As a reminder, the deadline for submission of 2007 OTY Candidates is March 15th, mid-night MST. Yep, the Ides of March!

As always, the OTY Awards process is only open to members in good standing and if you wish to cast a vote as a Judge, you MUST submit a chip, and/or token, and/or strike and/or slot card/room key into consideration for Nomination by sending an email or using the linked .pdf Nomination Form. If you wish to do so via email, please be sure to include your number and a snail mail address.

Only chips, tokens, strikes and slot cards/room keys issued during calendar year 2007 are eligible for Nomination. If you are familiar with any viable candidates, please feel free to make a nomination. If you are not too familiar with 2007 releases, we have accumulated some at the following links, known as the Un-Official OTY Viewing Site:

Chips - http://www.thechipgallery.com/gallery2007?dir=COTY

Tokens - http://www.thechipgallery.com/gallery2007?dir=TOTY

Silver Strikes - http://www.thechipgallery.com/gallery2007?dir=SSOTY

Slot Cards/Room Keys - http://www.thechipgallery.com/gallery2007?dir=CKOTY

Clicking this link will download a .pdf version of the Official Nomination Form. You will need Adobe Acrobat or Reader to view and print this form: http://www.thechipgallery.com/ebay/pics/2007_Nomination_Form.pdf

For your viewing pleasure, here are the four winners from last year's OTY Competitions:

Chip of the Year - COTY

Token of the Year - TOTY

Silver Strike of the Year - SSOTY

Slot Card/Room Key of the Year - CKOTY

Please feel free to post any questions or comments you may have, or simply email me at the OTY addy above.

Thank you for looking here and please get your Candidate Nominations in right away.

Jim Follis
OTY Awards Chairman