Howard Neu sent me an email last night with an update about THE Domain Conference Awards. There is going to be a run-off vote for this year’s awards, and Escrow.com will be collecting the votes.
Here’s what Howard told me:
The response to our Primary Election Ballot has been tremendous. Our thanks to Brandon Abbey and Escrow.com for receiving, tabulating and reporting the results. No one person or company received 50% or more of the votes in any category, so attached is the Official Run-off Ballot. Every person who received 10% or more of the Primary vote is in the run-off. Voting closes on Tuesday, September 1st at 5 P.M. PDT.
I was very surprised to see my name as one of two finalists for Domainer of the Year, along with Ali Zandi. I can think of people who are much more deserving of this award, but I certainly appreciate the nod. I was also listed in the run off for blogger of the year with other people I respect greatly.
If you want to cast a final ballot in the run off, the votes are due by tomorrow (September 1st) at 5pm Pacific time. I am sure many of the nominees would appreciate your support, especially as it could have a positive impact on their businesses.
Here is the ballot:
Thank you for voting in the Domain Industry Primary Ballot. Although a record number of votes were cast, no one candidate in any category received more than 50% of the votes. So here is the run-off ballot for each category for the Domain Industry Awards for 2015.
Every person or company that received 10% of the votes cast in that category has qualified for the run-off. We want to thank ESCROW.COM once again for receiving and counting all of the ballots.
You may vote for 1 person or company in each category. Lobbying for your favorites is encouraged. Ballots MUST BE submitted to VOTE@ESCROW.COM on this official form in order to be counted. Any ballot submitted for only one person will not be counted in order to avoid ballot box stuffing.
Just COPY and PASTE the below ballot and submit no later than 5 P.M. PDT, Tuesday, September 1st to VOTE@ESCROW.COM. Winners will be announced at the Awards Luncheon at THE Domain Conference on Tuesday, September 29th. To be there, just go to THEDomainConference.com to register.
DEVELOPER OF THE YEAR –VOTE FOR 1
[ ] ADAM DICKER
[ ] MERLIN KAUFFMAN
BLOGGER OF THE YEAR – VOTE FOR 1
[ ] ANDREW ALLEMAN
[ ] ELLIOT SILVER
[ ] GIUSEPPE GRAZIANO
[ ] MICHAEL BERKENS
[ ] MICHAEL CYGER
BROKER OF THE YEAR – VOTE FOR 1
[ ] ANDREW ROSENER
[ ] DAVE EVANSON
[ ] NEGAR HADJIKHANI
THE BEST REGISTRY – 2015 – VOTE FOR 1
[ ] .CLUB
[ ] DONUTS.CO
[ ] UNIREGISTRY
[ ] VERISIGN
THE BEST REGISTRAR – 2015 – VOTE FOR 1
[ ] GODADDY
[ ] UNIREGISTRY
DOMAIN INVESTOR OF THE YEAR – VOTE FOR 1
[ ] ALI ZANDI
[ ] ELLIOT SILVER
THE BEST COMPANY IN THE DOMAIN INDUSTRY – 2015 – VOTE FOR 1
[ ] AFTERNIC
[ ] .CLUB
[ ] ESCROW.COM (RECUSING AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT)
GOODWILL AMBASSADOR OF THE YEAR –VOTE FOR 1
[ ] MICHAEL CYGER
[ ] NAT COHEN
[ ] RON JACKSON
DOMAIN INDUSTRY HALL OF FAME – VOTE FOR 2
[ ] ANDREW ROSENER
[ ] BOB PARSONS
[ ] BRADEN POLLOCK
[ ] COLIN CAMPBELL
[ ] GARY CHERNOFF
[ ] LAWRENCE FISCHER
[ ] RICHARD LAU
[ ] VERN JUREVICH
Once again, ALL BALLOTS must be submitted on this official form to be counted and sent to VOTE@ESCROW.COM