Dave Engle wrote: "I did notice that there are only 7 people still on this list, so I guess I'll at least start to cover those states." There are 7 people who receive these messages in individual message format. There are an additional 18 who receive the digest version. Erik gets both, so there are 24 people here altogether. The _vast_ majority of people appear to be just lurking, which is cool (I say that now, but it does bug me sometimes). I have tried repeatedly to get more people involved with our ongoing discussions and to try to get them to come forward to get actively involved but everyone has to set their own priorities and I can understand that not everyone has the luxury of the free time which I seem to enjoy. Early retirement does have its upside <g>. I appreciate the help that some of you are offering and hope that your example can spur some of the others into action. This event has gotten to where it is only through the hard work of a number of people. How _well_ we are able to see it though to its completion is going to depend upon _more_ people getting involved. Time and time again I hear people whining about the AGA not doing anything for its members. This event is a way for individual hobbyists, whether or not they are members of the AGA, to help both themselves and the hobby in general, without too much effort on their part. After all, WE ARE THE HOBBY. If you can recall, the initial posting I made to the APD which started this whole thing revolved around the differences in approach which hobbyists in various parts of the world had towards the aquascaping of their aquariums. By providing a forum where a world wide cross section of aquascapes can be displayed and studied, I hope that this event can shed some light on those differences and we can enjoy the diversity of our hobby. For the benefit of those people who have come forward to volunteer, who may need some help in completing the tasks they have undertaken, here is a complete listing of WHO is on this list right now. If you see someone YOU want help from, send them a message and ask them to get involved.... >>>> who aga-contest Members of list 'aga-contest': Erik Olson (Seattle) erik@thekrib.com Justin Collins (Mortimer Snerd) (Bellingham WA) n9720235@cc.wwu.edu Julius Odian (Santa Barbara) uodiaj00@umail.ucsb.edu Ken Guin kenguin@bellatlantic.net Mike G. msg@laol.net David A. Youngker nestor10@mindspring.com Dave Engle (San Diego) DaTrueDave@earthlink.net 7 subscribers >>>> who aga-contest-digest Members of list 'aga-contest-digest': James Purchase (Toronto) jpurch@interlog.com Erik Olson (Seattle) erik@thekrib.com Toan Tran (San Diego) zzttzz@hotmail.com Linda Berg lbergh@richmond.infi.net Dave VanderWall dvanderwall@uswest.net Jose Correa Lohmann (Peru) jcl@pol.com.pe Jason Lubeke jason.luebke@attws.com Jennifer Glover jglover@autometric.com Sally Johnson (New Mexico) sbuna@unm.edu Ron Dubbs (Brighton TN) rondu@mindspring.com Dave VanderWall Dave.VanderWall@hboc.com Tom Brennan (Washington DC) brennans@ix.netcom.com Karen Randall (Boston) krandall@world.std.com Martyn Mitchell (Toronto) sales@rootslipper.com Jim Capelle (Tampa Bay, FL) JCapelle@email.msn.com wcurtin@mediaone.net (FL?) Mike Eckhart (Kitchener) mike@odg.com Don (San Francisco) D0NxD0N@aol.com 18 subscribers >>>> James Purchase Toronto ------------------ 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