Call for nominations: Aussieveedubber of the year

Since leaving ezboard, we're turning 1! :birthday

What I'd like to do is get nominations for Aussieveedubber of the Year, either here, or e-mail me if you want to submit it privately.

To avoid a huge workload, please only put forward at most two names - I'll tabulate the top 10 and run a poll starting next week so we can find out who's done the most for the forum or the members.

I am going to disqualify myself now, and all nominations will only be accepted if the person involved also accepts being nominated.

It's been an amazing year, and thanks for sticking with us through all the teething problems.

Andrew

i nominate you andrew- we wouldnt be here if it wasnt for you
buggy brad- thanks for the share of ur server and all the input
jim gow- for starting this forum am having the best time of my life!!
i also think that everyone else deserves a big pat on the back to make this forum what it is!!!
3 cheers for the forum

yes andrew it would be we wouldnt of gotten this far it it wasnt for him

cheers mattie

Im Voting for Hellbus, he sent me a badge for the front of my Kombi when my new one got ripped off!
Rob.....

I'm going to nominate our very own "Postal Menace" Jens58.

Posts heaps of good shite and always puts in an appearance at the various activities going on in Vic or Nationally if she can get there. True dubber IMHO. :thumb

Cheers Dean, I'll send you the cheque in the mail:kiss

Wah, so many great Vee Dubbers here, and so many friends, this is a very hard one:jesus

Kol is, always there to lend a hand, my first contact from the forum, and to me a star:thumb

He was over with his kombi helping the Queen of Chat move house last weekend 😎:thumb

Don't know I'd be so involved in things VW if it wasn't for you (well maybe?), plus wouldn't have made the friends I now have if you hadn't somehow started the ball rolling with those weekends at my place working on Bel this time last year

Plus he's a postal legend here on the forum. Is anyone close to his total? Even with all my padding don't think I'll ever catch up:jesus

OK he rolls down hills on his side, laughing (or was that us), sometimes, so😀

My vote goes to THE OILDRIPPERS for bringing the future of aircooled VW scene to this site.Koolest rides koolest posts koolest club koolest pics.....
WE are THE future....

Kol aka KruzinKombi

I thorougly enjoy his participation in this forum and all of the positive input he provides. 😀

[Edited on 17-8-2003 by Helbus]

Well been "Off air" for a while - dial up sucks.

But I'll make the effort for this one.

Andrew / Kol are my nominations - two top blokes who always go out of their way to help out - 'nuff said

A pair of "Pheasant pluckers" if ever I've met one (or 2 ?).

ADSL's on the way if telstra ever get off their fat ar5se\s.

Helbus wrote:Kol aka KruzinKombi

add one more vote from me.

The man who has done the most for the forum & it's members, Jim Gow, who else.

Notwithstanding Andrews efforts since the move, the inaugural award for Aussieveedubber should go to the man who made an idea into the reality we are all members of.

It seems to me that Jim starting this forum has been forgotten of late, or actually may not be known by some of the newer members.

If not for Jim's determination, & the constant emails to myself & many others to "come check out my site", aussieveedubbers.com may well not exist.

amazer wrote:

Helbus wrote:Kol aka KruzinKombi

add one more vote from me.

And me

Maybe once all the nominations are in and it's voting time, we should get a 'who's who' run down so everyone knows what they have achieved.
Might also be a way to recognise all nominee's as they all sound worthy to me.
Keep up the great work.
:thumb

hey Col, how you feeling?
no comment?
He's a top bloke and drives miles to the beloved volks

I'll go for Buggy Brad. He has sorted the major sponsor that kept us ad free, he sorted server space, he sacrifices huges amounts of bandwidth from other paying customers, he (and andrew) fix the bugs, he helps people out with parts, he helps people with advise, and he also cops the most crap and critisism from people (including the occasional law suit), yet he still helps.

do we have a basis for this voting?
anyway aussieveedubber of the year goes to most helpful, most twisted, most volkswagen fanatic: Kruizin Kol. or maybe his kombi.
😀
most postal menacing goes to jenz for being the most insane poster.
is there a booby prize? *puts hand up*
:bounce

I'll nominate Brad, for the same reasons that Wes did. Brad also helped me out when my roofbars collapsed on the beach and took my windsurfer mast back to his place because I couldn't fit it in the kombi, gave me a carby because I need some bits off it, and also sent down some new parts to help get Jen's Bel back on the road. A top bloke in my book. :thumb

My other nomination (so many to choose from :o) would be Graham (11CAB). Graham is a great bloke, and together with wife Mel, put me up in Brisbane, gave me a roof bar, went and checked out the 3-way fridge I wanted to buy in Qld, including paying a deposit and taking it home to test it before I sent the money up, and for generally being there when I've needed them. Not bad, considering I've only met them twice! :thumb

Everyone here, Cause Without us all, it wouldnt be too cool...

