Contests...

[Atlaua]

Those of you who have been around know that for our first year, MWD ran a contest every month.... And you've also probably noticed that there have been no contests run this year....

Well, it was fun and all but it got a little tiresome to me having to deal with it. I want to keep the contest idea alive, but not on a monthly basis...

So, I'm thinking of running a longer term contest. The sky's the limit and I hope I can do better for a prize than a t-shirt (hint, hint to any shop owners out there...a prize donation would be good advertising ;)).

So lets hear some suggestions for contest ideas... Personally I'd like to see contests that anyone can win, from the guy/gal who got their OW yesterday to the guy/gals who haven't breathed air that didn't come from a regulator since their significant other made them come up for their last anniversary...

Brainstoming time...

James

P.S. To any shop owner willing to donate prizes...PM me. I can work out some banner adverisement in exchange.

[theskull]

OK, here are some suggestions for contests:
1. Best dive trip report posted on the board.
2. Most amusing story relating a recent dive training event.
3. Best u/w photo.
4. Best photo of a color-coordinated dive buddy.
5. Member who invites me on the most weekend dive trips. ;)

theskull

[Atlaua]

OK, here are some suggestions for contests:
1. Best dive trip report posted on the board.
2. Most amusing story relating a recent dive training event.
3. Best u/w photo.
4. Best photo of a color-coordinated dive buddy.
5. Member who invites me on the most weekend dive trips. ;)

theskull


Ok:

1. Good
2. Great
3. Good
4. Great
5. Perfect, assuming, of course, that by me you mean ME, and by invite you mean invite and pays for!

James

[scububa]

Ok:

1. Good
2. Great
3. Good
4. Great
5. Perfect, assuming, of course, that by me you mean ME, and by invite you mean invite and pays for!

James

I think the Skull is on to something here with #5. How about a FMWD contest? Maybe 2 phases a year...

Okay, Frequent MidWestDiver contest. Maybe a summer phase and a winter phase or some variation. It fits the longer term criteria. Points are earned by diving with another member of the board. You get a point for each person you dive with...so if a group of 5 get together, each would get 4 pts. Points would accumulate over the course of the season. Promotes diving, promotes board membership, easy to track, ...and I guess since it was the Skull's idea, he can keep track of the points! (Pretty funny, huh? NOt hard to tell the managers in a crowd is it? Actually, I would be glad to be the scribe for the points.) My thinking is that each point is validated by the buddy sending a message in to corroborate. (I would post that I dove with SLIM and SLIM would get a point. SLIM would post he dove with me and I would get a point.) Seems simple. Probably wouldn't work on a bigger board, but I think in this community, any kind of shenanaggins would be unlikely.
Maybe a summer winner, a winter winner and a combined overall for the year? April - October ; November-Mar.