Re: Cucurbits, pumpkins, squash, squmpkins--AHHH!

>Yes, I beleive we were getting off track with this topic. I beleive it
>started out questioning wether or not the 75% color rule was applied
>equally at different weigh off sights. It certainaly is a subjective
>decesion on the part of the judges. A good analogy would be an umpire or
>referee making a call in a sporting event, and the debate over wether his
>call is the final decesion or wether to look at the instant replay. Should
>we take the on site judges decesion as final or should we put an apeals
>process into the oficial rules whereby photographic evidence may be
>submitted of the pumpkin to an appeals committie on the national level, or
>better yet require the local site to submit color photos when the national
>prize money is at stake and let the local ruling stand for local prizes. I
>think we all agree pumpkins are orange (75% rule) but the issue was
>fairness in applying the rules we already have, not changing them to allow
>other colors.
>                          Brian  Medford, NJ

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Holy Smokes!! Brian!............you got it.......  It was lost and you
found it .....amen..... That was the whole idea how can we make the
"existing" ruling better an less subjective........geez where have you been
hiding..................brock


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