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Dear Nozomi,
I fully understand that Mr. Amano is not trying to
limit the ADA contest to only an elite few. But that is the impression
U.S. aquarists have developed on their own. Hopefully, together, we can
break that image!
I have forwarded your letter to our board, since,
of course, I do not personally have the authority to give you permission to
include our contest entries. But I think that if you are willing to
contact the entrants for their permission, at least we don't have to worry about
the legal aspects! I will let you know as soon as the BOD makes their
decision!
Sincerely,
Karen
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: Contest
Dear Karen,
Thank you for your
e-mail. We would like to have all of the contest entries. If it is bothersome
for you to ask permission from the entrants, I will make a contact with the
entrants, if you provide us the entrant information.
We have introduced your contest on AQUA
JOURNAL before, and many Japanese aquarium hobbyists were saying that they
wanted to see many layout produced by AGA members. Mr. Amano thinks it is not
matter of "good enough", but the contest is the place many hobbyists show
their layout people to other people.
We consider the planted aquarium hobby
does not spread to more people if the hobby is for only handful expert's
hobby. In this sense, we consider the contest is only way people could show
their aquarium.
I look forward to hearing from
you.
Best regards,
Nozomi Hayakawa
Aqua Design Amano Co., Ltd.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 9:47
PM
Subject: Re: Contest
Dear Nozomi,
I have forwarded your request to our
board. I think it might be a good idea, but I need to find out whether
we can do this legally, without first obtaining permission from the
entrants. Also, please remember that although we are based in the
U.S., AGA is an international organization, and many of our entries are from
members in other countries. (I recently did a poster to promote the AGA
and wanted to include flags from our members' countries. I was
astounded to find that we have members in 37 different countries!!!) Would
you want all of the contest entries, or just those submitted by people in
the U.S.?
Sincerely,
Karen
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 6:18
AM
Subject: Contest
Dear Karen,
We have only a
few applicant from the UP.S. Mr. Amano would like to have as many
applicant as possible from the U.S. Mr. Amano would like to ask if you
could send us layout works your AGA members applied for your AGA
contest.
Mr. Amano thinks even for your
members it is quite interesting how AGA members are graded in our
contest.
I look forward to hearing from you
soon.
Best regards,
Nozomi Hayakawa
Aqua Design Amano Co.,
Ltd.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003
12:29 PM
Subject: TAG Deadline
Dear Nozomi,
Just wanted to remind you that the deadline
for articles and advertisements for TAG VOl. 16, No. 3 is June
first. I'm sending out reminders a little earlier than usual
because I'm leaving soon for a trip to Europe, and I won't be back
until June 3rd. If you can forward the next article to Tomoko, and the
photographs and advertisement to Cheryl by then, I would appreciate
it!
Thank you as always!
Karen
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