SS is working on a new era of cooperation with the MVPA in order to further the efforts of both of our groups. In that theme, David Welch, the MVPA President, has offered us the opportunity to present a SS award to the vehicle of our choosing at this year's MVPA Convention in August.
In order to do this, we will need to come up with the criteria with which the winner of the SS Award is chosen and we need to come up with an award.
I am open to any suggestions for the criteria. Please let me know what your ideas are. Best M-series? Best scrap yard to show stopper restoration?
We need someone to fabricate an award to be given out too. I was thinking of creating something out of MV parts and having a brass tag made for it, but time is drawing nigh. I am on vacation all next week and the convention is the week after that. Does anyone want to volunteer to spearhead the trophy creation committee??? SS general funds will be available to help pay for parts if need be, but let's be as budget minded as possible.
In other news, SS will be running a full-page insert in the MVPA Convention program. It was created with lots of help from Mike Devilman96. In exchange for the insert, we will be running some MVPA banners on our site.
I think this new effort can only benefit both of our organizations. Let's show the convention attendees what a great group we are by creating a great trophy and rewarding a very worthy vehicle at the show. One of our SS members will be selected to present the trophy at the show. We'll have to come up with a creative way to select the presenter too!
Thanks for your help!!!
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Chris Stansbury, founder of Chris' CUCV Homepage in 1998 and Steel Soldiers in 1999.
1985 AMG M998 HMMWV, under the knife
1992 BMY M925A2 - TRADED!!
1991 BMY M923A2, SOLD
Father, lead me, 'cause I can't do this alone.
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I saw this thread as soon as you posted it and thought you'd have more volunteers than you knew what to do with so I didn't post. Well it's been up a while with no responses so I'll go ahead and offer my help for anything that is needed.
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This is a BIG plus for us all, the MVPA needs M series, I wish i was going this year but vacation plans are in the way, I would do anything U asked me to do, next year i will attend and be happy to do anything, I think one idea is an NDT tire on a deuce rim, would be an awesome prize on a stand with a brass plaque, just saying......ok, maybe a minature...
to bad I am not closer to do something for the event . I did not know about till today .
But still if I can do something Chris let me know I will do my best to help out
Man this is a great idea but not enough time to do much... Nothing but good can come from this semi union of organizations. SS has become a strong player in the military vehicle world for sure...
If we had more time we could come up with a real cool trophy.. I am just to far away to do anything..
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1954 Canadian M37 W/W "Oliveoil"
1971 M816 "Yard Whore"
1952 Curtis Wright M44/M34 "Mo gas momma"
1952 M42 project "money pit"
1968 M109A2 "camper special"
1986 M1028,1984 M1028,1983 M1028,1985 M1009
The list go's on but that would be bragging.
"I don't think the United States needs super-patriots. We need patriotism honestly practiced by all of us"
Dwight Eisenhower
I have a couple of thoughts. First off, I would suggest the award and the criteria should reflect a computer or the internet in some way. It seems to me that is the most we all have in common and therefore our trademark to a large degree. You might consider a plaque with a engraving of a common man with the hood up on his M-series truck and a lap top computer on the fender. Or a combination of a truck part and a computer part (A deuce steering wheel and a monitor fused together)
The criteria would be something along those lines too. Some how come up with a way to determine which vehicle on display benefited the most from the internet. Maybe a computer nerd award. See who looks the most like Mike or something along those lines. I really have no clue how to pull this off.
Oh, here we go, a mouse glued to the top of a deuce piston. I have an old HP wireless mouse right here in front of me .
But wait, there's more,
Come up with a list of things you can ask the particapants. Things like:
Did you order parts on line?
Did you find your vehicle on line?
How many forums are registered on?
Etc., etc., and so forth. The person with the most points gets the award.
Last edited by Blythewoodjoe; 07-21-2009 at 23:51.
Steel Soldiers MVPA Convention Award
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