Here's another thought. I doubt the Fusebox folks would be paying anyone for a site design, so you, and other designers, are not missing out on anything.
On 2/9/07, Andy Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The problem with this contest is that people are being asked to contribute > a > significat amount of time with no guarentee of winning. This isn't like > spending a dollar to enter the lottery. I budget a minimum of 20-30 hours > of > my time with ANY design project. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 3:22 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Fusebox Web Site Design Contest Announced > > > > > I agree with you. In a contest, there is always something to win, but > > when the only winner is the one who set up the contest, it is not a > > contest, it's a rip-off ;-) > > > Couldn't that be said of EVERY contest? > > I would agree with you ONLY if the one setting up the contest was a > business > who stood to benefit, but we are talking about a group of people who > dedicate a lot of their own time for the benefit of the community. And > not > one of them gets ANY compensation to do so. So, by offering up a prize, > they are actually giving someone not only a chance to help the community, > but to profit from it as well. > > > -- > Scott Stroz > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:269363 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
