New Award

I agreee it would be nice to recog. ones that stayed around for that long and also stayed active.

I'm far from considering myself as active and long-lasting as RT (my apologies for buying a GPS AND finding this site only one year and 39 weeks ago, so quite a few years later than he did, and congrats to RT on both accounts, of course).

The same notion had been discussed previously, on this topic for example

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/32410

I was all for it then, and still am. But the decision would be in Jon's hands.

Oh - and how many active / registered users does POI Factory treat to new info every day ? Can Jon give us that info ?

ROBERT F. BREUNING has been around for 5 years, 15 weeks. He pops in upon occasion as well. At user #48, he's a granddaddy here. (Of course as I write this, he's inactive...)

Wow, that is a long time. Hard to believe it has been 4 yrs and 3 weeks for me.

...that would be a nice tribute.

Almost there..

nineteen more weeks, and counting!

The 5 year badge us a great idea. I am not there yet but hope to be around to collect it if one is created.

...Why not?

Only 1 year and 16 weeks to go.

I just checked and I have been a member for 4 years and 46 weeks, holy cows where did the time go.

OK, where's my 5 year award, lol!

Congrats!!!!

I all for it, some companies give 5 yr award, so I hope Jon can put this on his to-do list.

If it is not too much work for those that run this site, the 5-year badge seems like a nice acknowledgement of participation and incentive to continue participating. Of course, they may need 10-year badges, etc.

Yes, I agree and shouldn't it be a cash award of at least $1000.00? Well, maybe I was a bit hasty on that one...lol.

I support it - even if it is up for reconsideration. IT is a good way to recognize the efforts of those who contribute to keep the site active.

I THINK THAT IS A WONDERFUL IDEA

5 year award is a great idea.

I like this idea.

I didn't know what a gps was 5 years ago. lol.

heard from Jon on this, if it is a good idea or not.

He is debating with Angela if it should be be a new icon or a cash award...

to put a users fee in place to pay for the cash award. Not a good idea.

I am not sure how long I have been here, but for sure I want to be here a lot longer.
God willing of course.

It is a good idea.

Badges that commemorate years from 1 to 5 etc.

Good Idea!

Here we go again. Why stop there? Maybe 1 year badge, 2 year badge, 3 years and 4. Don't want to
discriminate.
They give you badges in AA too. I'm glad to be here and have no need for any of this "years of service stuff". I have this notion though, that this topic is going to come up again and again. Lets get it over and done with. JM?

I'm about 18 months away from the 5 year point, but I think a simple circle 5 would be a nice way of recognizing longevity here. I think 5 years is a good milestone, because most folks who are active for that long are the backbone of this (or any) website.

1 year 30 weeks

The idea of a 5 year badge sounds good, seems like there is a bit of support behind it.

I think it would be nice to recognize long term participants on the site.

I'm leaning towards something based on total number of weeks with posting or file maintenance activity rather than just how long a user has been registered on the site.

Perhaps we can come up with some way of calculating "years of participation". Maybe something like (weeks with activity) / 52 ...

Or maybe recognize milestones like 100, 200 weeks of participation ...

Jonathan

Some sleuthing...

Here are some "official" dates for POI Factory:

Domain: poi-factory.com

August 10, 2006
registered the domain name

September 29, 2006
open to the public, first visitor registered

So the official anniversary will be on September 29th.

Now THAT gives a better scale to the membership length, innit ?

JM, who was #2, guessing the Ms POI was number 1 ....

Oddly enough, JM = 3, Miss POI = 4

It's sometimes hard to stay Active.

It can be a bit difficult at times to stay active, I put a note in all of my POIs that I might not update until June. Didn't want anyone to think they are abandoned if I'm not on for a long period of time.

Me neither. LOL A Good one.

as it is now, but much cheaper!

User #1 is the default administrator account. User #2 is named "poi factory".

1 year 30 weeks

http://www.poi-factory.com/user/224688

http://www.poi-factory.com/user/1

http://www.poi-factory.com/user/2

It seems like it wasn't long ago that I didn't know how to find links like this.

1 year 5 weeks for me so it is a long way off for me.

I know someone who has only been a member for 7 weeks 1 day and has user/6

IMO JM is right more weight should be given to participation than length of time.

Can't believe it's already been 3 years 16 weeks for me

Yes, but she has connections....

Agreed.

Sounds cool, go for it.

The five year badge sounds good. I just have 241 months too go!

2nd That

Member for
4 years 45 weeks

Almost eligible for potential "flare" badge.

Wonder if I could get another for my "Keeping Your Windmill Alive" topic becoming standard topic. So many flare possibilities.

If any of you are members of fatwallet, you'll see they really go overboard with flare.

I thought you wanted to set something on fire or start a flame war!

This is a good idea, but could this be in addition to a 'multiple year award'?

Sometimes, at my age, one can't be constantly active; sometimes we have to take time out for 'cancer surgery' and a '4-way bypass'.

Thanks, MrKenFL, for mentioning this. I'm just thankful I'm still around to enjoy this fantastic website!

RT