Mission Statement/Common Goals

["James Purchase" <jpurch@interlog.com>]

Erik's suggestion of setting down a list of common goals to ensure that we
are all working from the same script (and to prevent me from taking flight
too often <g>) makes a lot of sense to me.

Some things I would like to see included are the following points:

1. The focus is on Aquascaping, not art, craft, or technical wizardry with a
camera.
2. This event has aspects of both Showcase and Contest, and for this our
first year, the balance of emphasis should CLEARLY be on Showcase.
3. The Aquacape displayed in an image is more important than the technical
quality of the photograph.
4. The event is to be designed and executed in such a manner that
_everyone_, regardless of approach to the hobby, years of experience, or
level of skill, feels threatened or excluded.
5. Nothing which excludes a large portion of our audience is acceptable
(except of course we have to accept the fact that this is Web based).
6. This is a FUN hobby. This should be a FUN showcase and competition.

James Purchase
Toronto

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