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studioC wrote:
i hope, we can find a solution which will satisfy both sides of positions which on the one hand want to have a community event and on the other hand, what herko stated, a winning theme to be distributed with every XOOPS install. Sure there are different standards and i can share (and argue) both positions depending on the aim we want to reach.
Hey studioC
For me the confusion here was Jason and I were talking about different events with the same general topic of creating themes. The trick here was to first cleary understand what the event was about before discussing how we were going to run it, which was probably due to me not reading the thread thouroughly enough anyway.
Now that I'm on the same page as Jason, I tend to agree with him. If we are wanting the winner of this contest to be included as the default theme for Xoops, then I really think this particular event should be more about attracting the best of the best, rather than a full blown community event. Obviously all community members would be still welcome and encouraged to participate, but they would need to be mindful that their work is going to be graded up against the best with no consessions because they are a XOOPS community member.
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sorry to hear that you do not want to see a layout of mine 
but i did not intend to take part as a subscriber in a contest. As i have stated in an earlier post i'm happy to help and i will be proud to take part as a "judge". (if there is nothing against this..)
If you only want to participate as a judge, then thats fine and I don't think we could find a better CSS guru from our own community ranks for the job
. Must admit though I'm a little dissapointed that there will be no entry from you, I think a lot of people (including me) hold your work in very high regard and would love to see your mastery of design skills in action.
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Perhaps we can have 2 events (or event one with different categories for i do not think that there will be too much input which could not be handled)
but ...
LETS HAVE AN EVENT !!
I think we really have 2 events here as well. A best of the best competition is a lot different from hosting event where all skill levels are encouraged to participate. I suppose this is why I suggested the Pro and Beginner categories a few posts back. Either way, the silly season is fast approaching so we better get ourselves together to agree on;
- What the event is, i.e. professionals only or an everyone in community style event.
- Advertsing. How are we going to spread the word on this, especially coming into the holiday season?
- Submission method, rules & conditions. Do we have application forms, or do we just let people submit at their will? Also must clearly define rules and conditions of submission entries.
- Judging criteria and method. Plus who is to judge?
- Prizes. For a professionals only event I think decent cash prizes are almost a must. If it is to be community driven then I don't think cash prizes should be on the cards.
- any other items?
