Re: [AGA-mcm] AGA2K4 Feedback Summary

[Ghazanfar Ghori <ghorig@gmail.com>]

There's no way around it. Part of the whole point of the comments is to
provide insight on what would make it better - but people perceive that
in a negative way. In a couple of discussions, a few folks have also mentioned
that Amano's comments on the AGA website on the scapes are mostly negative.

At the AGA convention itself, it may be a better idea to just show the winning
scapes and comments on why it won.

Some people take criticism well. Others perceive it negatively.


There is one major problem IMO, with how we're judging scapes.
There are three distinct styles....

Nature Aquarium - that in itself has several sub-styles that have critera 
that they're judged on.

Dutch - (strict includes no wood or rock as part of the scape itself)

American (Almost Dutch, without the rock/wood restrictions and less
stronger plant groupings)

To judge all three styles fairly using one criteria is probably
difficult, if not
impossible.


On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 10:59:36 -0500, Karen Randall <krandall@rdrcpa.biz> wrote:
> > >From the few comments I heard back about the aquascaping awards, what
> > most people did not like was the 'rush' to go through them, and the
> perceived
> > 'negativeness' of the comments. There was no option but to go through
> > the awards quickly due to the schedule changes. If we'd taken our time
> there,
> > we'd have even more people complaining about how late Amano's demo was.
> 
> I think we all understand the "rush" part, and the reasons behind it.  But
> I'm surprised that people thought the comments were excessively negative.
> I'd like to hear what some of you thought.  I thought we tried to give
> constructive criticizm.  I know I was not the only one who mentioned several
> times that a case could be made for many of the tanks being "the winner".
> But if you don't get nit-picky, there is no way to justify picking one tank
> over another.
> 
> Karen
> 
> 
> 
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