On Sep 12, 2005, at 14:20, Malvary J Cole wrote:
Is this actually the case? Can entries only be made if they are sent
to the US in advance?
I thought I had seen in earlier that Canadian entries could be sent to
a Canadian address, and that entries from overseas could be brought to
the event.
The issue of the Canadian and (other) foreign entries is being worked
on and, hopefully *will be* resolved - more or less - as stated above.
I think foreign entries will also be sent to the Canadian "collecting
point".
Debra (the Contest Chairman and the Bulletin Editor, who'll be doing
the photography) is willing, since we assume that those entries will
consititute less than half of the total, thus putting a bit less strain
on her (of having to deal with all of them at the last moment), while,
at the same time, making things a bit easier for the foreign entrants.
This seemed to be a compromise worth arguing for as being do-able. But
Americans will still be expected to send their entries to Debra, and
Debra will bring them to Montreal with her, having photographed them
ahead of time.
The details are not yet ironed out (including who in Canada will
collect the Canadian entries), so, please do not expect to see the
change reflected in the Bulletin which will arrive (or should <g>) in
your box in October; that issue had almost gone to print by the time
the matter was raised, so there was no time to get it all straightened
out. And, immediately after "putting the Bulletin to bed", Debra had
other commitments (including getting freshman twins settled at two
different colleges; a logistical nightmare <g>), which has taken her
out of Arachne circulation for a time. Give her another few days, and
she might be able to say what has been done so far and what needs to be
done; what can be done and what cannot.
Like Clay, I'd also thought that the judging was done just before the
Convention. I find it difficult to imagine how it can be done
otherwise... Are the entries being shipped all over the States to
individual judges? Is that why they have to be in so early? I assumed
that the idea behind collecting them all together (or in two batches)
instead of being brought in individually was to have them all together
early enough so that the judges could be assembled to view them,
instead of having them trickle in as people arrived.
Barb? Helen? And anyone else who'd been a Contest Chairman in the past?
What's the story?
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