It's Accounting Excellence Awards time again folks, and we're looking for suggestions for our Outstanding Contribution Award. The prize is intended to honour those who have made a meaningful contribution to the AccountingWEB community and wider accounting profession.
The AccountingWEB team decides the ultimate winner internally, but as always we look to our online community and contributors for guidance who who they think merits such an accolade.
Rebecca Benneyworth won it last year and previous winners include AVN founder Paul Dunn and "Trusted Advisor" guru David Maister.
With all that has happened this year, who do you think deserves to stand alongside them in our accounting hall of fame, and why?
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Nicola Ross Martin has got me through the madness this past 6 months or so with her ever to the point news updates at surprisingly frequent intervals.
No self promoting rah-rah merchants please!
I nominate Lionofludesch. In effect retiring this year and with over 10,000 thanks to his name, surely that needs recognised.
It's an individual Accounting Excellence Award.
Of course, but I think they are both deserving:)
The man on the Clapham Omnibus has seen little praise for quite some time.
Unreasonable behaviour I suspect.
He's gone to the pub and is holding court there.The man on the Clapham Omnibus has seen little praise for quite some time.
I vote for Basil, his loquacious language always brightens my day and he always has positive advice to give.
David Icke for his absence (and also in that sense his contribution is very much outstanding).
Had this thread gone more as you might have hoped, John, I would have nominated you for your influence on the average tone of threads (an undertaking that which must seem like pushing water uphill with a sieve) and for putting the awe back into Aweb.
It hasn't. So you still have work to do, before you earn your nomination. (You need the likes of Basil and Richard to comment on these threads.)
10?
Don't the proposers need to provide a brief statement in support of the nomination? Otherwise it's just bandying names and pseudonyms about.
I had thought for services to (overly) extended threads. Surely he must have the record? But I have just seen the OP again and it does say "meaningful" so perhaps we are back to 9?
The number of views of those long threads means I've at least made an outstanding contribution to Sift's coffers.
Well sheer volume seems to be the test voters are applying. Currently head of the leader board is Anonymous, with 13.
And come to think of it, second is Lion, who, by his own admission, is the next postiest poster, after Anonymous.
The prize is intended to honour those who have made a meaningful contribution to the AccountingWEB community and wider accounting profession.
How so Harra or Sikka?
Jim Harra??
Now you really are licking the sawdust up off the cowshed floor.
Yet you don't believe Lion has helped the 'wider' profession.
Is it April 1st?
In terms of Nichola Ross Martin, her COVID resources have been kept comprehensive and up-to-date throughout the whole pandemic. All of that content is free to access. It’s not for subscribers. That’s a pretty big contribution to the profession and wider IMO.
Well at least NRM fulfills JS's criteria of
".. those who have made a meaningful contribution to the AccountingWEB community and wider accounting profession."
(that's and, not or; both conditions, not one or t'other).
Has David Winch ever won it?
You must be joking. Anyone who has had anything to do with the loan charge and Murphy Richards should be up for wooden spoon awards.
Richard Thomas. I have learnt a great deal from his replies. I appreciate his willingness to explain the legislation.
I’d second this. And his patience in explaining issues to the simpler members is extraordinary.
Yes. RT & I are the only knowledgeable people here (to my knowledge) when it comes to obscure, tricky tax stuff and he's probably more knowledgeable than me (and certainly everyone else) and he's by far the person whose views I most respect (but he sill gets it wrong from time to time in my very humble and respectful view). He was of course a well respected judge, so that's not surprising.
He has previously been acknowledged as the best contributor here anyway by others I recall.
On tax technical, yes, Richard is the 'best'. ("By a country mile" I think was my previous addendum.) And I think having someone of Richard's gravitas informing the grass roots of accountancy (if that's how Aweb views itself) is potentially incredibly valuable.
Of course, this forum is not just about tax. There are 'better' (whatever that means) contributors on other subjects - both technical and otherwise. The 'otherwise' might be contributing to 'the community' (whatever that means - it's a Sift word, I think), more than the technical. Eg Lion.
I think it’s been asked before, but - are you related to Donald Trump in any way? There are some striking similarities.