The PM lines have now opened for Category 2: Most Supportive Person. You can PM me with up to five votes, as to who you think who is/are the most supportive person/people. Remember to rank your nominees if you're voting for more than one person; 1 being the highest and 5 being the lowest, so I know how many points to give them. Also, you can't vote for yourself.

I will not answer any PMs if I do not need to (as this just fills up the other person's inbox), but I will provide a list on this post to say who has PMed me, so you know if your vote(s) have been counted.

The PM votes will close on Sunday 16th July at 2130 BST, which is when I will publish the poll for this category for the top 5 votes, and open the PMing votes for the next category: The Thread We Learnt Most From.

Hope to hear from you soon!
Car Expert

People Who Have PMed Me

1. crazy_purple_piano_freak
2. katyjay
3. bobifier
4. nicki_flute
5. Cyrilla
6. Boo Radley
7. barry-clari
8. IrisH - LoonY
9. kayladavies
10. ianfiat
11. andante_in_c
12. sbhoa
13. captivate.me
14. Bb Clarinet
15. Choddy
16. elliewelly
17. sarah-flute
18. YetAnotherPianist
19. noodle
20. Rainbow
21. jod
22. tzl_tzl
23. violin-ann
24. musicbox
25. Mushroom

I've done!

Three of us already... That was fast!

CE - you have mail!

I must make sure I don't muddle Supportive with Useful, Cheerful, Humorous, Sensible, Encouraging, Well-Rounded or Best.

Could take some thinking out. CE, I am going away until the 23rd on Tuesday. What should I PM you with if I want to be involved before then?

You need to PM violin-ann for whatever category is on that week, as I'll be away too.

EDIT: Just re-read the original post again - you need to PM me - sorry!

Car Expert

I thought I'd already sent nominations for this category.

I don't think you have...

Car Expert

I must be losing my memory!

noodle (NOT Aggie this time! )

Just PMd you, CE

Thanks everyone!

What the league table looks like at the halfway stage: There are four people way ahead of everyone, and they all look to be guaranteed through to the next stage of the competition. But this is much closer than the Best Signature category. Anyone from 5th to 14th could still nip into the top five, if more people vote for them.

Remember if you haven't voted yet, you've got four days to do so.
And if you don't think your favourite is in the top 5, then vote for them.

Car Expert

I can't remember anyone ever being as supportive as the person I voted for...

Sounds like an excitingly close "race", I'll be intrigued to see who ends up in the poll

Me too Shame I've voted...*thinks of more supportive people*

It was VERY hard to narrow down to five people. I wanted to vote for more!

I think, most people on the fora have been supportive to me at one time or another, and I've witnessed many people being supportive.

It was hard in the one sense, but in the end I decided that I should vote for those who had been supportive to me personally - and then it was a lot easier than "who's the most supportive overall" which is HARD, esp as often you don't know who is being supportive "on the quiet" via PM etc.

Yes, I did that Sarah

That's the way I did it too.....but I still wanted to vote for more than five people......

After the latest PM votes, anyone between 5th and 16th can now nip into the top 5!

Car Expert

Likewise. I had a "long list" of over thirty people, a "slightly shorter list" of eleven and found it very hard to eliminate six from that list for my final five.

Same here! I found it really hard to narrow a very long list down to 5 too.

Of course, today I can think of half a dozen people who I should have thought about putting on my list

Oh well. There were a few people who were really definites for it, and they all went on, so I guess that's the most important

So we basically just say who we thinks the most supportive person??

Yep, by PM of course

You've got two days to get your votes in. It's still very tight at the top, and the fifth-place person has changed each day!

Car Expert

I'd just like to offer my full support to everyone in making these tough decisions...

How do you PM Car Expert?

My Controls -> Compose New Message

Car Expert

Thanx

Erm, did anyone vote for me?