Re: [AGA-Contest] sponsors, etc

[Cheryl Rogers <cheryl@dustyuniverse.com>]

Sorry for the blank post. Here's my edits:

Another incredible year has wrapped up for the AGA's annual 
International Aquascaping Contest. Much like years past, there were some 
stunning aquascapes, including this year's Best of Show winner, which 
the judges all agreed was an amazing tank. For 2009, we came close to 
our record for the number of entries submitted and had tanks 
representing many different countries and styles. In particular, our 
Small and Medium Aquatic Garden categories had so many excellent 
aquascapes that the judges had a hard time coming to a consensus. And as 
an added bonus, the number of entries in this year's Biotope category 
far outnumbered previous years’, suggesting a renewed interest in this 
type of tank.

Before we open the entries for viewing, we have to give credit where 
credit is due. This contest has always been dependent on the efforts of 
volunteers. Our beautiful graphics were again provided by Zoe 
Stevens-Lavigne. To help get word out to the numerous websites about our 
contest, we enlisted a group of dedicated workers: Tanya Logan, Brian 
Revennaugh, Larry Bugg, Brandon Dement, and Efren Leonida. Thank you 
everyone for your hard work and we hope to be able to count on your help 
for next year's contest. I'd also like to extend the AGA's gratitude to 
our judges for this year: Karen Randall and Phil Edwards from the AGA, 
and last year's aquascape winner, Jason Baliban. With the quality and 
number of aquascapes in the contest, they had an especially hard job 
this year.

Finally, I would also like to extend our thanks to our sponsors, Seachem 
and Aquarium Design Group. The AGA greatly appreciates their generosity!

Without the efforts of the volunteers and the sponsorship from Seachem 
and ADG, this contest would not be the success it has been from year to 
year.

Enjoy the aquascapes!

Kind Regards,
Bailin Shaw


Bailin Shaw wrote:
> Hello All.  The contest judging appears to be finished and Erik will be 
> putting my "blurb" up on the front page of the site.  Before he does so, 
> please edit the blurb and make suggestions.  I'd like to go live this 
> weekend or before depending on Erik's schedule.
> 
> Bailin
> 
> Another incredible year has wrapped up for the AGA's annual 
> international aquascaping contest.  Much like years past, there were 
> some stunning aquascapes including this year's best of show, which the 
> judges all agreed was an amazing tank.  For 2009, we came close to our 
> record for numbers of entries submitted and had tanks representing many 
> different countries and styles.  In particular, our small and medium 
> categories had so many excellent aquascapes, the judges had a hard time 
> coming to a consensus on which tank they thought were the best for each 
> category.  And as an added bonus, the number of entries in this year's 
> biotope category far outnumbered this area from previous years 
> suggesting a renewed interest in this type of tank.
> 
> Before we open up the entries for viewing, we have to give credit where 
> credit is due.  This contest has always been dependent on the efforts of 
> people who volunteer year after year to get the word out worldwide about 
> the contest.  As in years past, our beautiful graphics were again 
> provided by Zoe Stevens-Lavigne for the 2009 contest.  To help get word 
> out to the numerous websites about our contest, we enlisted a group of 
> dedicated workers: Tanya Logan, Brian Revennaugh, Larry Bugg, Brandon 
> Dement, and lastly Efren Leonida.  Thank you everyone for your hard work 
> and we hope to be able to count on your help for next year's contest.  
> In addition to our volunteers, I'd also like to extend the AGA's 
> gratitude to our judges for this year: Karen Randall and Phil Edwards 
> from the AGA, and last year's aquascape winner, Jason Baliban.  With the 
> quality and number of aquascapes in the contest, they had an especially 
> hard job this year.
> 
> Finally, I would also like to extend our thanks to our sponsors, Seachem 
> and Aquarium Design Group.  Their generosity is greatly appreciated by 
> the AGA!
> 
> Without the efforts of the volunteers and the sponsorship from Seachem 
> and ADG, this contest would not be the success it has been from year to 
> year.
> 
> Enjoy the aquascape!
> 
> Kind Regards,
> Bailin Shaw
> Aquascaping Contest Chair
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> From: biotypical@hotmail.com
> To: aga-contest@thekrib.com
> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:01:54 -0500
> Subject: Re: [AGA-Contest] sponsors, etc
> 
> Sponsors are:
> 
> ADG- Large Aquascape
> Seachem- Small, Med, XL, Biotope, Paludarium
> 
> Regards,
> Phil
> 
>  > Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:42:33 -0800
>  > From: erik@thekrib.com
>  > To: aga-contest@thekrib.com
>  > Subject: [AGA-Contest] sponsors, etc
>  >
>  > As the judges finish making their comments, I am preparing the final 
> site
>  > to go live in the next week. Two things I need:
>  >
>  > 1. Blurb from Bailin for the front page
>  >
>  > 2. Sponsors: who, what, where.
>  >
>  > Thanks -- nearly done!
>  >
>  > - Erik
>  >
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