But also extra thanks to all admin, and Organizers

Keep up the good work...N!:thumb

It just has to be Brad:kiss

Uhh.. not sure if being nominated disqualifies me or not, but for what it is worth, I would send one Brads way for sure. What Wes has said is completely true, and has been the brains and work behind this big idea.. without him, it wouldn't have worked.

I also say Colin, for his time, effort, and devotion put into this forum, and even more so into VWing in general. Always there to lend a hand, and thats what it is all about.. Keeping these cars on the road.

:thumb:thumb:thumb

Thanks for your kind words Col, but its only stuff that i would expect from friends.

My nomination goes to Kruizin Kombi, for the help he gives to everyone, and for what he did for everyone at Valla especially Amazer even during his own personal crisis.
Your one in a million Col :thumb
Keep it up

Graham

This is an interesting subject and I think a better definition of what Aussieveedubber of the year is, should be provided.

If it is the man who came up with the idea and put in the initial effort and drive then it has to be Jim.

If it is the two guys who bang their heads against the walls of geekdom then I guess Andrew and I would be in the running. ( Must clarify here the Andrew fixes most of the problems these days, including my stuff ups 😀 )

BUT I don't think that is what it is about . Yeah for sure we supply the medium for the forum to occur and the initial idea behind it. Who really gives a toss though ? I run about 6 forums and you must ask yourself what makes this one special ??

Well I think the answer there is pretty obvious it is the members, all of them. But what keeps them coming back is the atmosphere and the amount of assistance people are willing to give to people they have never met. For sure I have sent parts to people I don’t know , I have also received parts from others ( Thanks Spook ). It all evens out.

I try to reply to posts that get no other responses because I think that is what needs to be done to get people coming back and keeping them coming back is what builds an online community. I must admit I do have a bad habit of letting the fact I am a cranky bum get in the way and I am all to happy to take the piss out of someone I have never met.

Anyway when I look back over all the posts, there is one emerging trend that shins through. There is one individual who seems to offer advice more than any other and tries their best to bring others together. I think these are the most important attributes required to be aussieveedubber of the year and for these reasons ( read some of his posts if you want more ) I don't think you can go past ...........


DRUM ROLL .....................:o:o:o:o

well aaid brad :thumb

do i get a booby prize if the horse i vote for wins?
there should be a booby prize.
😀
booby prizes rock.
booby booby.
:bounce:alien

When's voting time begin?
:sandrine

Adrew started this but I am guessing when we have 5 - 10 nominations we will run a poll and list what the winner gets, and yes till then it is a surprise.

Sorry, events surround customers with Blaster variants have kept me working insane hours these last few days.

Brad has the gist of it 🙂

I certainly would like a few more nominations before putting it to the vote, but I think maybe a nomination cut off of Friday 5 pm, at which time I'll setup the vote.

Andrew

So teh nominations so far would be, in no order and probaly wrong spelling:

KruzinKombi
Vanderaj ( your CAN NOT DIS YOUR SELF 😀)
11CAB
Buggy Brad
HellBus
Jens58
THE OILDRIPPERS ????
BennettonVW

I think that is it so far..

What about Mick from Micks motors, seems to have been a good supporter early on when no others companies were interested

[Edited on 22-8-2003 by Bugged Again]

[Edited on 24-8-2003 by Bugged Again]

I personally think that there are many more people who should be nominated. I would nominate them myself, except that I have already nominated two people. As such, I'd prefer if we waited for more nominations before voting.

We have some excellent aussieveedubbers in every section of this forum, and they contribute quite a bit to it to either inform or entertain (or sometimes both) the rest of us. I wouldn't want any of them to be overlooked.

