ESRI Server Contest

Hopefully you received the email for voting for the ArcGIS Server Mashup and ArcGIS Mobile code challenges. There is real money involved.

Vote for ArcGIS Server Mashup Code Challenge
First prize - $7,000
Second prize - $3,000

Vote for ArcGIS Mobile Code Challenge
First prize - $4,000
Second prize - $2,000

Unfortunately, you have to receive the email to vote. I think that's a bad idea. Wouldn't non-GIS types be a better judge of the best application? Doing GIS f0r GIS's sake seems kind of silly in the day of Web 2.0. Otherwise it's kind of like the Oscars where the winner isn't always the most popular.