David, This is gonna be hard to write. It's really hard to type when I'm laughing so hard. Have you ever thought of doing a stint on Letterman's or Leno's late night shows? You'd be a natural. A few points. AGA - Contest / Cart - Horse Perhaps you've got it reversed. Perhaps it might be the Contest which leads the AGA into the sunlight, especially if it makes more people aware of it. And the Showcase/Contest as I pointed out in a prior post is primarily about AQUASCAPING, not just aquatic gardening. I'm not considering, at this time, taking this to the APD and trying to organize/run it from there. I love the APD - as you can tell, I'm an "instant gratification" junkie - I love the immediacy of the Net. But your are fooling yourself if you think that something potentially this big could be acomplished thru the APD. And I see no need to scale it back. I still think that this showcase/contest, plastic plants and all, makes a good fit with the AGA. I'm too tired right now to respond to anything more. But I do like a good laugh, thanks. James ------------------ 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