I'm not sure how the new committee plans to proceed, but last year we had only one award ceremony at the end of the year because there were only a dozen or so nominations.
However, people should feel free to send in nominations to the committee at any time. R.Smits is the new Chair, but you can send your nomination to any committee member.
I'm sure I've noted a few times before that
good sites don't necessarily nominate themselves - ever. I've run my site since 2004 and only in 2010, 2 years after a massive upgrade, did I wonder why the website-awards hadn't looked at it. I was very embarrassed at the idea of nominating myself. Perhaps I'm being slopey-shoulders for saying so (I'm not doing the
work!) but I do think the website-award
committee are in the best position to look for and nominate sites. No-one else will do so. Site-owners won't nominate themselves, and those not concerned will assume that between site-owners and the website aware
committee, someone should be looking for
good sites. That means going out and searching! This is a consistent point I've brought up several times.
Good stuff is happening, especially with institutional sites
The other aspect of course is the internet has changed. There are fewer standalone websites (like mine) and more Tumblr, Flickr, and Facebook sites.
Forvm, rightly demands more than just a
collection gallery so those Tumblr, Flickr, and Facebook coin-collector sites won't make the grade, but it is a reason why there are fewer new sites. I think...