For example: if a Character post does not use any other characters then, this criteria may be ignored)
3. Originality (Original ideas, no direct plagarism)
4. Accurate Portrayal of All Characters (No discrepancies of contradictions noted)
5. Accurate portrayal of Canon Details (Nothing off the wall and not possible in the Star Trek Universe)

GENESIS AWARD
1. Grammar and Mechanics (Includes the use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling)
2. Total Contribution to Plot (Mission expansion and development)
3. Accurate Portrayal of All Characters (No discrepanices or contradictions noted)
4. Accurate portrayal of Canon Details (Nothing off the wall and not possible in the Star Trek Universe)
5. Originality of the Mission (Inventive with new ideas and races, but still truthful to the Trek Universe)

The next award is based in combination off of a CO description of the situation and the acutal post itself.

FUNNIEST POST
1. The COs explanation of any inside jokes and the current situation involved in the post.
2. Grammar and Mechanics (Includes the use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling).
3. Clean humor in good taste.
4. Laughability (How much did it make you laugh?)

The rest of the awards are based off of a COs write up only. It is the responsiblity of the CO to do a good thorough nomination to expect a fair shot at winning the award. These awards are MONTHLY awards and write ups should based on the particular month at hand, not an entire career. A nomination focusing on more than one month will not be considered for an award.

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER (MVP)
1. Number of posts in the month.
2. Quality of posts in the month (Contribution to story and characters as well as canon details).
3. Motivation to other players (Did the player help others, involve others in posts?)
4. Real Life Contribution (Did the player do anything to help the CO? How else are they involved?)

MOST IMPROVED PLAYER
1. Number of posts in the month compared to the previous month.
2. Quality of posts in the month compared to the previous month(Contribution to story and characters as well as canon details).
3. Motivation to other players compared to the previous month (Did the player help others, involve others in posts?)
4. Real Life Contribution compared to the previous month (Did the player do anything to help the CO? How else are they involved?)

ROOKIE OF THE MONTH (restricted to characters that have been aboard 4 months or less)
1. Number of posts in the month.
2. Quality of posts in the month (Contribution to story and characters as well as canon details).
3. Motivation to other players (Did the player help others, involve others in posts?)
4. Real Life Contribution (Did the player do anything to help the CO? How else are they involved?)
5. Ability to Adapt to Posting Rhythm and Style (How did they fit in? How much effort did they put in?)

RECRUITMENT
1. A winner will only be determined based on what the CO submits as their nomination.
2. The person with the most number of recruits to their ship will win.

MOST POSTS
1. The person with the most posts for the month.
2. Posts can not be coutned if they are posted twice in a row within 24 hours.