How It All Began...

The committee members came into the fandom in different ways and at different times, but they all ended up on the forums of Gateworld – a wonderful website every fan of the Stargate franchise should check out. Most, if not all of them met on the Sam/Jack Appreciation thread and over the years interacted with each other on varying levels and through various means.

One of the things they have in common is their love for shippy fan works, so perhaps their membership of the committee shouldn’t come as a surprise. However, appreciating and creating fan works is not the same as organizing a multimedia awards competition! There is a lot of organizing and behind-the-scenes work involved in such projects, which is something Amara realized when she first came up with the idea to organize one – there’s a reason why there are so few left, after all – and so she dismissed it at first.

Of course, it proved impossible to ignore and a little while later she gave in and started to do some research on the subject. Less than two weeks ago (!) she approached the other committee members, telling them about her idea and inquiring if they were interested in helping out, either temporarily or as a committee member.

It turned out the members worked well together: within a week the committee had pinned down the rules and categories, decided on a domain, came up with a plan to promote the awards and narrowed down what else they needed to make this project a reality. Over the last couple of days Amara worked tirelessly on setting up the website, SCIMM made artwork after artwork, Nei perfected the 3D stargate and Fems delved into the world of social media to get everything ready prior to launching the website. To everyone’s surprise the website was finished ahead of schedule, despite having to deal with a couple of different time zones because none of the members live in the same country!

It proved difficult to contain the committee’s excitement – there was a lot of squeeing and giddiness involved – and without seeing a reason for delay, they decided to let the website go live late on the third of May.

And now here we are…