LISTSERV Choice Awards Rules

Every year until now, an L-Soft jury has chosen the award finalists and – in consultation with L-Soft Founder and CEO Eric Thomas – the year's grand prize winner. This year it is slightly different because you will be more involved in helping to determine the finalists: the lists that will go on for final evaluation for grand prize award consideration. The 2008-09 contest will feature open, public polls for people to cast votes and to keep tabs on how each list is doing in the polls.

After the polls close on April 1, 2009, and the votes are tabulated, the L-Soft jury and Eric Thomas will select the grand prize winner from the three finalists that

received the highest number of votes, based on tabulation. The L-Soft jury will judge the finalists and select a winner based on its determination of the most successful and beneficial email list or email marketing campaign. The decision of the jury is final.

Stay tuned to L-Soft's LISTSERV at Work newsletter in the summer or fall of 2009 as we anticipate announcing the grand prize winner.

Everyone who nominates a list and submits a valid, completed nomination form to L-Soft, with a postal mailing address, will receive an L-Soft promotional item. In addition, each month of the award nomination process, a drawing will be held to select three nominators to receive a LISTSERV 20th Anniversary t-shirt. A total of up to 18 t-shirts will be awarded.

The Grand Prize Winner (i.e. the email list owner/campaign manager) will receive:

• A special framed certificate, signed by Eric Thomas, author of LISTSERV and L-Soft CEO
• Additional software licenses or hosting services, based on L-Soft's assessment
• 10 L-Soft t-shirts to raffle among email list subscribers
• An award logo that the organization or email list owner can use, for example on the email list subscription Web page
• A special grand prize award

The winning email list will be featured in the LISTSERV at Work newsletter and in press releases and other communications, according to L-Soft's discretion.