[MR] A&S Judging Questio

[Alan MacNeill]

As with all things, there are good A&S judges and bad ones.

It's also possible that the judges had not enough time to go through
the 456 entries in the 15 minutes they were given (it happens), so
glossed over the "term paper" documentation and missed it.

Something I've heard that works nicely is to include an "executive
summary" of your documentation as it's opening page.  Literally, one
page that answers these questions in one sentence each (with a pointer
to the page where you have detailed information if need be):

What is it? (Bulgarian Narfle-Iron)
When was it? (1450s)
Where was it? (Northern Bulgaria, although examples were seen in
Southern Bangladesh as well)
What is it made out of in period? (Snurfleblat Iron and Sockmonkey fur)
What did you make it out of and why? (Pewter and Faux fur, as
Sockmonkeys are endangered and Snurflebat Iron is not available in the
US without a license)

Then, a judge can see quickly that you have indeed thought about those
questions if they have to judge fast, and at the same time they have
the War and Peace version of the Docs if they have the time to peruse.



On 10/16/07, Marsaili Johnston <ladymarsaili at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Greetings!
>
>  This is a serious question, I'm really not trying to 'stir the pot,' though I suspect it will.
>
>  When I write documentation for an A&S display or competition and include all the pertinent information -- like the source of the item, why I used particular materials, how it was used, did they use/have this in period, etc -- does it ever actually get read?