[sdiy] what is DIY?

[Ken Stone]

Just to add a little more fuel to the fire,

take for example a CGS board. Now take a DIYer who is NOT ken stone, who has
assembled this CGS board and made a few mods so it does what he wants. Who
gets the prize? In this case my vote goes to the person who did the assembly
and mods. I would not be offended at all. Of course in this situation, a
1999 CGS board could well qualify for the 2004 prize too, because DIYer X
has done this in 2004.

Ken

>Lots of good comments, folks. I don't pretend to have the answers, that's
>why I raised the issue
>
>Ignore my comments regarding "free schematics."  I am leaning towards
>*including* things rather than excluding them. The voters will decide what
>doesn't qualify as DIY. So long as there is no pre-election violence, we'll
>be fine. ;-)  If somebody nominates a MOTM module, well, I guess I'll put it
>on the list.
>
>I like the idea of separate Pro and Amateur categories, but it's hard to
>draw the line that separates the two.
>
>Why not include projects from before 2004? Because the field will be too
>large! Besides, Juergen Haible's Korg PS-3200 clone would win, so there's no
>need to vote. ;-)  (I'm being silly, but only a little.)
>
>I don't want to ignore older projects, I just want this to be manageable.
>We'll look back on some older projects, later.
>
>
>> Problematic that John said there would be ONE award because he is making
>ONE
>> trophy.  If others are willing to create additional trophies, there could
>be
>> more awards.
>
>I suppose so, sure. However, I'd like to think that we can collectively
>recognize one project as being the best effort of the year. It's like having
>the Oscars with nothing but a Best Picture award. (At least the award show
>wouldn't last all night if they did that!)
>
>
>> I could be wrong, but John may be:
>>
>> 1) laughing his butt off
>> 2) asking himself "Why did I suggest this?"
>
>Yes, a little of both! :-)  Like I told someone, I am just trying to run a
>simple little contest.
>
>
>> >How about making it more specific with awards for:
>> >
>> >Best new synth module
>> >Most impressive overall DIY project
>> >Best new (semi)commercial project
>> >Best new BBD project ;)
>> >and so on.
>
>My feeling is that if we make the categories too small we will have very few
>entries per category. Like, Paul Maddox will almost win the DSP category by
>default this year 'cuz so few people here are doing that (nothing against
>Paul winning, but competition is part of this game).
>
>Summary:
>Nominate whatever you want to, but limit it to 2004 projects.
>We'll go back in time to award retroactive Soddys (2003, 2002...) later.
>Only one category, this year: Best Overall DIY Project
>--
>john
>
>P.S. Harry, can I borrow one of your flamesuits? ;-)
>
>
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