Criteria Testing

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

To date, four people have stepped forward and offered to get involved in
testing out the Judging Criteria via the "mock Contest" web-site that I have
set up. I know of one more individual who has expressed interest in doing so
but he is currently on vacation. Because I was the one who selected the
images and set up the site, I have a feeling that to be objective I really
shouldn't partake in the process as my opinions are probably going to be
biased.

That still leaves over 20 people on this list who could volunteer to test
out these Criteria. It doesn't take long, it isn't difficult, you are just
being asked to give your opinions in a structured manner. As I have
discussed with one of the test Judges privately, if this contest is going to
work well, we really do need to have these Judging Guidelines debugged prior
to moving forward. Feedback is important.

You do not need prior experience as a Judge of anything to participate in
this process, you just want to see this thing work as best it can.
Individual "test judges" will only be identified by number when I collate
the results and post them publicly, so you don't have to worry about being
singled out for your particular input.

When I invited people to get involved in this discussion, I was hoping that
you would do just that - get involved. It gets really discouraging to see
the number of lurkers remain at such a high level. Don't be shy - get
involved. And if you really aren't interested in any of this, why are you
here?

James Purchase
Toronto

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