Sorry for the silence during the past week - family obligations have kept me too busy to be able to spend much time on the computer. I don't expect to be able to turn my full attention back to this until the end of the month. But two things have been running thru the back of my mind - apparently there is a "list" of contacts that Jim Capelle has access to which might be helpful to me in contacting potenital prize donors. I still have yet to see this list - Jim, if you are still here, please send me a copy in Microsoft Excel (Office 95 version, not 97!) format. Also on the subject of "prizes" - everyone was anxious to tell me that they want real prizes - some of you got downright rude about my even suggesting that we do away with them. Hopefully, most of the companies we contact will agree to provide either gift certificates and or we can make some arrangements for any prizes to be shipped directly to the winners. But this cannot be guaranteed. If anyone is willing and or able to take on the task of handling any prizes that these sorts of arrangements cannot be made for (like receiving them, storing them and then mailing them out), please step forward - don't wait for Spring - do it NOW, please. 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