Volunteer Awards
No, this page isn't for the state website, it's to show
Appreciation
for the hundreds of volunters with whom we've been priviledged over the years.
TXGenWeb has several awards that we use to let you know which volunteers have been determined,
by their peers, to merit extra applause for their efforts.
The volunteer award is for all of our volunteers from the visitors who contribute their research to
the surfers and to the county coordinators and webmasters. It's awarded by coordinators to
whomever
they deem worthy of special notice.
For the County Coordinators who have been picked by a committee of their peers for things like their longevity
with the project, their willingness to participate or the content of their websites.
Service Awards are presented to our County Coordinators each year based on the numbers of years they
have dedicated to TXGenWeb. We celebrated 25 years online in 2021 and still have volunteers who started
the project!
Our most dedicated all-around volunteers are our "surfers" who visit
each
website, each month, to evaluate content and ensure that TXGenWeb is providing a network of
great county websites. In addition, these volunteers offer suggestions, report problems, and select
counties from their regions to compete for the Mike Basham Memorial County of the Month Award.
Each month our surfers choose a single county from each region to designate worthy of competing for this award. These
counties are deemed the best in the project. Note that this is a very difficult job; we have many counties in the same
region that are quite excellent and choosing one above the others is never easy. At the end of the month, the votes are tallied and a
winner is announced. A county coordinator who wins this award three times for the same county is awarded with a place in the Hall of Fame.
At the end of each year, all of our coordinators are invited to vote for both the best county listed in the Hall of
Fame and the best county listed in the County of the Month for that year. We have so many counties in the Hall of Fame now (54) that
we've decided to drop this category of County of the Year. It's hard to surf that many counties in a comfortable amount of time.
