Re: [AGA-Contest] AGA-Contest Digest, Vol 44, Issue 9

[Cheryl Rogers <cheryl@dustyuniverse.com>]

I don't think we need alternate judges so much as we need judges, 
period. Shall I tell Jason that he can judge? It's rude to keep him waiting.

Cheryl



Erik Olson wrote:
> If you got alternate judges for best of show, couldn't they just judge 
> the entire contest and let Jason enter?
> 
> On Tue, 15 Sep 2009, Bailin Shaw wrote:
> 
>> 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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>> i'm EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD
>> Join me
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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
>> >
>> > 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
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > i'm EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD
>> > > Join me 
>> <http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/?source=EML_WLHM_GreaterGood>
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > > 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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