Apologies since the Nomination announcement was quite unclear ...
 
Since about half of the nominees so far are hockey players, I'll offer
that the contest if to find the Hockey-L Most Valuable Player.  Next
year, I'll call this the Hockey-L Most Valuable Participant in Hockey-L
award, or something longer, if possible.  Maybe someone else can run
a contest for MVP hockey player.
 
This contest is to find the best Hockey-L writer for this season.   :-)
 
>    This e-mail is a call for nominees for the first ever
>    "Hockey-L Most Valuable Player" award.
>
> Executive Summary:
>
>    1. Now thru 30 March, reply to this e-mail with your nomination.
>       One nominee per Info-Hockey-L/Hockey-L reader, please.
>
>    2. Reply to Friday's list of nominees, thru 3 April, with your vote.
>       One vote per Info-Hockey-L/Hockey-L reader, please.
>
>    3. Winner(s) will be announced at the 6 April Hockey-L dinner in
>       Providence, RI.
>
> Long-winded version:
>
> This award (of nothing but recognition) goes to the Hockey-L participant
> who, by decision of the voting committee, was most valuable in making
> this season of Hockey-L enjoyable or important.
>
>     Please send your nominee in private e-mail to [log in to unmask]
>     (most people can simply select their "reply" function when viewing
>     this e-mail) no later than midnight this Thursday, March 30, ET.
>
>     Please note: For your nomination to be counted, the subject line
>     of your e-mail should contain
>
>          HOCKEY-L Most Valuable Player award - Call for Nominations
>
>    and the body of the nomination must contain the name or e-mail address
>    of an Info-Hockey-L or HOCKEY-L poster for the 1999-2000 season.
>
>    Current administrators, as wonderful as they are, are ineligible. :-)
>
> On or about this Friday, I'll post a list of all nominees to this forum.
> Reply to this Friday posting with your vote.  Voting will cease on or
> about Monday, 3 April, at midnight ET.  The winner will be announced
> at the Hockey-L dinner in Providence.
>
> Post-nomination speeches and testimonials are encouraged.
>
> Hopefully, this short notice will discourage video testimonials, any mud-
> slinging full-page color ads in US College Hockey Magazine, or any
> more animated ads on USCHO. 8-)
 
 
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