Out with the old, in with the new - PLEASE READ!

[Korky]

Hello Everyone

This is just to let you know that after much deliberation, Ryewolf, Clicker and myself have decided that the Weekly Challenge has run its course, it's time for it to be put into mothballs and stored in the old cupboard at the back of the office. From July 1st there'll be two new challenges for you to get your teeth into and we certainly hope that you will.

The main challenge will be on a monthly basis and each alternate month will have a theme. The themes will be quite universal so that everyone can enter, but entry photos will need to be taken during the month rather than from the archives. All designed to get you out and about with a camera and then bag a dollop of kudos at the end of the month. We've even got a super-duper, VIP guest judge lined up to cast a beady eye over the entries and pick the top three.

The second challenge has been suggested by SRJ (Simon) and will be a weekly challenge that will be based on the letters of the alphabet. We'll start with the letter A and 26 weeks later we'll arrive at Z, when we'll all be posting shots of zebras. This challenge is designed to be fun rather than competitive - just get creative and enjoy.

Rywolfe and Clicker will be along in the coming days to let you know the details of how things'll work and then on 1st July, off we go.

I hope I've whetted your appetites, so please get involved and please help us to give TIPF a bit of sparkle. Thanks!

Korky

[Nikonmike]

Sounds interesting, have you considered allowing more than one entry per member on the monthly possibly up to 3, just so any one entering at the beginning can be involved still.

[Korky]

32 minutes ago, Panasonicmike said:

Sounds interesting, have you considered allowing more than one entry per member on the monthly possibly up to 3, just so any one entering at the beginning can be involved still.

That's been taken care of, Mike - all will be revealed in the fullness of time.

I don't think anyone will be disappointed with what we have planned.

Korky

[JamesT]

I'll miss the WC, though it was getting harder to find themes that were (a) new and (b) sufficiently broad to allow specialist in many genres to find an image.

[Clicker]

I agree James. ... we had concerns for that very reason... we will be sending out a newsletter by the end of the month to tell you more.

 

[David995031]

Sounds good. The alphabetical challenge sounds a bit like TIPF's answer to QI!