He cannot judge best of show if his tank is in the running. I would suggest
that we also get some alternate judges
to provide input for the best of show if this does occur. Just a thought.
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> Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:41:34 -0500
> From: cheryl@dustyuniverse.com
> To: aga-contest@thekrib.com
> Subject: Re: [AGA-Contest] AGA-Contest Digest, Vol 44, Issue 9
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> Bailin, do you mean that Jason cannot judge any Best of Show at ALL or
> he cannot judge it IF his aquascape is in the running for Best of Show,
> i.e. it won first place in his category?
>
> Cheryl
>
>
>
> Bailin Shaw wrote:
> > Cheryl and all. Like was discussed previously, I think we definitely
> > allow Jason to judge the contest, but as Karen pointed out, he cannot be
> > part of the best in show and cannot judge his own category. There could
> > be many complaints from other competitors that I would rather avoid.
> > Who can contact him?
> >
> > Any additional work on other judges?
> >
> > Bailin
> >
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> > > Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:54:51 -0500
> > > From: cheryl@dustyuniverse.com
> > > To: aga-contest@thekrib.com
> > > Subject: Re: [AGA-Contest] AGA-Contest Digest, Vol 44, Issue 9
> > >
> > > Is there any further discussion on this topic?
> > >
> > > Bailin, you're the contest decider. What do I tell Jason?
> > >
> > > Cheryl
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Karen Randall wrote:
> > > > I agree with Bailin. I don't have any problem with Jason judging
> > categories
> > > > that he hasn't entered, and have someone else judge the categories
> > he IS
> > > > entered in. The problem is if he ends up in contention for the top
> > prize.
> > > > None of the judges know who has entered each tank (unless they've
> > seen it
> > > > before, in which case we just need to trust them to judge fairly and
> > > > honestly anyway) because the names are not revealed until the very
> > end. I
> > > > suppose we could do something like, if he DID end up in contention
> > for the
> > > > top prize, then he bow out of picking the over-all winner, and the
> > other
> > > > judges make that call. Same would be true of Phil, if he judged the
> > > > categories that Jason was competing in, but he was competing in
> > Biotopes...
> > > > If he was one of the top two contenders in Biotopes, he would have
> > to sit
> > > > out the final decision making round.
> > > >
> > > > I think that would work, what do the rest of you think?
> > > >
> > > > Karen
> > > >
> > > >
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