Re: [AGA-mcm] AGA2K4 Feedback Summary

["S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>]

You're right, of course. Maybe we could explain a little
bit more obviously at the start that criticism is intended
as constructive so is pos and neg, blah blah.

sh
--- Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, Karen Randall wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> I thought we were able to emphasize what judges LIKED
> about their 
> particular favorites this year, as they were all there in
> person.  In 
> previous years, I've had to rely on replaying back
> comments from absent 
> judges, and they weren't necessarily on the aquascapes
> they liked in 
> particular.  I'll have to listen to it all again & see
> how it plays from 
> the other side of the podium.
> 
> But I think the whole "negativeness" is perpetual and
> also unavoidable. 
> The #1 tank in some gategories WERE tanks that none of
> the judges really 
> liked best.  So there will be some negative comments. 
> Either we don't say 
> anything at all, or there's going to be some negativity. 
> Maybe I needed 
> to say that at the beginning.  Oh well.
> 
> PS: Those people who saw the thing in person may have
> complaints about me 
> rushing on ahead, but those who only see the DVD will
> have no such 
> complaints.  Just as I edited out all of Diana's
> accidental backups on 
> her slides, I will be editing out all of my accidental
> move-aheads.
> 
>    - Erik
> 
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