2009 Awards - Update 2

Hi All, well I guess it’s like busses, you wait for ages and then two come along at once!

Well we’ve had a busy few weeks on the awards and I’m pleased to say it’s all starting to come together. We’re running a little bit behind schedule but it’s nothing that we can’t handle! Here’s a quick rundown of the progress thus far:

Categories
We now have what I consider to be a close to final list of categories as I’ve published tonight on the blog:

Sponsorship
The Awards Sponsorship Brochure is now complete; if you know someone who might like to sponsor the awards please do get in touch.

2009 Venue and Date
The venue for the 2009 BIMA awards has been selected, this year we’re going to partying in one of London’s coolest venues the KOKO in Camden, home of the biggest glitter-ball in Europe! This is a fantastic venue and provides us with lots of cool possibilities. The date of the Party is Thursday the 19th of November, put it in your diary now it’s going to be wicked!

Awards Site
The awards site has been built and is just waiting to be filled with content and for a couple of bits of technical wizardry to be done on the entry system. We’re running a little behind schedule on this bit but we’re hoping to have the site up and open for entries by the end of the first week in July.

Judges
Most of the judges have been selected. This year we’ve got some great people, a good mix of BIMA members, external experts and the press, I’m very proud to have them on board. The list of Judges will be announced with the site launch.

Partners
This year we’re hoping to have a number of partners for specific groups of categories, a full list will be announced shortly but in the mean time if you have any suggestions as to organisations that should get involved (other associations or groups) please do let me know.

Well that’s it for the time being, thanks for reading and please do keep checking back for more updates!