AIC Awards nominations are open!

valetoile · Post by **valetoile** » October 26th, 2007, 2:01 pm

Hello Everyone! Nominations are open! Sorry it took so long, we had some technical difficulties. Nominations should be sent in via email to aicvoting@gmail.com. The actual voting will be done online, very similarly to the way we voted for the B. Iden Payne awards this year. Below are the categories. Vote now!

Welcome the the Austin Improv Collective Awards for 2007! These awards and the accompanying banquet were designed to give our community a chance to reflect on how lucky we are to work with so many wonderful people, and to recognize the many and varied talents of our members. The awards are a chance not to claim personal glory but to send out immense amounts of love to the people you admire most.

The first step in the process in nominations. You may enter up to three nominations in each of the categories below. Feel free to enter fewer or none in any category. On Tuesday November 6 nominations will close, and the top nominees in each category will be tallied. Later that week, voting will open and you can vote from the top nominees in each category. Aren't all the people around you so awesome?!

Individual: These awards are for individual people, not troupes.

-1. Best Female Improviser

0. Best Male Improviser

1. Best Light & Sound Technician

2. Improviser with Best Realistic Scenes

3. Improviser with Best Absurd Scenes

4. Most Fearless Improviser

5. Most Playful & Accepting Improviser

6. Most Improved Improviser (over the past year)

7. Improviser with Best Character Work

8. Best Host

9. Best Musical Improviser

10. Most Underrated Improviser

11. Most Likely to Win This Award (The Sara Farr Award)

12. Hardest Working Individual for the Collective

13. Best Coach/Teacher/Director

14. Most Fashionable Improviser

Troupe: These awards are for troupes, groups, and teams.

15. Hardest Working Troupe

16. Troupe With The Best Promotion/Marketing

17. The Best Troupe

18. Best Sketch Comedy

19. Best Ad-hoc Team

20. Best New Troupe

Other: These awards do not necessarily apply to individuals or troupes.

21. Best line from a show

22. Most Enjoyable Format

23. Best Improv Party House

24. Best Thing About Improv In Austin

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » October 26th, 2007, 3:53 pm

Thanks! I nominated.

York99 · Post by **York99** » October 29th, 2007, 1:46 pm

Is it ok to add people to the nominations list then go back and add more later, or do they all need to be in the same email?

HerrHerr · Post by **HerrHerr** » October 29th, 2007, 1:48 pm

I miss there being a Best Female Improviser and Best Male Improviser. Can we put that in?

Anyone else agree?

kaci_beeler · Post by **kaci_beeler** » October 29th, 2007, 3:14 pm

HerrHerr wrote:I miss there being a Best Female Improviser and Best Male Improviser. Can we put that in?

Anyone else agree?

Yeah, I like those too.

Spaztique · Post by **Spaztique** » October 29th, 2007, 3:16 pm

Is there anything against nominating yourself?

I bet Sara Farr has some serious competition for the Sara Farr award this year.

TexasImprovMassacre · October 29th, 2007, 5:01 pm

Spaztique wrote:Is there anything against nominating yourself?

valetoile wrote:These awards and the accompanying banquet were designed to give our community a chance to reflect on how lucky we are to work with so many wonderful people, and to recognize the many and varied talents of our members. The awards are a chance not to claim personal glory but to send out immense amounts of love to the people you admire most.

ratliff · Post by **ratliff** » October 29th, 2007, 5:22 pm

Yes, but I admire myself the most! Is that so wrong?

sara farr · Post by **sara farr** » October 29th, 2007, 7:56 pm

Thanks Val, I've submitted my nominations.

shando · Post by **shando** » October 30th, 2007, 11:08 am

I have, too. Let us know if more categories come on line, as some people are clamoring for.

smerlin · Post by **smerlin** » October 30th, 2007, 11:42 am

When voting, I found it useful to look at this list of Austin Improvisers:

http://portal.austinimprov.com/index.php?section=58

And Troupes:

http://portal.austinimprov.com/index.php?section=73

Which should probably be updated.

Asaf · Post by **Asaf** » October 30th, 2007, 11:52 am

I am not on that list.

ratliff · Post by **ratliff** » October 30th, 2007, 12:41 pm

Asaf wrote:I am not on that list. :(

Neither are the entire rosters of Look Cookie, Midnight Society, and the Starter Kit.

On the other hand, Latifah Taormina and Dan Rubin are in the running for dark-horse victories based on their past accomplishments.

smerlin · Post by **smerlin** » October 30th, 2007, 1:07 pm

I think the site is set up so lots of people can edit it and add information. There's a login/create and account feature in the upper right hand corner. I think Bob or Andy or some one has to approve you and then you can edit pages.

ChrisTrew.Com · Post by **ChrisTrew.Com** » October 30th, 2007, 2:23 pm

Dan Rubin is my father