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          This page lists unanswered questions I have about the Wisconsin Area Music Industry (WAMI) Awards and its Award Shows. Please write if you can answer one or more of these questions.

• Where are copies of the 1981-1996 and 2001-2002 programs I've never seen?

• With scores of currently active Wisconsin based bands, who decided that Polka was a dead genre and unworthy of a single nomination since 2001?

• Somebody told me that WAMI had serious problems and there might not have been a show at all one or more years. If so, which years, and why/why not?

• As it is so infrequently given, what are the criteria for the President's Award?

• Where are the publically accessible WAMI historical records since 1981 kept? Partial answer; the 19?? Board of Directors designated the
  Jean Cuje' (coo-shay') Milwaukee Music Collection at Marquette University as the Official WAMI Archives.
            The Archives might include: 1981 to date Board meeting minutes, Treasurer's Reports, Award Show programs, and permanent reference copies of every Song and Album Nominated.
            The 1981-1995 nominated Songs and Albums are unknown, but for 1996-2008, there were 69 different Songs and 68 different Albums nominated. Where are they all now?

• Where is it written, the entire Award process from beginning to end?
  1. Who decides what the Award Categories will be and the criteria they considered in changing them from year to year.
  2. Who decides which categories are important enough to be presented Live in Person from the Stage?
  3. Who is able to nominate names and vote, and how? Partial answer, Paid up members. Anyone else? See People's Choice Awards below.
  4. Who determines whether every Nominee submitted for a particular genre of music is appropriate for that genre?
               Previous problems: Pop/Rock singers and Country Bands nominated for Folk Awards, R&B singers nominated for Jazz Awards, Country Bands nominated for Bluegrass Awards, and completely plugged in bands nominated for Acoustic Awards.
  5. Generally there are five Nominees in each Category on the final ballot. Why are there sometimes four, six or seven Nominees?
  6. Who receives and counts the votes, types up the Winner Certificates and seals the Presented envelopes?
  7. What company manufactures the Awards?
               To prevent undue influencea or pre-Show leaks, the previous two questions probably can never be publicly answered.
  8. How are Presenters selected?

  9. When was the first People's Choice Award given, 2003?
  10. Why do the categories change from year to year?
      2003: Band/Artist
      2004: Band, Print Media, Radio Station, Music Venue
      2005: Band/Artist
      2006: Band, Print Media, Radio Station, Music Venue
      2007: Band/Artist
      2008: Artist/Band

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