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Atlaua
March 31st, 2006, 10:43 PM
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
April 1st, 2006, 12:03 AM
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
April 1st, 2006, 12:39 AM
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
April 1st, 2006, 09:30 AM
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.