Anyone who hasn't nominate yet, please choose somebody who hasn't been nominated already. I'd like to see at least 4 more people in the running, minimum.

As for the oil drippers, I don't believe they qualify, as 'aussieveedubber' implies singularity.

Oh, and I agree with Brad, Andrew should be included. :thumb

Nobody said you couldn't nominate yourself, I guess, so that would mean that you're in the running.

I'm not sure when voting is going to begin, we'll have to wait for the administrators to decide. I'm sure they'll let us know soon. 🙂

I will also nominate

Baja Wes - Always on offer with tech info

another helpful bastard for nomination:
blue74L

he also has a REAL name, but due to notoriety and obscene phonecalls prefers to operate in secrecy, like batman, but with a flanno instead of a rubber suit.
and his batmobile has more class 😀

I would also like to nominate countrybuggykid, this dude, when he found out my Kombi badge got nicked, actually went out and tried to buy me another one! one top bloke!
Rob........

Bump

ow.

Well now...I would like to put my votes in....

First vote goes to Tazz.....I think he has been overlooked and that he always has a great deal to say....

Second vote goes to Col aka Kruisin....he IS one in a million & always has time to say G'day & give advice....like Graham (11cab) said, even in his own personal crisis....love ya work Col...

I think all suggested nominations are worthy but I would also like to add a couple of other like (Dean) Grey57, lovely bloke with a great family and Anthony (BLKBUG) for supplying some identity for us in the way of shirts / hats. Thanks mate!

I concur that Colin, Brad and Andrew would be up there with any Jim nomination. But it is true that the silent majority set the atmosphere and thats why I keep coming back.

Special mention to Spook - always willing to argue the point. He may only have one vote but on the important issues he sure does make it count!

Here's a big kiss for ya honey! :kiss

Bronze😀

I vote for 1302Steve, always ready to help anyone, especially me. Very much appreciated. We've never meet each other, yet he's always been helpful.
My other vote goes to, vw54, an absolute master. I've never met Dave either, but he's always helped me and sent me stuff that's been invaluable. This is what 'The Forum' is to me, help when it's needed.
Regards,
Mark:thumb

Carter at last weve been recognised by the APPLE ISLE... must get down tehre someday.

Please note, this is NOT THE VOTE. Voting will begin when Andrew sets up a poll for the purpose.

We're starting to see a few new nominations roll in - keep em coming. :thumb

so, one person a year means that over the next 50 years less than 5% of members can win this, so I suppose the nominations are almost as important

----KOM123----- for representing us at many diversified events & always taking mega photo's that are quickly posted on the net & kindly made available at high resolution to anybody who ask's
I am sure you can all appreciate just how much time this takes
---Andy---- for giving so much of his time to help me out of my need heads have no money mess, & the bulk help he gives everybody else where possible

Too Kind Kim.
Not doing anything I haven't already recieved from others on the Forum 🙂

As for my vote:

I'll put my vote in for Buggy brad/buggy boyz and Kruzinkombi
They both are so willing to help anyone no questions asked.
I don't know many of the 'behind the scenes' people though who all need praise for their great work.
Cheers
Andy

Go the Forum :thumb

Bump.

How is this going?

my vote goes to jenz58 he tries to help when he can

go jen

Good one hellbus. I vote for you😀

mines still for jen

I'm not voting for you mattie:cussing

is someone a little jelouse??

What ever did happen to this one???

Kol is the one, Grey 57 is in there 2:thumb

Hey guys I'm a her!!!!:cussing Jen:jesus

LOL

Jen you may be a her. (god bless you for who you are). You are definitley showing more of the tech knowledge that seems to come more often from hims.
If anyone has grown and learnt from this site Jen is one.

I agree on nomination for Jen 😎

ok jen im so excited sorry but myt vote is still for you

OK, I second that vote.

i third that

*jenz blushes*

Hey bought a pin punch today🙂

Looking at them all and didn't take a pin incase I lost it. Do you think I could decide on size (it was between 2)

Rang a frined, got his answering machine🙁

Rang another friend, but who had the same name as a VW friend:o Started talking about pin punches and my Bel and her trims and door handles and only got giggles:jesus Then realised. Had a good talk to a friend I haven't spoken to in a while LOL😎