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Karen, I'd be more than happy to help with a rules revision once we've slain the Convention Beast. Three weeks! > From: krandall@rdrcpa.biz > To: aga-contest@thekrib.com > Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:02:05 -0400 > Subject: Re: [AGA-Contest] AGA-Contest Digest, Vol 37, Issue 3 > > Hi Phil, > > There are no clear rules for paludariums. I can tell you that I would not > judge a tank with a simple piece of wood with some plants on it as highly as > I would a tank that was otherwise of equal quality, but had a true land > area. I also give higher value to a tank with an attractive, natural-looking > land-water interface. > > I would LOVE to re-write both the guidelines and judging criteria for both > the biotope and paludarium categories sometime before the next competition. > Care to give me a hand with it after we get through the convention? We > could standardize what we expect to see in the paludarium category (though > that category really hasn't had many problems) and give better structure and > much-needed guidance for the biotope category. > > I would also like very much to see us go to a judging scale of 200 rather > than 100. The ratios could be exactly the same, but it would be MUCH easier > when sorting out placings to have a little more "juggling" room. As I said > to Erik, in one of the categories this year, most of the tanks that I ranked > in the top 10 SHOULD be very close together in score. But because we have > to rank them 1-10, we end up with one having a score of 100 and the 10th > place tank having a score of 91, even if they are much closer together than > that in terms of quality. > > But all of this is stuff we can discuss after we get the "convention > monster" off our plates! > > Karen > > -----Original Message----- > From: aga-contest-bounces@thekrib.com > [mailto:aga-contest-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of > aga-contest-request@thekrib.com > Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 3:00 PM > To: aga-contest@thekrib.com > Subject: AGA-Contest Digest, Vol 37, Issue 3 > > Send AGA-Contest mailing list submissions to > aga-contest@thekrib.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-contest > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > aga-contest-request@thekrib.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > aga-contest-owner@thekrib.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of AGA-Contest digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Rules question (Phil Edwards) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:29:32 -0400 > From: Phil Edwards <biotypical@hotmail.com> > Subject: [AGA-Contest] Rules question > To: AGA Contest <aga-contest@thekrib.com> > Message-ID: <BLU141-W41E7ED8188D21228E3A57D1290@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > Hey folks, > > Does a Paludarium have to have a dry "land" component to be considered a > paludarium? Is wood sticking out of the water sufficient to qualify as a dry > plant substrate? > _________________________________________________________________ > Want to read Hotmail messages in Outlook? The Wordsmiths show you how. > http://windowslive.com/connect/post/wedowindowslive.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns > !20EE04FBC541789!167.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_092008 > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://lists.thekrib.com/pipermail/aga-contest/attachments/20081022/821a4181 > /attachment.html > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > AGA-Contest mailing list > AGA-Contest@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-contest > > > End of AGA-Contest Digest, Vol 37, Issue 3 > ****************************************** > > > > _______________________________________________ > AGA-Contest mailing list > AGA-Contest@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-contest Want to read Hotmail messages in Outlook? The Wordsmiths show you how. Learn Now |
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