Do we have anyone else in the states that would be willing to judge without entering
a tank? He is one of the
better aquascapers in the states, so I would agree with Erik and would hate to lose
him this year. How about Neil
Frank or some of the previous AGA members? We could also ask Ricky Cain or Ben Belton.
What about Ghazanfar? Just
shooting names out at this point.
As far as foreign judges, I have absolutely no idea here. I don't follow that
as closely.
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> Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 20:37:05 -0700
> From: erik@thekrib.com
> To: aga-contest@thekrib.com
> Subject: Re: [AGA-Contest] [Fwd: RE: contest judge?]
>
> The big problem is that if he doesn't judge, it means he'd essentially be
> scoring himself last place. It doesn't mean he can't win a prize, due to
> the weird harmonic averaging we do. But it does diminish it. All other
> past participants have opted to either not enter or enter unjudged.
>
> NOW, speaking from my own opinion, I would much rather see him enter (and
> have a good shot at winning), than see him judge this year. There are so
> few really good US aquascapers entering, it would be a shame.
>
> - Erik
>
> On Thu, 3 Sep 2009, Cheryl Rogers wrote:
>
> > Sorry, that was garbled. David was talking to me over my shoulder and I
> > started a sentence twice. Anyway, can Jason enter if he judges? That's
> > what I meant.
> >
> > Cheryl
> >
> > Cheryl Rogers wrote:
> >> Well? Can Jason enter the contest if he judges, can he enter? Can he
> >> just refrain from judging his own tank? What's the protocol here?
> >>
> >> Cheryl
> >>
> >> -------- Original Message --------
> >> Subject: RE: contest judge?
> >> Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 22:27:57 -0400
> >> From: Jason Baliban <jbaliban@baliban.com>
> >> To: 'Cheryl Rogers' <cheryl@dustyuniverse.com>
> >> References: <4A9FE928.30002@dustyuniverse.com>
> >>
> >> Hey Cheryl,
> >>
> >> I think that would be awesome! One question about judging/entering?
> >> Would I be able to enter if I judged (even if I couldn’t place)?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> j
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Cheryl Rogers [mailto:cheryl@dustyuniverse.com]
> >> Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 12:05 PM
> >> To: Jason Baliban
> >> Subject: contest judge?
> >>
> >> Dear Jason,
> >>
> >> Would you like to be a judge in this year's AGA contest?
> >>
> >> Cheryl
> >> ----------------------------------------
> >> Cheryl Rogers
> >> Senior Editor, The Aquatic Gardener
> >> Membership Chair
> >> Aquatic Gardeners Association
> >> www.aquatic-gardeners.org
> >>
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