If we want to recognize those that have expertise or have made special contributions, there's another way.

We have the AOM designation to recognize artistic merit, why don't we have other awards or designations - voted on by the community - for special forum contributors. Maybe call it them "Gold Members" or "Rendo-Mentors" or something.

I have urged Renderosity for a while to come up with something special to recognize Dr. Geep and Little Dragon for their contributions to the community. Maybe we designate them (and others who go above and beyond the norm in contributing to the forum) "Gold Members" and create a page (or add to the FAQ) with a permanent list of the "Gold Members?" That way they would get the recognition they richly!!!!!!!! deserve and new members would have a way to identify authorities on different subjects.

Whether we call it "Gold Members" or "Rendo-Mentors" or something else, certain people clearly deserve extra recognition. It would be nice to be able to go somewhere and see something like:

*Little Dragon
Awarded Gold Member status August 2004 for serving as a knowledge repository and helping people by providing links to helpful information. He's also known for his Animation and modeling skills.

*Dr. Geep
Awarded Gold Member status August 2004 for contributing over 50 tutorials covering a wide range of Poser-related subjects. These tutorials, as well as his constant involvement in responding to forum posts, have proven invaluable to Renderosity members in their pursuit of personal improvement and knowledge.

*Bobasaur
Awarded Gold Member status August 2004 for occasionally contrubuting abusive puns as he signed up for Dr. Geeps tutorials. Bobasaur was also one of the original 12 Poser Animators.

OK. I was just kidding on the last one - I don't deserve anything, but hopefully you see my point.

Message edited on: 08/06/2004 09:21

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