Voting is now open in the RISC OS Awards 2016

The annual RISC OS Awards poll undertaken by RISCOSitory on the RISC OS Awards website is now underway – you can now cast your votes!

Between now and late February, you have the opportunity to vote for your favourite piece of software, the show you enjoyed the most, the project you find most interesting, and more besides.

There are from four to six initial suggestions in most categories, along with one to make an alternative nomination, with a text field into which you can enter that alternative.

The voting form itself will not change for the period the poll is open, but the alternative nominations will be periodically reviewed, and – depending on their number – some may be highlighted in posts on RISCOSitory and on the @RISCOSitory Twitter feed to serve as ideas for others.

Every category also has a “No opinion” option, which is selected by default – if you feel that you have no way to form an opinion in any given category, you can leave this option selected rather than be forced to vote for something.

The one exception is the ‘Best overall contributor’ category. No suggestions have been made for this and, instead, there is only the text field. You can use this to vote for whichever person, group or company you feel deserves recognition for their overall contribution to the RISC OS platform. If you don’t want to vote for anyone in this category, simply leave the field blank.

As in previous years, the Awards poll is combined with a simple survey, designed to form a picture of the RISC OS landscape – but while it is a part of the same overall form, you can choose to skip the survey entirely, or only answer those questions you feel comfortable answering: Every question of the includes an “I’d rather not say” option, which is selected by default.

The voting form will remain online from now until late February, giving you two months to make your choices and cast your votes, with the results of the Awards poll expected to be published in March. The results of the survey should appear some time later if enough people participate.

13:Do you attend your local user group meetings?

I used to when I owned a car. With public transport as it is now, especially in the South East, attendance is impossible. I do not think there is an option in 14: to cover this reason for not going at all.

ESG in section 17 is broken – “I’d rather not say” is not deselected. Question “Best foreign language resource”: it’s “ArcSite.de”.

Under “Best show of initiative”, should the first “RISC OS” in “For deciding to get RISC OS running on RISC OS” not be “GPS”?

Gavin: Good point – more granularity is needed for that one.

I don’t want to change the options now, so the easiest solution this year is to opt for either ‘rather not say’ or ‘no local group’.

I’ll make the change now to the template files, so if I do proceed with the survey next time around that option will be included.

Perhaps what I should do is also add text fields to a few other questions for other reasons/answers/whatever – like I did on Q12. Again, that would be for next time if I continue it, not this time. Anything in those boxes can then be used to extend the options for future surveys (they’ll be a nightmare for counting!)

Steffen: I changed the variable name in the PHP template for that question, which meant “I’d rather not say” was a different ESG! Now fixed – as is Arcsite.de

Steve: I haven’t accidentally revealed his next project, have I? ;) Now fixed.

I’ll make the change now to the template files, so if I do proceed with the survey next time around that option will be included.

Fine. I guess all surveys have to steer a course between keeping focussed and flexibility. There is probably a civil service training course on it somewhere;).

I haven’t accidentally revealed his next project, have I? ;)

I thought that RO on RO5+ was Jon’s next project.

Edit: Unless he has a more ambitious project

@Vince
Thanks for the “nomination” in the altenative options / Best hardware but please change the link. The old “Arcor-site” will be closed from Vodafone at the end of the month and has no PiTab content.
PiTab information you find here.
Is not ready yet. I hope at the end of this week there are more downloads, pictures etc. aviable. I hope also a bit more “English” but languages are not my talent ;-)

Thanks for the “nomination” in the altenative options / Best hardware

It’s not me you have to thank, but the person who chose to vote for you. :)

but please change the link

Done.

I hope also a bit more “English” but languages are not my talent ;-)

Your English is a lot better than my German! I’m lucky if I recognise the occasional word.