The year 2005 will be the year of the biggest contest HostingDiscussion.com has ever run. We will award this year's most valuable members with outstanding prizes that will help them become more efficient entrepreneurs and individuals.

On December 31, 2005, up to five most valuable members whose contribution to the community will be recognized by HostingDiscussion.com staff and members will be picked.

A qualified nominee is the person who showcases true industry knowledge, ability to help and assist other members and who actively participates in non-commercial discussions. A nominee should make at least 150 posts in the year 2005 with the last post being made no more than 2 weeks prior to deadline (December 15). Eligible forum sections: Web Hosting Forum, Operating a Web Hosting Business.

The contest starts March 1 and ends by December 31.

This is NOT a posting contest, rather a CONTENT contest.

The five winners ranked 1 to 5 will CHOOSE their own prizes, with #1 ranked having the choice priority over #2, etc. up to number #5, who will receive the final gift(s).


CONTEST PRIZES:

Pocket Organizer Picked.
Pocket organizer (planner, journal and calendar all in one little place) from HostingDiscussion.com of equal or more value will be selected and purchased closer to year end to get an updated and better version.

HD Advertising Picked.
30,000 banner impressions (10,000 header and 20,000 footer locations), including a text-link for a period of 1 month.

DemoDemo.com Tutorials Picked.
$200 of flash tutorials from DemoDemo.com. If your competitors have DemoDemo tutorials and you don't, who's got the edge?

HostIntro Picked.
A 10-module HostIntro Flash Sales movie from Netasis.com.

EIRCA Internet Solutions Picked.
EIRCA Internet Solutions is a leader in specialized reseller web hosting and dedicated server solutions. Its mission is to provide powerful, stable, and feature rich solutions, and back those services with a 99.9% uptime guarantee. It's what EIRCA Internet Solutions is known for, and what it continues to provide.
$500 cash prize

IntelloDesk™ from avidInteractive
IntelloDesk from avidInteractive is a new generation intelligent helpdesk, and support center application, built on PHP/MySQL technology. IntelloDesk allows you to manage the support of clients more efficiently with a full trouble ticket system and wysiwyg knowledgebase management. IntelloDesk is much more than a simple helpdesk. IntelloDesk is full customer relationship management tool, for intelligent hosting professionals.
1 Pro license Picked.
1 Lite license Picked.
1 Lite license Picked.

Micfo.com Reseller Account Picked.
Micfo.com Reseller Plan Mini (4GB space, 60GB bandwidth) - free for 6 months.

PixAirline.com "Business Class" Account Picked.
PixAirline.com photo hosting service "Business Class" account for a period of one year! Comes with 100 MB of space for pictures and 1 GB of monthly traffic.

SendMeFile.com Premium Account Picked.
SendMeFile.com provides free file hosting - host any type of files for free. Host as many files as you want with no download and bandwidth limits. Simply upload all your images, documents, audio and music, video, zip and compressed archives, rar, flash files, and more. Receive a premium account for a period of 1 year.

Advertising at W3Reports Picked.
25,000 Header/Footer Impressions on W3Reports.

eBizLegal Professional Edition Picked.
This software from avidInteractive allows you to create over 60 legal documents for your eCommerce business, with just a few clicks. Includes: Incorporation Certificates, TOS, Privacy Policies, and more!

5 Banner Designs Picked.
A set of five ultimate banners designed by BannerAgora.com.

Advertising at WebHostGear Picked.
A skyscraper (120x600) in the right column and a 125x125 cube for a period of one month.


$5,000 in prizes!


Good luck!


HostingDiscussion.com expects to increase the number of gifts during the year.
HostingDiscussion.com staff members are not eligible.
HostingDiscussion.com reserve the right to modify the rules of contest at any time prior to its expiration.

Companies interested in donating a prize (anything but web hosting) of $75+ in value toward the contest, please e-mail: artashes(at)hostingdiscussion.com

Valued members,

While the winners have been already selected and picked, we still have a few days to rationalize the process of this great giveaway, as well as add a few twists!

One such twist, if you haven't yet noticed, is that we have removed the price tags off all the prizes. Why? Picking the most "expensive" gift does not require much attention or skill. We would like our winners to make sensible choices based on need, so that the most benefit is gained when the prize is delivered.

Stay tuned for further updates on the contest.

We can't wait to give these amazing prizes away!

It's party time!



Valued HostingDiscussion.com Members,

Along with the end of year 2005, HD's contest for most valuable members of the year is coming to its own conclusion. However, there is still much to do in days to come - selecting and processing all the prizes to well deserved winners!

The 2005 “End-of-Year Most Valuable Member” contest is the biggest contest HostingDiscussion.com has ever run. It was not a conventional contest found on many other forums where members compete based on the number of posts members make. This one was content-driven, and it proved to be a huge success. Apart from sharp increase in both quality and quantity of discussions during the previous year, we have seen competing communities starting to run contests closely similar in format and objectivity.

The following winners, as decided by forum staff, are members who showcased true web hosting industry knowledge, who were able to help and assist other members, and who actively participated in non-commercial discussions.

As per our decision, we selected three big winners. In addition, we have also chosen two runner-up members to arrive at a total of five winners. Runner-ups may not have qualified based on number of posts, but they were certainly noted as one of the most valuable assets of HostingDiscussion.com community. They will also be honored with prizes.


And the winners are (rank order):

1. Exon - 5 prizes
2. dubs - 3 prizes
3. Equinox - 3 prizes

And the runner-ups are (rank order):

1. Senad - 2 prizes
2. vito - 2 prizes


We congratulate each and every one of our contest winners! In the following week these members will be taking turns to pick rewards for their efforts.

PRIZE DISTRIBUTION:

First round: Exon chooses 3, dubs 2, Equinox 2, Senad 1 and vito 1;
Round two: Exon chooses 2, dubs 1, Equinox 1, Senad 1, and vito (poor him) gets the left over prize.


Stay tuned for updates!

Very cool, Artashes! I was in the dumps today and you really picked up my spirits with this news!

Vito

I'd like to congratulate all of the winners.

All 5 of you deserve a big round of applause, and graditude for helping to make HD a great place be.

Congratulations all who came in top 5! This is so awesome...I can't thank everyone here enough. I LOVE HD

I am glad it cheered you up, Vito!
As Mark said, you all deserve a round of applause.

Congratulations everyone, 2005 just went by WAY too fast!

HD > PIE!

Congratulations everybody! I must admit that this definitely put a great smile on my face after a busy couple of weeks with work. Thanks for the perk up HD! You guys are absolutely the best community around !

I second Exon's Equation

What is PIE?

Vito

Vito....tsk tsk, now do I have to go into my infamous (offline) pie speach?

Vito

Congrats to all of the year's winners.

So can Exon just start picking?

It was a well deserved win for all of you. Good job!