New Poll (shock!) - Before the Big Night
Fri, 6 Jan 2006, 07:15 pmcrgwllms27 posts in thread
New Poll (shock!) - Before the Big Night
Fri, 6 Jan 2006, 07:15 pmYes, it's about time the poll was updated.
New topic, relevant to WA Finley Awards but open to anyone else who has an opinion.
Do you think nominees for a Community Theatre awards night should be announced before the event?
The Poll-tergeist
New topic, relevant to WA Finley Awards but open to anyone else who has an opinion.
Do you think nominees for a Community Theatre awards night should be announced before the event?
The Poll-tergeist
Re: New Poll - Before the Big Night
Sat, 7 Jan 2006, 11:02 pmTaurean wrote:
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> YAY for the new Poll....
> Unfortunately though when I voted I was somewhat horrified by
> the attitude of others who had voted before me.
> I cannot understand how people can claim to support Community
> Theatre and then vote "Yes. So I can decide whether to not
> IÂ’ll go." (This, just for the record, held a 72% majority at
> the time I put my vote in)
Possibly a little premature to be so somewhat horrified...At the time of your post there can't have been many more than 10 or 12 votes cast. When the likelihood is that 200 or more will vote over the next fortnight, that early 72% really meant nothing at all. I just looked again and it's up to 40 votes, with 'No' and 'Yes' roughly even. We should probably give it a bit more than a few hours to draw any conclusions!
Also, don't forget this is a National (perhaps international) website. For that reason I edited the poll suggestion to remove any direct local reference to the WA Finleys. I'm hoping people in other states will contribute their opinion on the topic, to get a more comprehensive result.
Personally, if I think about the question in a larger context, knowing the nominees DOES make a difference as to how much I'll pay attention to, say, the Oscars. I pay close attention to the local Equity Guild Awards, because I usually know all the nominees, but the governing factor as to whether I attend is simply 'Am I available on the night?'.
Once, I found out I was nominated for a major state award, AFTER I'd won it...! (I happened to be overseas at the time, so I guess they had an excuse for not announcing it to me).
And for the Finleys, I think the more relevant question that should be on everybody's lips is, "Who's the host?"
The Poll-tergeist
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> YAY for the new Poll....
> Unfortunately though when I voted I was somewhat horrified by
> the attitude of others who had voted before me.
> I cannot understand how people can claim to support Community
> Theatre and then vote "Yes. So I can decide whether to not
> IÂ’ll go." (This, just for the record, held a 72% majority at
> the time I put my vote in)
Possibly a little premature to be so somewhat horrified...At the time of your post there can't have been many more than 10 or 12 votes cast. When the likelihood is that 200 or more will vote over the next fortnight, that early 72% really meant nothing at all. I just looked again and it's up to 40 votes, with 'No' and 'Yes' roughly even. We should probably give it a bit more than a few hours to draw any conclusions!
Also, don't forget this is a National (perhaps international) website. For that reason I edited the poll suggestion to remove any direct local reference to the WA Finleys. I'm hoping people in other states will contribute their opinion on the topic, to get a more comprehensive result.
Personally, if I think about the question in a larger context, knowing the nominees DOES make a difference as to how much I'll pay attention to, say, the Oscars. I pay close attention to the local Equity Guild Awards, because I usually know all the nominees, but the governing factor as to whether I attend is simply 'Am I available on the night?'.
Once, I found out I was nominated for a major state award, AFTER I'd won it...! (I happened to be overseas at the time, so I guess they had an excuse for not announcing it to me).
And for the Finleys, I think the more relevant question that should be on everybody's lips is, "Who's the host?"
The Poll-tergeist
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