Date: 18 Apr 2001 10:00:51 EDT
From: Don Barrucci <donbarrucci@usa.net>
To: balloondeco@balloonhq.com
Subject: IBAC Judging 

I had responded a few days ago to this thread but sent the response only to
Larry Moss who was kind enough to ask if I meant for the entire list, which I
did.

On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, GAYLE wrote:

  > PS loved the workbook this year....also would like to be able to
  > understand the judging of the whys on pieces....How about official
  > judgng and a group vote.....???

The attendees used to vote in the competitions. Not sure when it stopped, but
as I recall the reason was that very few (less than 10%) voted and it would be
very easy to stuff the ballot
boxes, especially if a large group who worked on a specific sculpture all
voted. At least that was my understanding on why it was changed. Also I
believe the IBAC Workbooks at that time contained the rules for voting and the
various categories to use for each ballot. Since the voting was changed
Bernadette and I have on one occasion been asked to be judges in one category
a few years ago. At that time we were given a list of  criteria for judging.
The judges are suppose to be anonomous.

  Don Barrucci, CBA
  Parties of Woburn
  Woburn, MA

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