For you sake James, I have placed the judges in order that I would call them. They pretty much line up with what you thought. 1.)Takashi Amano, ADA, Japan -> Highly unlikely but well worth it!! 2.)Claus Christensen, Tropica, Denmark 3.)Karen Randall, AGA, U.S.A. 4.)Christel Kasselmann, author of Aquarienpflanzen, Germany 5.)Kaspar Horst, co-founder of Dupla, Germany 6.)George Booth, U.S.A. 7.)Olga Betts, Vancouver, Canada 8.)Horst Kipper, co-founder of Dupla, Australia 9.)Hideki Higuchi, ADA, Japan 10.)Yoshino and/or Kobayashi, authors of The Natural Aquarium, Japan 11.)Karl Schoeler, Minnesota, U.S.A. 12.)Neil Frank, Editor Emeritus TAG, AGA, U.S.A. 13.)Tom Barr, AGA, U.S.A. 14.)Holger Windelov, Tropica, Denmark 15.)Rainer Stawikowski, author of The Biotope Aquarium, ??? 16.)Barry James, author of several aquarium plant books, GB The rest I don't know very well. Ray Simoneaux, U.S.A. Paul Speice, FAMA columnist, U.S.A. Ted Colletti, FAMA columnist, U.S.A. Kathleen Wood, Editor AFM, U.S.A. Jan Bastmeier, The Netherlands Steve Windsor, Editor Practical Fishkeeping, GB Derek Lambert, author and livebearer specialist, GB Adrian Tappin, rainbowfish expert, Australia Rainer Stawikowski, author of The Biotope Aquarium, ??? Alfred Heng, Singapore Jason Luebke System Performance Engineer Minneapolis, MN ------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, e-mail majordomo@thekrib.com 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