James wrote: <<<But I still don't like "slanting" the judging... it is patently unfair...>>> Just an idea that I'm tossing out: What if we were able to decide on exactly what would be judged, and published the card that the judges would be using for judging along with the entry? If people saw that 20% of the score comes from "effective use of aquatic plants" then they'd probably get the picture. We don't need to discuss the judging criteria right now, I'm just suggesting that we publish the criteria along with the entry. (publishing will be soooo easy since it'll be "mostly" web-based.) Dave Engle Escondido (San Diego) California Non AGA Member ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------ 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