UWSAG talks to Brian Forrester
of SFG Awards

Owner: SFG Awards rated 3.0+ with UWSAG
Winner: UWSAG Award Seekers Pick! for December, 2003

1. What got you started in website design?
   
   "Well that’s kind of hard to say. I think it was my interest in remembering veterans and to honor my cousin who was killed in Vietnam.
   I had such a response to the site from veterans that I decided to make a formal site to my favorite interest fantasy art
   ."
   
   
2. What do you hope to accomplish with your award program?
   
   With SFG Awards I am hoping to inspire new and interesting sites and to give them the hope that due to their hard work that someone has noticed what they have done."
   
   
3. What advice would you give other program owners?
   
   "Well I think the best advice that I would give is no matter what always keep your ethics. Without ethics then I feel you can not be true to yourself or to your program not to mention those seeking your award."
   
   
4. What was the biggest problem you faced with your award program?
   
   "I think it would have to be getting the right mix of criteria and disqualifiers. I think that is what makes or breaks a award program."
   
   
5. If you had to do it all over again, what would you do differently?
   
   "One that is universal! Getting applicants to read the “Mandatory or Disqualifying” criteria."
   
   
6. If you had to do it all over again what would you do differently?
   
   "I think I would have waited a while longer to launch my program, I think I would have evaluated a little longer for other programs."
   
   
7. What plans do you have for the future?
   
   "I would eventually like to start a evaluators program and maybe a rating program for award programs."
   
8. What else do you like to do?
   
   "My family is very important to me as are my friends so spending time with them is what I do the most.
   I also enjoy riding and graphic art work to go with my poetry that I write."