Hi All,I've put together a short document to update the forums about the number of contestants and judges we have for this year's contest. Please let me know if there are any changes you would like before we start posting to the forums. I also wanted to know what the status of the prizes/awards are at this point. NEAPS is still interested in sponsoring a category if these is still a need for additional prizes. Also, what are the advertising needs for periodicals like FAMA, TFH, etc?
In addition to the document, I've also attached the list of current forums that I and others have been posting on. All of the forums have the username: aga-member and password: aquaticplants. This should simplify postings on the forum in the future. I would like to change the email to the an AGA based email in the near future. Is there a way I can be assigned contest coordinator email for this purpose and for other coordinators in the future?
Finally, I have some people I'd like to invite onto the contest list. These are people who responded about helping with the postings in the forums and any additional help they could provide.
Brad Thexton - gelenius@optusnet.com.au (australian member) Greg Porray - gporray@sbcglobal.net Mary Beth Petranek - mpetranek@fulbright.comI'm going to split up the list of forums and have people post to the forums they've been assigned. There are also some sites that I'm currently enrolled in that is part of that list and that I've already been posting to, so I'll keep those for the time being. Zoe, if you'd like to split your list, please email Brad or Greg. Brad, Greg, or Mary there are a couple of additional forums that could use posting to which don't have names assigned below. If you'd like to take those, it would be greatly appreciated
Anyway, let me know about the document and list of forums that need posting to. Also, if there are some additional forums I'm forgetting, send them my way and I'll add it to the list.
Thanks all! Bailin Document 1: Dear Fellow Aquascapers,With less than two months until the deadline for the 2007 AGA International Aquascaping Contest, it?s time to get those tanks pruned and ready for pictures. To date, there have been more than 20 aquascapes already entered into this year?s contest. So, it is sure to be another great year of outstanding aquascapes with some stiff competition in a number of categories.
The hard job of judging these aquascapes will again fall to a panel of esteemed judges. For 2007, we have our first representative from Australia to critique the tanks, AGA member, Eddie Tootle. Also for this year, we have 2005?s Best of Show winner for the AGA Aquascaping Contest, Justin Law. In addition to Justin, the USA?s own Tony Gomez will also be one of our judges for this year?s contest. And of course, the AGA?s own, Karen Randall will be the final judge for the contest. Karen rounds out a dynamic group of judges who have years of experience and accolades to back up their assessment of this year?s tanks.
So, get those tanks perfected and pictures shot. The September 15th deadline is fast approaching! We look forward to another year of exciting and dynamic aquascapes.
For more information about the contest, please visit the website: http://www.aquatic-gardeners.org/
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