Concerns addressed

Alright, some concerns have been raised about the contest we recently ran. I'll attempt to address them here.

After I (=Barastol) attended the devmeet for the ~newfoundland group, I thought it would be cool to sponsor a contest for newfoundland deviations. I brought up the idea to =northernmist and she suggested I run it through the group, and after it started I was invited to come on as co-admin, and help with the contest, and other group things.

My original idea for the contest never changed, I wanted to have the community choose one winner, and I would pick my favorite as the other winner. =northernmist asked me if she could enter, and since she was not running the contest, or directly picking winners I thought it would be a good idea.

We're not that big a group, and can't see excluding people from the contest for frivolous reasons. This was our first contest, and we just kind of played it by ear. All throughout the contest people had ample opportunity to raise concerns or bring forward suggestions, and we still welcome them now.

It just seems a little silly to complain that the personal favourite choice of an individual wasn't your image. That particular image happened to be very well executed and really reminded me of growing up in costal Newfoundland. I went with my gut, not because I wanted a particular person to have the prize. I am not concerned if 1000 other photographers have taken similar shots, they never entered this contest.

We will have to formalize our contest policy before we start the next contest, but I see nothing wrong with how this was done.

I think the next contest will be along the lines of a DevID or something related. This will be 100% community voted, we'll have to figure out if moderators can participate but not win prizes or just not enter. Any thoughts along these lines will be greatly appreciated.

I hope this addresses the concerns of the group members, there was no malice in a moderators participation.

Please bring any further concerns about the group and the running of it to us through notes, we'd prefer not to be maligned in a public forum before we get the chance to address anyone’s concerns.

Remember the group is first and foremost about bringing Newfoundland deviants together and having fun.

=Barastol, Co-Admin of ~newfoundland


I agree with =Barastol's journal entry. Sorry for the confusion this has caused.
I would also like to give =Barastol the welcome into the Co-admin position of the ~newfoundland group that he deserves. He has been a big help. Sorry for not having the time to do it sooner, that is why I needed the help of a Co-admin.

=northernmist, Admin of ~newfoundland