At 12:16 PM 7/15/99 -0700, you wrote: >Olga wrote: ><<<The judges enter their own fish >but their vote is excluded when it comes to their fish. If we have several >judges and they are not all "friends" then I think that could work and that >way some good aquascapers would not be excluded.>>> > >I hate not having a specific reason for an opinion, but in this case, I >don't. I just don't think that the judges should enter the competition. >Showcase, yes. Contest, no. Just my opinion. It's my gut reaction too. I think it avoids the APPEARANCE of partiality, whether it is an real problem or not. >(But....Just think of some of >the judges comments if we had Adam Sandler and Steve Martin on the panel! ) I vote for Steve Martin for the "Novelty" category!<g> Karen ------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, e-mail majordomo@aquatic-gardeners.org with "unsubscribe aga-contest" in the body of the message. To subscribe to the digest version, add "subscribe aga-contest-digest" in the same message. Old messages are available at http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-contest