I wanted to share a bit of information regarding the 2024 DotY (Deck of the Year) Awards, including the announcement that the standalone website is up and running and AWAITING YOUR NOMINATIONS!
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As a longtime member of UC, I have enjoyed and cherished the DotY Awards. In recent years, as many of you are aware, the awards migrated to P52 due to some behind-the-scenes UC ownership changes. This led to some exciting new opportunities but also felt a bit like an abrupt departure to members of UC. While there isn't much that could have been done at that point, I still believe in the ultimate purpose of the DotYs, even if that means the program needed to find a new home. Fast-forward to this year's awards and another decision had to be made to develop a standalone platform. Without getting into too much detail, P52 is facing the very real possibility of shutting down for good. Those involved with the DotY Awards don't have the access necessary to keep the P52 site running aside from very minimal access to do minor fixes to database access. With that potential looming, it was decided that a dedicated DotY page be developed in an effort to maintain the program's momentum heading into 2025.
Feel free to browse the website and read about the purpose of the site and find out who is involved in the "ABOUT" section. Also check out the FAQs! As part of the volunteer group who helped with last year's efforts, I help market the DotY Awards and I help coordinate sponsor prizes. Feel free to ask me anything and please submit your nominations for the 2024 DotYs!
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and the other folks involved for this. Site is pretty smooth and voting was fun.
