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Please know that there are two changes to the overall OTY process, but in-principal, the contests are still based on Nominating eligible candidates and then Voting on the top ten finishers in each category to determine a winning entrant in each category.
The two changes are:
1. The Judge's Pamphlets will now be printed in the Club's Award winning magazine, in the issue expected to be published on or about April 1st, 2010.
2. In being able to present the Judge's Pamphlet to the entire membership (be sure to share the magazine with your Associate members that are affiliated to your membership) OTY voting will now be open to any and all 
Members in good standing at the time of voting.
It is important to point out that because we are going to print the Judge's Pamphlet as part of the April/May/June issue, which has an article submission date of about March 1st, we will have an extremely tight Nomination window of 1 January through 1 February! As in past years, Nominations will be accepted by snail mail (using the CCTN insert) as well as by email.
Email submissions may be done in several ways, to include scanning a filled-in Nomination Form and sending that in, or by specifying in the body of an email message what candidates are being nominated. However, when doing so in this manner, submissions MUST follow the categorizations and headings found on the Nomination Form. Please be clear on what you nominate and do not assume that the OTY Chairman or Assistant Chairman is so familiar with your choice that a partial description will work.
Please note that this message is just an advance notice of the up coming opening date of the contest (1 January) and is NOT intended to begin the nomination process. We still have several weeks and several major holidays coming that typically see quite a few late-in-the-year qualifiers in all categories. When it comes time to nominate, we hope you visit the Un-Official OTY Viewing Sites, which have been open all year long, to take a look at some candidate contenders for nomination.
If you have a favorite or two (or more) not shown, please know that the site is self-service and anyone can (and is encouraged to do so) upload their own scans of qualified candidates so that others may see additional contenders. Links to those sites are:
Chip of the Year: http://www.thechipgallery.com/gallery2009?dir=COTY
Silver Strike of the Year: http://www.thechipgallery.com/gallery2009?dir=SSOTY
Slot Card / Room Key of the Year: http://www.thechipgallery.com/gallery2009?dir=CKOTY
Token of the Year: http://www.thechipgallery.com/gallery2009?dir=TOTY
(Note: The TOTY category remains open, but may not go to a competition unless enough contenders are nominated.)
I'd like to thank the many people that have contributed previously to the Un-Official OTY Viewing Sites, among which we have:
Jim Silva
Jim Steffner
Larry and Alice Kopp
Esther Baker
Michael Siskin Michael Siskin
Ross Poppel
Terry Shaffer
Phil Doroskio
Doug Johnson
Allan Anderson
David Clarke
Michael Downey
Again, this is an advance notice. The on-line announcement (January 1st) will contain complete details and rules! In the meantime, please help the contest by visiting and adding to the Un-Official OTY Viewing sites!
Thank you and please join in, especially for the nominating portion, as the more nominations we get the better the race for the voters!
Jim and Casey
OTY Awards Chairs
These were the 2008 winners (not to scale)...
CKOTY - 2008
SSOTY - 2008
COTY - 2008
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