Tim, you got me all wrong, I wasn't casting something against the IWGS, or starting a fight. ![no :no:](https://www.worldwidewatergardeners.org/forum/Smileys/smilies_smf/no.gif)
I was simply
expressing my feelings just like everyone else not trying to start a fight, not asking for one.
And certainly nothing I said was anything stronger than what Craig has said, so why are you singling me out?
If that's what you call 'uncalled for'...well, then there must be that double standard
just for me...again.
![Roll Eyes ::)](https://www.worldwidewatergardeners.org/forum/Smileys/smilies_smf/rolleyes.gif)
Instead of getting all defensive and making false accusations against me, reread what I said, from my point of view.
I never said I was offended and I didn't cast ANYthing against the IWGS.
I didn't say
'This year I decided that if the iwgs didn't care enough to get the word out, or even make mention of it on their web site, why should I bother.'nor did I say,
'To see if has now become little more than an afterthought with no publication of a notice of intent to participate, voting done 'whenever' by a secret panel of judges...well it has all become rather sad.'Craig said those, yet he doesn't get slapped with accusations of casting something against the iwgs, but I do.
So I get a double standard slap once again.
You asked for suggestions to make the competition better, so I will give you one, once again,
I am not casting something against the IWGS, not asking for a fight, not offended.
Here is my suggestion, plain and simple:
There should be a emailing list for links to the competition and specifically the voting page.
I like to participate as a voter and 'oogler'.
I'm not a famous water lily grower, just a backyard collector.
Just little old me, my funky likes and dislikes...no fame or fortune.
I don't count for much.
Is that why I get the double standard?
Easier to pick on?
![Undecided :-\](https://www.worldwidewatergardeners.org/forum/Smileys/smilies_smf/undecided.gif)
This years competition seemed VERY secretive.
I assumed, before you made this topic,
that it either hadn't happened yet or didn't happen at all this year.
I never saw Craigs post about it. (I'll do a search for it after I post this.)
Maybe that's when I was having surgery and missed it for the few days I was out, but still...
there should have been a LOT more publicity.
![Yes (8:-)](https://www.worldwidewatergardeners.org/forum/Smileys/smilies_smf/yes.gif)
This is all I could find in a search...from 2 and a half years ago...
http://www.americanponders.com/forum/index.php?topic=1469.0