Thanks for making the revisions. I do agree about the rules being on the website. If there are any additional issues that have arisen in the past couple of years that need to be addressed by the rules, please forward them on to me or add it into the website announcement page. Once I get a go ahead from people, I'll start posting and hope to get some response soon! Any word on when and where the convention is going to be held? Have we settled on Dallas or an alternative location? Bailin > > I made some suggested changes in the text below. I think it's essential to > > have the web address included since those are the rules that govern and > > where the most info is. Actually I think I would leave the rules out of the > > announcement and just have them on the web page -- best to have the rules > > stated well and in only ONE place to avoid any confusion or discrepancies > > from typos or rewordings.> > Although we can send out ribbons to winners, > > any awards will be cash only, paid by mailed check drawn on a USA bank. > > While cash awards are not a perfect solution, trying to collect and send > > out stuff is impossible to do even half decently. So we don't need anyone > > to find prizes or donated materials. Sponsors, otoh, are quite welcome and > > they provided enough revenue last year to cover most of the awards, iirc.> > > > Since the piece starts out in first person plural, it should stay that > > way so stick with "we" or "I" but don't swtich from one to the other.> > > > sh> _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail to go? Get your Hotmail, news, sports and much more! Check out the New MSN Mobile! http://mobile.msn.com _______________________________________________ AGA-Contest mailing list AGA-Contest@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-contest