Showcase stuff

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

> From: "Mary McCaw" <marymccaw@mediaone.net>

> I am working on No. 4 right now.  I have set a tentative deadline that all
> articles should be turned in by November 15th, but I can allow you some
> flexibility.

The showcase's absolute done-date when we open the website is November
30th, but I am wishfully hoping we might have the judging done by the
conference, especially with our two American judges who are going to be
there and will see the entries up in the "preview" there (hint, hint,
judge who is not Karen and who hasn't yet started...).  This should leave
us time to make the TAG deadline of the 15th.  However, we have had some
setbacks with the judging, namely that one of our judges hasn't been heard
from at all, so while waiting for him we've lost a week or two and may
have to substitute or go with just three.

[color]
> Great!  I would prefer to spread things out so that will ensure some
> material for several issues.  However, I'm supposed to do only a couple of
> color issues a year.  

A couple per year means every half the issues can be color!  Excellent!

I think that we could have a whole spread for the December issue,
including as many color pages as we are allowed, with material left
aplenty for all of next year AND for a 1-pager in PAM without re-using any
material.  Karen can now vouch for this.

> I have only done one so far this year, and I could I
> suppose save it up for next year.  It would probably make sense to do two
> categories a month, so things could be wrapped up in three issues.   But I
> would like to announce the winners in all the categories (text only) and
> then take it from there.  The lead-in feature article could be in that same
> issue, or the next, depending on your time frame.

I guess it ends up boiling down to if the judging is done, we will have
the articles, but if it isn't, we won't.  Actually, my part can probably
be done without the judging, because it'll probably talk about the variety
and the formats and the countries and how this thing will be an on-line
functional equivalent to an Amano book for ALL ranges of aquarists... lots
of great ideas and examples for other people to learn from.  I firmly
believe that we can have the articles and photos ready by the date, so it
really boils down to just the judging.

  - Erik

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Erik Olson
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