Just to keep everythin above board, here's the pm I've been sending out to would be competitors. Anyone I may have inadvertantly left out should considerthis their call to action... or anyone who just wants to see the actual contest happen:
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I'm sending out this pm plea to everyone who has shown an interest in competing in the Mr GetBig contest....
As you may or may not be aware, I have pm'ed Ron with my request for a locked, "read-only" Board on which to run the contest, over which I would be the only moderator so as to prevent Chinese-whispers, rumours and hoaxing. My considered opinion being that the Board should appear as a "child-board" on the Gossip&Opinion; BodybuildingFans; Natural; ContestInfo boards simultaneously so as to garner as much traffic and exposure as possible....
Ron disagrees, he feels the Mr GetBig Contest would best be suited to the V Board. My (polite) pm's requesting he reconsider have not been aswered.
I appreciate that this contest belongs to you: the competitors, and I respect that. However, that being said, I only voluteered myself to run/organise the contest on the (reasonable) assumption that it would be taken somewhat seriously... to that end I have already made enquiries regarding possible magazine coverage for the contest and even contacted friends of mine in the Irish film scene hoping to have the contest compiled as a video feature for web-broadcast (comparisons; pre-taped free posing round etc).
I don't begrudge the waste of my time, as I fully intended to devote a lot of personal effort to the project... but many of the people I have approached for help are serious professionals with little patience for nebulous, ill-conceived fantasy projects. My carefully formulated show format did little to assuage their trepidations once they found out there was as yet no online support or exposure for the contest.
I have already appealed for support in the threads devoted to the proposed Mr GetBig, alas to little if any avail.
Hence I am asking each and every would be competitor to personally (and immediately) pm/email Ron asking him to instate a "GetBig Physique Contest" board... and explaining to him the importance of the requirements I have specified (assuming you agree on such). Hopefully, if all the competitors make the same list of demands it may vouchsafe my organisational abilities...
Remember:
>"GetBig Physique Contest 2006" Board
>read-only
>The Luke to moderate
>to appear as a "child board" on the Gossip&Opinion; BodybuildingFan; Natural and UpcomingContest Boards
Many of you may feel wary of supporting my ambitions with regard to this contest. Many of you may feel that I am attempting to institute myself as some kind of tin-god on the boards... perhaps such concerns are warranted. However I would ask that you at least consider my contribution to the boards and my conduct as Moderator on the Natural Board... then ask yourself: Don't you want someone with grandiose ambitions plans running this show?
Here endeth the rallying speech... send those emails!!
Thanks
The Luke