The Rules

Nominating Members
(Feb. 1-12)
1. You can nominate anyone. ONE MEMBER per category, but you can nominate the same member for different categories. However, after all nominations are in, each member can only be in two categories for voting. Which is figured out by the committee after receiving everyones nominations.
2. You cannot nominate yourself or your pets.
3. You cannot ask others to nominate you or your pets.
4. You must send ALL of your nominations at one time to Tenabee.

Copy and Paste the following CATEGORIES into a neomail and send YOUR NOMINATIONS to Tenabee:
1. You Got the Write Stuff Award
2. The Cool Beans Award
3. The Just Five More Minutes Award
4. The U.F.O. Award
5. The LOL Award
6. The Awesome Amigo Award
7. The Busy Bee Award
8. The Happy Helper Award
9. The Gift of Giving Award
10. The 411 Page Master Award
11. The Faerie Quest Helper Award
12. The Inspirational Award
13. The Best Userlookup Award
14. The Give Me Your Avie Award


Please include owner's name and pet/petpet's name.
A) Best Pet Name
B) Best Petpet
C) Best Dressed Pet

Voting
(Feb. 14-24)
1. You may vote for yourself if you've been nominated in a category and you may also vote for your pets.
2. You cannot ask others to vote for you or try to bribe for votes.
3. You must send all of your votes at one time to Tenabee unless otherwise stated.

Winning
(Feb. 29th)
1. You may only win 2 awards, not including pet awards.
2. Should it appear your awards exceed two you will be contacted and asked which two you'd prefer to have.
3. If contacted, please be respectful and keep discussion between you and the Council. We don't want any hurt feelings.

ALL NOMINATING AND VOTING ARE KEPT PRIVATE.

The Escapees

Hosted by Siblings: Invidious & Morris

	Salutations! And welcome everyone to the Escapee Awards Category announcements & nominations. In just a few weeks, all of us will be going through these doors and honor all our guild members.
	Hello my dear ERers. We know you all have been waiting for this grand event. This is one of the biggest events in Escaping Reality history and my sister and I are honored to be hosting this event and being with you all.
	Thank you Morris! Today we will be introducing the different categories to everyone. Listed below are all the categories and their descriptions.
	As you read through all the categories, think of which fellow guild member you would like to nominate. All nominations are kept private. After you have decided who you want to nominate for each category please send those nominations to Tenabee.
	Also read all the RULES. Be sure when sending Tenabee your nominations you include ALL THE CATEGORIES and ALL YOUR NOMINEES in ONE NEOMAIL. There is a list of all RULES and the categories on the left side of the screen *points to left side of the screen*. There you can easily copy and paste all the categories.
	See our Calendar of Events on the right side of the screen *points to right side of the screen* and mark your calendars. Thank you all for coming to this meeting and we hope you see you all again soon at the announcement of all the nominees!
	Take care everyone and see you all at the Voting Celebration on Wednesday, Feb. 14th. *waves*

Escapee Award Categories

1. You Got the Write Stuff Award
This member has the best siggies on the boards. They are custom and original.

2. The Cool Beans Award
This member is always calm and collected. They truly know how to escape the drama.

3. The Just Five More Minutes Award
This member seems to always have a hard time leaving neo. They say they are leaving for the night...but always take 3 hours to OFFICIALLY log off.

4. The U.F.O. Award (Unique, Funky, Oddball)
This member is purely unique and wonderfully bizarre.

5. The LOL Award
This member just makes you laugh constantly.

6. The Awesome Amigo Award
This member is kind and is always there for you.

7. The Busy Bee Award
This members is always on the guild boards, working on a project for the guild and doing 100 other things on neo.

8. The Happy Helper Award
This member is always quick to help others with quests, questions and so much more!

9. The Gift of Giving Award
The member has a heart of generosity.

10. The 411 Page Master Award
This member has the coolest 411 page! Whoa!

11. The Faerie Quest Helper Award
This member seems to always be there when you need help with a quest. Thank goodness.

12. The Inspirational Award
This member may have said something on the guild boards that inspired you to do something like collect avies, work on your habi, or achieve neo-goals.

13. The Best User Lookup Award
What.An.Epic.UL. this member has.

14. The Give Me Your Avie Award
This member has an avie that you really, really, want.

Pet/Petpet Categories

Please include owner's name and pet/petpet's name.

A) Best Pet Name
Name one of the pets owned by a fellow member, whose name is very unique and original.

B) Best Petpet
Name one of the petpets owned by a fellow member, whose name is very unique and original.

C) Best Dressed Pet
Name one of the pets owned by a fellow member, whose is ALWAYS dressed to impress.

The Golden ER Award

And The Golden ER Award goes to...
This prestigious award is given to a member nominated only by Council. This member is one who is super active, generous and is always on the guild boards talking with everyone.

The Escapees Calendar of Events

This event is filled with so much excitement and flashing lights that it can become sorta confusing, so we've created a quick calendar to keep everything in check. The dates on the calendar are subject to change, but you will be notified if it happens.

January 31st
The Escapee Categories Announcements
All the categories are announced.

Feb. 1st - 12th
Nominating Members
All members will carefully nominate other members for all the different categories. All nominations must be turned in to Tenabee by Feb. 12th, 11:59 p.m. NST.

Feb. 14th - 24th
The Voting Celebration
The nominees for each award are revealed and voting begins. This ends Feb. 24th, 11:59 p.m. NST.

Feb. 29th
The Escapee Awards
Be sure to dress up for this wonderful night! The awards are finally held! Winners are announced and we all celebrate!

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