"OTBS"

[Dutch]

This was sent to me in a pm-it belongs here for your comments.

 

[capt dan]

I think ronp would make a great addition to the Knighthood! He does help alot of folks, especially the newbies. He is not afraid to smoke anything! I also believe he has alot of cooking experience , He has shown all of us that. I would like to second the nomination for ronp100343.

 

[bbqgoddess]

Can I third? or am I to new? .... Ron is very, very helpful and nice.. not to mention that he has SHOWN ALL OF US TO PAY IT FORWARD!! We should all be more like that, hazzah Ron!

 

[cowgirl]

IMO Ron is well deserving!

 

[earache_my_eye]

I guess maybe I'm not totally versed in the nomination process, but, are nominations to the squire's list allowed by non-OTBS members??

Not knocking ronp.....just want to be clear.

Eric

 

[richoso1]

I'm backing Cowgirl.

 

[erain]

most well deserved!!! wish i woulda been the one to nom or second him!!!

 

[bbq bubba]

There goes the neighborhood!

 

[ron50]

Yes they are:

Here is the link to Dutch's OTBS guidelines

http://smokingmeatforums.com/forums/...postcount=1788

 

[ron50]

You can but it really isn't necessary and it just makes this very long thread even longer. Any member of SMF can nominate or second but after that you can just send the person a PM to congratulate/support them.

Dutch will place them on the Squire's list after the nomination is seconded and then their participation as a Squire will be observed by Dutch over a period of time before he accepts him or her into the order.

 

[richtee]

At the risk of making a longer thread longer still...send a PM to the new inductee/new Knight/tess for congrats...

 

[ron50]

Didn't I say that? LOL

 

[supervman]

Why not make a forum space for OTBS. Lock this thread, make it a sticky and open a new OTBS thread? Should make things easier and this thread won't crash/disappear.

 

[bbqgoddess]

I understand now, the thread is too long to say something nice about someone.....

But not to long for snide remarks!

Its all real clear now Ron50..

 

[aussiemick]

Congrats to you both. A title well deserved

 

[ron50]

Apparently it isn't clear. No there aren't room for snide remarks either. Fortunately, the vast majority of remarks aren't snide, they are complimentary which is good. The point I was trying to make, and I was trying to do it nicely and without sarcasm, was that the thread was getting too long. I addressed the positive comments specifically becuase I felt it could just be assumed that snide remarks weren't helpful on this thread or any other thread either.

At least one forum member here has had issues trying to open up the thread recently because of the vast size of it. I've addressed it before but I felt I needed to address it again. That's part of my job, as a moderator.

Hopefully it is clear now.

 

[bbq bubba]

Nice job Ron, keep up the good work!!

 

[ron50]

Bubba:

It would require much less "good work" if there were less snide comments.

 

[ron50]

I am temporaily locking the OTBS thread.

The thread shouldn't be a place for going off on tangents and taking away from the threads intended purpose which is to honor people who are helpful to other members and have achieved success in their smokes.

I will unlock it in a few days.

When I do, lets keep the comments related to the purpose stated above.

Thanks.