VOTING

Brands & Manufacturers vote for Retailers. Retailers vote for Brands & Manufacturers

Note: Public Voting has been removed for 2015 Australian Surf Industry Awards. Only the above voting statement is applicable.

Industry Brand & Manufacturers Procedure

National Sales Managers for SBIA Brand / Manufacturer Members will be emailed a survey link which is specific to their email address. This link cannot be forwarded or transferred to an alternative email address. It can only be used ONCE. Managers need consult with territory managers and sales representatives to consider voting against the set criteria. A PDF of all the nominated retailers will accompany the link to be printed for consultation. Managers will then cast their collective vote 1st to 3rd per state on each of the state retail categories and on all other retail categories where brand weighting is applied. All voting is to be completed before the voting closing date or risk not being counted.

Retail Procedure

SBIA Retailer Members will be emailed a survey link which is specific to their email address. This link cannot be forwarded or transferred to an alternative email address. It can only be used ONCE. Retailers are to take into account the category criteria when considering their vote. A PDF of all the nominated Brands, Products & Campaigns will accompany the link to be printed for consultation. Retail Members will then vote 1st to 3rd on each of the Brand Categories where retailer weighting is applied.

Vote & Judged ranking scores are: 1st = 7 score; 2nd = 3 score; 3rd = 1 score

JUDGING

There is a minimum of four judges for each category and one over all head judge. Judges are self-nominating, however are allocated against non-conflicting categories. Judged Entry Submissions are uploaded to Dropbox (www.dropbox.com) in category specific files containing all of that category’s submissions. Judges will be emailed with a link to their specific category file for review. Judges must review each entry and its supporting documents/videos/images/links. Before voting is conducted all judges will be contacted by the Head Judge for conference to clarify judging criteria. Judges will be emailed a voting link specific to their email address. This link cannot be forwarded or transferred to an alternative email address. It can only be used ONCE.