RE: [AGA Member] AB contest announcements

["Carlos Sanchez" <tsunamicarlos@hotmail.com>]

Bailin,

I have very organized Microsoft Excel sheets to check off each site I've 
advertised on. The last time I advertised on any list about the aquascaping 
contest is February 5th (not on this list though). A month later, I am 
sending an announcement/reminder to everyone that there is one month left to 
enter. There is one reminder per list/forum. If you are seeing more than one 
announcement in any archive, then you are looking at last year's 
announcements for this contest.

Why the reminder? I think the AGA Aquascaping contest failed last year in 
getting the word out to everyone. Did anyone notice that not one entry from 
Singapore was in the contest when there are usually several? When I asked on 
their forum, they said that they all forgot about the deadline. My job is to 
ensure a successful event by letting everyone know how much time they have 
left at this point.

I think you can hardly blame the AB forums for draining away membership 
participation from APD and AGA member lists. There are several other forums 
(APC, plantedtank, plantgeek, AQ) that also "compete" with them. I like APC 
because it is the most user friendly and organized. Is it a sin that I post 
there rather on APD/AB? No.

I don't hold any disdain against the AGA. :) Why else would I pay for a two 
year membership?

Carlos


> I don't care that Carlos is posting it - if it's an announcement, that's 
> fine.  But one post per list is more than enough in my opinion.  I 
> specifically seeing it pop up more than once in multiple sites.  Although I 
> don't have a problem, some others may not be as forgiving especially the 
> organizations and businesses at risk.

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