re:definition

["Roger S. Miller" <rgrmill@rt66.com>]

On Sat, 17 Jul 1999, James Purchase wrote:

> Actually Roger, I think that allowing everyone into the Contest, but barring
> them from the possibility of winning throught rigging or weighting the
> judging against them would be patently unfair and exclusionary.

I disagree.  But at this point it makes no difference.

> 
> My view of what you said and how it could be applied here to solve our
> dilema is that we have two very clearly separate Sections - people could
> decide for themselves, via a check box on the entry form, which section they
> wished their images placed in.

Folks, we have a consistent pattern of things getting more and more
complex at every possible turn.
 
> However, I think that all tanks entered into the Contest should
> automatically get placed in the Showcase as well.
> 
> Please note, that in the following, a person wishing to enter their planted
> aquarium into the Showcase but who did not wish to subject it to the rigours
> of the Competition, could easily do so.
> 
> For example, and this is _only_ a suggestion, what about this:
> 

It seems like at every turn the outline of the contest moves farther and
farther from anything to which I ever considered contributing time,
effort, money or even my personal endorsement.  It's now reached the point
that I don't even want to participate in it.  Would you?


Roger Miller
aquarist at large.

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