I've just posted this same message over on the Message Board. Any assistance possible will be greatly appreciated!

In a departure from previous OTY Awards procedures I am hereby announcing the 2006 Nominees for Silver Strike of the Year (SSOTY). These are the top finishers from the nomination phase of the OTY Awards process and I am now putting out a "Call for Loaners"!

If you have any of these strikes and you wish to loan them to the OTY Chairman (until the conclusion of the Convention) please email me as soon as possible.

I am looking to have one example of each Nominee so that they can be used to make high-quality scans and also be put on display at the Convention. Scans will be used to create the Official 2006 OTY Judge's Pamphlets and also for a CCTN article.

All loaners will be returned to the owners at the end of the Convention, along with a Certificate of Appreciation. I will accept offers in the order that they come in. Shipping and Insurance, as necessary, will be covered.

Thank you and here are the Nominees!

Palms, Las Vegas, NV $10 Playboy Grand Opening/Femlin with Keys
Sierra Sids, Sparks, NV $10 Ulysses S. Grant
Palms, Las Vegas, NV $200 Tony Pedregon
Four Queens, Las Vegas, NV $10 St. Patrick's Day
Palms, Las Vegas, NV $10 Playboy Grand Opening/Bunny in Tux
Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, NV $40 Moorea Beach Club
Palms, Las Vegas, NV $10 Playboy Grand Opening/Pamela Anderson
Sierra Sids, Sparks, NV $10 Robert E. Lee
Palms, Las Vegas, NV $10 Playboy Grand Opening/Butterfly Girl
Palms, Las Vegas, NV $200 Hugh Heffner/Marilyn Monroe

Jim Follis
Oty Awards Chairman