The Golden Ace Awards Questions & Answers

Answers To Some Of Your Questions

     What are the Golden Ace Awards?
     Who are the judges on the review panels?
     What do the judges do?
     How does the process work?
     How often can I apply?
     What happens once a site is suggested for review?
     What happens once a site is nominated?

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What are the Golden Ace Awards?

     Awards with a mission to recognize artistic quality on the internet, foster the learning
     and application of new and innovative skills, and give credit to talented developers and good
     web sites that reflect artistic skill, aesthetic beauty, quality resources, and family values.

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Who are the judges on the review panels?

     The Golden Ace Awards are reviewed and judged by a selection of internet industry
     designers, developers, and artists from within the lightOS World Internet Community.
     Our organization's services are 100% free and we do not accept donations nor charge
     any fees for this award.

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What do the judges do?

     The judging panels grade and rank sites using the Golden Ace Award 10 point scoring system.
     Our judges review and score each site suggested and submit their scores to a committee review.
     The committee tabulates these scores and selects nominees for the Golden Ace Awards judging.
     Information about our judges will not be disclosed to protect the fairness of the reviews.

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How does the process work?

     The process runs from January 1st until about December 20th of that calendar year. After a site
     URL suggestion is received qualification judges will review the site for basic criteria, content, and
     objectionable material. If the site fails to pass this content review it is disqualified from further review.
     If the suggested site passes the initial qualification review it is passed to a scoring panel for
     secondary review using the Golden Ace Award 10 point rating system. Once the site has been rated
     and scored the site information is passed to the nomination review commitee. Then the nomination
     commitee decides based on the judge's scoring averages if the URL site qualifies as a nominee.

     On or about December 20th the suggestion process is cut off and all nominees are again reviewed
     and scored based on the 10 point system. Final commitee reviews are completed. Top scoring
     nominees in each category are awarded the "Site Of The Year" for that specific category. Three
     unique highly scored sites are also chosen as "Best Artistic Design", "Best Free Resource", and
     "Best Technical Application" of the year. The final Golden Ace Award is the "Site Of The Year".
     This is the one internet site that stood out above the rest of the nominees for the year.

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How often can I apply?

Each site may be submitted for review once a month. The public is free to suggest a site URL and
judges may also suggest a site.

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What happens once a site is suggested for review?

     Once a site is suggested for review it is subjected to the review process. A suggestion does not
     automatically make a site a nominee. The site must complete and pass all aspects of the judging
     and scoring process and be reviewed and approved by the initial review committee. Only qualified
     nominees will be considered during year end awards selections.

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What happens once a site is nominated?

     If your site scores high enough on the score sheets to become a nominee after all of the panel reviews
     it will be auomatically entered into the final judging process in December in it's respective category.
     If your site is selected as any of the final Golden Ace Award winners you will be notified by email
     with the appropriate image attached.