Ideas for April-May contest

[Kisa]

I absolutely respect what you do Eric, it is the wave of the future after all, and everyone is relying more and more on social media, so it's good to have people like you who can show others how to use it properly and not for creating stupid socially dramatic situations. If only there were more people like you Eric who use those sites as a promotion and communication tool, I wouldn't be so adverse to using them.

But my comment was not meant as an opening for a discussion like this, I wasn't trying to put social media down, it truly was just in jest. It was more of a like..."Don't talk about Sony in the Apple Store" sort of thing. Do you know what I mean? Like "Don't talk about Facebook on Frog Forum! We're talking about frogs, not websites! Hahahaha" situation, not "FB sucks, I'm a brat blah blah blah." I hope that clears it up, it really was a light hearted joke, I didn't mean for anyone to take it seriously. D:

But yeah, sorry Cheri for taking your thread off on a tangent, I really didn't mean it. D:

Back to contest discussions! And we're all happy and friendly and friends. ^ ^

[bshmerlie]

Wow...where do I start.. First, for the last contest if no one minds I would like to just put the names of all 21 entries into the hat and draw a name on Monday. That way there could not be any perceived favoritism and everyone who participated would have an equal chance of winning regardless of skill level. I am leaving it open until Monday just in case I accidentally missed an entry and someone chimes in. The winner will be announced Monday morning at 8:00 am pacific time. At this point 21 names will be going into the hat.
For the next contest I like the idea of everyone doing research and creating care sheets for their frogs. Research on your frogs is something that the newbies and experienced members alike should be doing ....or really why are we here? I will ensure, through the rules, that someone even with their very first frog has an equal opportunity to win the contest. Of course just like the last contest the more you participate the better your chances of winning. These contests are simply designed to get people involved, to encourage members to share ideas and information and to have fun. They should be learning experiences for the person writing these articles as well as for the person reading them.

Lastly, I do agree with Eric that social media is the way of the future and it should not be ignored but instead taking advantage of. How we incorporate that into the contest Eric and I will need to look into. But I can say for certain it will not hurt someones chances if they do not subscribe to those forms of media. But this may give Eric a chance to build on Frog Forum face book at the same time. As soon as I can iron out the details I will start the contest officially. I like the Frog prize idea but we do have a lot of international members so I have to consider the logistics of that as well. Stay tuned.