Mfgc 2010 - Post Mortem, A Post mortem report Options

[goldrush]

Very few competition go as planned. Many of these encounter problems that must be corrected and a few show go smoother than planned. Regardless of how successful or disastrous a competition is, it is important to review the show in detail once the compe is over. This allows your team to figure out what things were done well and to document the things that need improvement. It also aids in building a knowledge base that teams coming behind you can review to ensure they get the most out of their upcoming shows.
Please allow me to provide some specific details of what I can gather from the ground so that you can either pursue your professional perogative, and seek to rectify these difficulties - or more likely (I suspect) so that you can have some entertaining reading material to chew on.



1)Venue:IMM.By far(not just the distance) the worst compared to the previous 2 MFGC shows.The mall appeared not to be too proactive in promoting this show.Nowhere in the mall has any information of the show existence.No posters nor any directions were placed in critical high traffic areas to create awareness of an on going goldfish competition.There was not even a mention of any goldfish compe in its monthly event column under their website.Just look at the pathetic turn-out at the plaza area and you will know what I mean.Secondly the outdoor venue was deemed not very suitable with respect to Singapore tropical climate.The heat and humidity can be quite unbearable during the afternoons at such open areas.A mall of this size is no place to hold a relatively small compe as human traffic seem to have totally by pass the show corner .Ironically the traffic congestion outside the mall seem to be a perenial nightmare !


2)Benching-in
This one I can only write on someone's behalf as I did not personally experienced it myself as I wasn't that early on benching in.I heard that the organisers were late at the venue leaving a handful of early bird of hobbyists stranded .As organisers,there should be an advance party to cater for early birds who wish to bench in right on time.From what I understand those that arrived at 6 pm then were not processed as members of the club had arrived late .Worse,they proceeded to bench in themselves oblivious to the presence of hobbyists who had waited to be processed in registration and tagging their fish to their respective tanks.As host,I think the public has the priority to be processed first rather than the other way round.

3)Media
There were not many media reports on the compe unlike previous shows.No advertisements were placed in the national papers to highlight its existence.Why?Usually Life sections of the Strait Times will carry a report of such a show with interviews,pictures of winning fish etc.What happen this time round?



4)Judging
Why 4 judges?Isn't it difficult when there is going to have a tie(which really happened) to decide on a particular winning fish.And why was there a judge from Vermillion club.who is the organiser of the comp with many of their members as participants Close affiliation will deem as biased judging no matter what reasons you can give.To avoid controversial results it is best not to include any judge afflilated to any participating club in the future.


No competition is not marred by controversy and bad decisions.There is as I have hinted at above so much confusion about this show which I would not like to go through
I would highly suggest that the organisers place the above suggestions under the looking glass to see if policies are being followed and not that hobbyists are innocently being taken advantage of. 

Dr goldrush

[jasonq]

Hi all, frank and open discussion should always be encouraged at any stage. Defensive and offensive discussion will never improve future endeavor!

Though we do not hope any changes to the judges' decisions nor we should allow any harassment and embarrassment of our judges, again open and frank discussions should be put to record for future guidelines in judging.

Thanks for rafflesgold for being a well respected forum for such exchanges.

How I wish, such discussion was also allowed for Aquarama 2009...

Jason