Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I believe that the saloon is not an elitist organisation, but is elite. So, the self selected group that wants to enter the contest is able to judge the images based on merit and content. You can tell by the comments on and off list on the various images posted. Ordinary work frequently gets a nod for effort or nothing and most comments go to interesting, well done, well crafted images most of the time. So, if I understand that anyone who registers, and posts at least two images can judge the rest of the entrants, then that is a great idea, especially if you allow comments that may be hidden until the judging is over. How do you register again? Don don.dory@gmail.com On 8/24/06, Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote: > > Last week I announced the upcoming LUG Monthly Photo Contest, and then > that very evening (before my daily backups had run) the server computer > melted down. So I've had to rebuild the contest on the refurbished > hardware. > > In doing so, I got to wondering if perhaps it would be good to change the > mechanism, and I wanted to hear what people had to say about this change. > > I've only found three people willing to serve as judges, and that isn't > enough. So I've been thinking about a more populist approach. > > Suppose that I adjusted the software so that nobody could see the ratings > assigned to a photograph except me, and that a large number of people were > given a set of ratings buttons to click on. If we get 200 people > registering > on the contest site (hoping someday to submit a contest entry) then perhaps > anybody who had submitted more than 2 pictures could be given "judge" > powers > (i.e. given a set of ratings buttons to click on). Or maybe all of you > could tell me who should be the judges, and then > I'd simply put the ratings buttons on their accounts, without going > through the formal process of asking people if they want to be a judge. > > I trust that any LUG member will be gracious enough not to rate his or her > own photographs, and, besides, if that happens I can tell and do something > about it. > > If we did this, then I'd imagine that there would be between 50 and 100 > judges, and they would assign a rating to any picture that they thought > needed to be rated (good or bad). At the end of the month I would declare > the winners to be the photographs that got the highest numeric rating > score. > > A scheme like this makes the contest more populist and less professional, > but my goal here is to get people to enter pictures, not to displace the > Deutsche B?rse prize. > > Comments? > > Brian Reid > LUG Saloon Keeper > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >