A big congratulations to Madfin, the winner of Whyville's latest Good Citizen award!
Madfin's nominator pointed out that she has participated in the Solstice Safari three times, and led her group each time, sharing a variety of thoughts and observations. Madfin also has great teamwork skills, and assists others whenever they need help.
According to the nominator, Madfin never judges anyone by how they look, but by their heart. She treats everyone with respect, and has never gotten any sort of punishment (taped, fined, etc.) since she started. Though she isn't the most well-known citizen, Madfin's nominator said, "She is the friendliest person I have ever met on Whyville!"
Madfin has been a citizen since July 28, 2002. She's quite the veteran! With her 99 clam-a-day salary, Madfin does her best to help out her fellow citizens. She has also won several clams at the Trivia Hour.
Congratulations, Madfin, and thank you!
The goal of this "Good Citizen" award is to shift our focus on those citizens who break the rules, or who don't know about them -- that's what the 911 Report and the Chat License tend to make us think about, don't they?
We at City Hall agree, it's really important to celebrate the citizens who exemplify the Whyville Way!
During Senate Hall discussions led by Senators OrEoBaBy and Sonner last year, many of you said you wanted a way for citizens to file "good citizen reports", which would lead to the awarding of a non-expiring face part medal. Now, we can't allow everyone to report because it would take us a lot of work to investigate each report. We wouldn't be able to tell if you're nominating someone just because they were your best friend, your sister, or your other account.
Instead, city workers will keep an eye out, and we take nominations from our Senators, since senators are supposed to be our eyes and ears into the community. Y-mail Helpers will also participate in the nominating.
Winners of the award will get a non-expiring face part medal.
What does it take to "exemplify" the Whyville Way? Respecting Whyville's rules; helping others, eagerness to explore, learn, communicate, create; protecting Whyville's safety; all these and more are what the Whyville Way is all about.
Is it what you're about? :-)
