The salon runs every week, and usually gets 15 to 20 entries every time, but there's discussion going on about cutting it back to once or twice a month. The position of judge moves around pretty well, and picking topics doesn't seem to be a problem. Judging is what can take some time. Most of the time people manage to go through the whole list and say something about each submission, but it's not compulsory if you are swamped. The whole things seems to stay pretty light and not excessively competitive, mostly just fun. It does manage to get a group of pictures out there on a frequent basis. Not voting probably helps streamline the thing, though voting could work. I wonder if it might tend toward more repeat winners, though. One approach to the prize question might be to have really colossal prizes-things too big to ship. I would be willing to offer Mt. Greylock as a prize. It's the tallest mountain in Massachusetts, which doesn't make it very big. It would definitely be out of the question to ship it anywhere, though. Whoever won it could come see it whenever they wanted, however and I'd be glad to send them a picture. There are lots of things too big to ship that would probably make excellent prizes... >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Alan P. Hayes [mailto:ahayes@berkshire.rr.com] > >> You can check out the Streetphoto Salon here: >> <http://www.genec.com/federico/salon/index.php> >> These are the rules for it: >> <http://www.cupidity.force9.co.uk/splistsalon.htm> > >Those rules are interesting. The idea of posting links to URLs would >certainly cut down on work for the PF staff and server space too. Is >interest high enough that their salon is run every week? I have noticed with >our list that several people appear to be rather busy and everyone might not >have time to even pick a topic when it was their turn. Also the choice of >topics could conceivably get bounced back and forth between as few as 2 >people. > >> The idea of anonymous postings and giant colossal prizes is >> intriguing...what do you have in mind-a year's supply of >> toothpaste... or nail polish? > >Perhaps coasters from RIT's pub. Do US colleges have bars on campus like >Canadian ones do? > >Greg -- Alan P. Hayes Meaning and Form: Writing, Editing and Document Design Pittsfield, Massachusetts
