RE: Final Tally..... and some clean-up

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

OK, I'll add these into my "todo" list as well.

Yes, I did forget SeaChem.  I put them on the back burner because of all
the entries... damn, that burner's been sitting their on for a week, no
wonder the gas bill's so high.

I think it's OK to give a merchandise prize for the popular choice award.
Remember that like our wide variety of entries, there's a wide variety of
merchandise too.

First Final Tally :)

Garden          8       26      28
Natural                 3       1
Artificial      2       3
Paludarium              6       1

Total Photo-completions: 73

If you add all the categories together and subtract the photo completions,
that's the slop that's still out there, most of which will be deleted in
the final final tally.

That was about 12:30 last night we finally turned in.  The last hour when
we got back from the concert is kind of a blur to me.  Kathy was very
understanding about it all... I actually ran through all the entries with
her Saturday morning (for the first time) before we went out and took some
last photos of other people's tanks, she was absolutely FLOORED, and
wanted to enter something of ours last minute (Showcase only, of course.
A different sort of entry.  And yes, we crammed it in before leaving for 
our concert).

We're going to work on cleaning tanks today. And ripping out crummy
plant arrangements. :)

  - Erik

On Sun, 1 Oct 2000, James Purchase wrote:

> "Final tally not bad."
> 
> I'd call that a bit of an understatement. Well done! What time did you
> finally get to bed last night Erik? I'm happier than a pig in you know what
> to have gone over 70 entries when only two weeks ago we were hovering around
> 30. You've done a marvellous job handling the entries and the web site.
> 
> I've looked at the web site, following Erik's changes and notice the
> following:
> 
> Guidelines --> Submission Guidelines
> 
> 3/4 of the way down the page:
> 
> "You should now be ready to complete your entry. As has been noted earlier,
> this may be done in a number of ways and we have endeavored to make this
> process as simple as possible. The Entry Form and Photo Release is available
> [1] << in a format which you may print out >> on your own system at home and
> submit through the post office. You may also enter online, by [2] <<
> registering >> to use our Electronic Entry Form."
> 
> [1] Hyperlink leads to Entry Form
> 
> [2] Hyperlink leads back to Main Home Page with no explicit explanation that
> the Contest is now closed to submissions. I know that it says so on the Main
> Home Page, but people tend to say "duh" when they get taken somewhere other
> than where they think they are going by a hyperlink.
> 
> Maybe we should just remove the hyperlinks from the text.
> -----
> 
> Regarding the "People's Choice" award, we may have (or rather, I may have)
> backed us into a corner about what the "award" will be. In the FAQ, there is
> the following text:
> 
> " Q. What are the Prizes?
> 
> A. Ribbons for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in each category and class.
> Additionally, we are contacting aquarium related businesses for prize
> donations (merchandise, vouchers, gift certificates, etc.) which will be
> distributed amongst the category winners and Best of Show.
> The People's Choice winner (selected via viewers' votes) will also receive
> both a Ribbon/Rosette and a merchandise prize."
> 
> Given the surplus of Prizes that we have, I don't think that this should be
> a problem.
> ------
> 
> Erik, I know that you have been busy with the last minute entries, but
> Seachem's donation has not been put into the Prize Page. Did you get the
> graphics I sent to you?
> -------
> 
> 
> Yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I happen to think a cheer is appropriate right about
> now....)
> 
> James Purchase
> Toronto
> 
> 
> 
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