Re: contest basics

[krandall@world.std.com]

At 11:24 AM 7/10/99 -0700, Justin Collins wrote:


>Either way, any proceeds left over after shipping or whatever should be
>donated to the AGA.  Do we have any important AGA people on this list?

I don't know how "important" we are ;-) But I am Steering Committee Chair,
and both Erik and Paul are Management Committee members.

>On a final note, what kind of timeline are we looking at for a final
>submission date.  I don't know about anyone else, but I recently set my tank
>up and am still working out several points in the aquascaping I don't like.
>I suspect there are many people who are more likely to make submissions if
>they have at least a month to get their tanks in shape.  While such a long
>timeline does open it up to those people that may simply set up a tissue
>paper tank for the contest, I think those submissions are valuable anyway
>for the ideas they present.  To me, at least, this would be more about what
>people are capable of conceiving and producing, even if it is in the short
>term.

The lead time probably has to be at least 4 months for it to be published
in TAG.  If this is going to be an AGA project, we have to remain sensitive
to the needs of our many non-APD members.

Karen