Re: Jim Capelle's question on Criteria

["Ron" <rondu@mindspring.com>]

On  Sun, 1 Aug 1999 16:48 James Purchase wrote:

>I would hope that we should be able to deal with that by sorting the
entries
>into separate Classes or Divisions for Judging. By that I mean that we
could
>have a separate "Class" for Biotope Aquascapes, where ONLY those tanks
>intended as close approximations of naturally occuring systems would be
>judged together against one another - the winner would be the one which was
>most successeful at that task (in the view of the Judges, of course).

 -snip-

>If the entries are grouped for judging by Categories, then a tank like
>Olga's or Karen's, or George B.'s would be judged against similar tanks;
>biotope tanks would be judged against biotope tanks; fantasy or fun tanks
>could be judged against similar ones; etc. The same basic Criteria would
>serve for all the Judging, and the Judges can decide which it the best
tank,
>in each Class or Division. I think that the Criteria set we have worked out
>is a good one, but if you'd care to suggest an alternative or adjustment,
>and can convince the rest of the group - feel free to make your
suggestions.

And continuing,  the best in show is picked from all the class winners,
along with three runners-up.  A few comments made by the judges as to why
they were attracted to their particular choices.

Ron Dubbs
Brighton, TN

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