The Great Package Race Prizes: Nov 2002-Feb 2003


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The Great MLX Package Race Prizes: Nov 2002-Feb 2003 Thanks to our software friends... we were been able to offer these incentives for those that contributed to the MLX between November 12, 2002 and February 28, 2003 First Prize 25-copy license of Adobe PhotoShop 7.0 awarded to Chandler-Gilbert Community College "...the professional image-editing standard, helps you work more efficiently, explore new creative options, and produce the highest quality images for print, the Web, and anywhere else. Create exceptional imagery with easier access to file data; streamlined Web design; faster, professional-quality photo retouching; (more...) prize made available via discount purchase via New Media Consortium membership. Second Prize 10-copy license of Macromedia FlashMX awarded to South Mountain Community College "Macromedia Flash MX is the solution for developing highly visual interactive content and applications that deliver breakthrough experiences with significant return on investment." (more...) prize made available via discount purchase via New Media Consortium membership. Third Prize 10-copy license of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 11 awarded to GateWay Community College "Carefully designed to provide you with an easier and more enjoyable work experience, CorelDRAWŽ Graphics Suite 11 delivers powerful software for graphic design, page layout, photo editing and vector animation. Offering live feedback, flexible compatibility and a full range of output options, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 11 gives you more time to create and less hassle, so you can enjoy what you do." (more...) prize made available by Corel donation to members of the New Media Consortium.

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Thanks to our friends, supporters and sponsors...

Oh dear, the last race ended December 8, 2004. The Great Race Incentive programs are over, so please consider collegial reasons why you might share things in the MLX.

Latest from the marketing department... "The First Great Package Race (Nov 2002-Feb 2003) was a smashing success! See the final standings for the number of packages submitted per site between November 12, 2002 and February 28, 2003

In first place was Chandler-Gilbert with a total of 130 packages (0.5019 packages per employee), followed by South Mountain with 76 packages (0.4108 packages per employee) And in third place was GateWay, with 63 packages (0.2451 packages per employee). It gott pretty fast and furious in those last few hours.

News from inventory control... "In the first Great Race Nov 2002-Feb 2003) we added more than 250 new items to the warehouse. We are full equipped to handle many many more"

What is the Great Package Race? It is an incentive program we launched in late 2002 to encourage Maricopa employees to contribute items to the MLX. From November 2002 to the end of March 2003 we tracked how many items were contributed by each Maricopa College, and posted updated score sheet. Scores are normalized by the total number of employees per college, and prizes were offered to the colleges that had the top 3 scores. This was repeated for March 2003-September 2003, and October 2003-March 2004.

Previously, we awarded software prizes to the highest MLX "package per employee" (ppe), e.g. number of packages contributed divided by the full time employee count for that college, but for the current race we are warding just the individual efforts.

(more about the race...)