Hall of Fame Induction 2019 is here!!!

[darren]

Motorhead

[UCChris]

We need like three "Men of the Year" as one is just too hard to narrow it down to.

[Matchstickshooter]

I'd like to nominate Avator (Bill).
Like the other nominee's, He's a great guy. Contributes often and He is always there to share his wisdom for us.

Avator! has my vote!

[screwwork]

Motorhead gets my vote.

[squirrel_hunter]

 Jeff aka privateer...jeff is a straight up person that goes above and beyond what most air gunners would do...he can shoot pretty good also.

[DanD]

I appreciate all our members, but I'd like to nominate Tack Driver 10 and his pet bass, Billy, for their well documented and well illustrated posts about American pumper mods.

[Hoosier Daddy]

Second the nomination for Jeff aka privateer

[FuzzyGrub]

I'm sure my perception is clouded by following only the Darkside, but still a tough call.   There are probably many an excellent GTA member that live outside this world, that I'm completely not aware of. 

Scott (Motorhead) has had my deepest respect for many years, and his early Mrod regulation info, I found invaluable.   His testing and evaluation of different valves has also been very insightful.  My vote.

Jason (nervoustrigger) has also been invaluable with allot of DIY info, in current and prior year threads.  I have been more focused on that type of info in the last year or so.  First runner up. 

[dv8eod]

I'll toss my hat to Jeff, too. You all have no idea how many times he's come to my rescue, both airgun related and not.

[Rick67]

So many gents deserving praise  ..

Mr Neil Clague is my darkhorse contender.

May not post much and not too overly friendly but I admire him for sharing his merchandise every how and then.

[Back_Roads]

 NC Ed sure helps out the springer members , never crossed my mind . We take the easy way out and tell the new to springer guy to get a PCP.

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

I'd like to nominate Avator (Bill).
Like the other nominee's, He's a great guy. Contributes often and He is always there to share his wisdom for us.

Count me... in.... on that vote for Aviator... Scott.   

Either Aviator.... or SteveP-52.... both of those guys.....go WAY out of their way....to help !

Actually..... there are Many folks.... that deserve this honor !



Best Wishes  -  Tom

[GreyBeard1851]

Hector Medina

[Rocker1]

 This thread has been read 385 times and we have 32 replys come on guys. David

[avator]

When I think about what makes this forum great several names come to mind. To narrow the list down I have to ad in the 'years in service' factor. I still consider myself more of a newcomer. I've only been around these gates for 6 or 7 years so I feel I pale compared to others. I completely appreciate the nods but I'm very much compelled to decline. That said, here is my short list....
Richard
Only one Harry
Vigilandy
Lizzie

[Xraycer]

Off the top of my head:

Motorhead
Hector Medina
Hajimoto
Ribbonstone
Darkcharisma
Travis
Nervoustrigger

I've only been around a few years, so still a newcomer. But, I'm really surprised that Scott had yet been inducted into the GTA Hall of Fame.
So, for this year, l will vote for Mr. Motorhead

There are many deserving contributing members here, and these individuals will eventually get their accolades.

[avator]

Keep in mind....
This is "The Hall of Fame" not "Man of the Year".

[maraudinglizard]

Jeff aka privateer is my choice. 

[Gertrude]

There are several regular contributors, with  various areas of knowledge, expertise, and experience.
This makes it impossible  for me to nail it down to just one "Man of the Year".
Id certainly like to see it separated into a few categories to recognize  those folks within their strongest areas

So with that said, and on no particular order,
I think those worthy of a special recognition would be :
Scott - motorhead
Jason - nervoustrigger
Lloyd  Sikes
Bill - avator

I have conferred with the Thor-man in the past, and he  pretty much told me to just shoot Jeff - Privateer, at the first opportunity,  so he may just have to wait for a post-mortum recognition. 

Matter of fact, I'm pretty sure Thor mentioned  something about shooting, reloading, and emptying  several magazines,
 just to make sure
 

[only1harry]

Thank you Bill for the nomination but like you I will have to decline.  Yes, I may be entering my 14th year with the GTA, 10 of which I spent as a Mod and 2 as an Admin, but I am of the opinion that Admins and Mods should be excluded from the list, only because I believe that the GTA membership already recognizes the contributions and sacrifices of its administrative staff.  We are expected to go above and beyond, and I personally consider it the duty of anyone accepting a staff position.  If we had an additional list of top 10 "contributors of the year" I might have accepted.

Having said that and as others have already pointed out it is extremely difficult to pick just 1 person for recognition of their contributions to the airgun community, so I too will make 5 nominations.

Lloyd Sikes
Scott  (motorhead)
Jason  (nervoustrigger)
Hector Medina
Hajimoto

Harry