ACF Fall Packet Feedback Offer

suby10 <*no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com*> · Tue, 21 Sep 2004 16:00:59 -0000

Hey All, 

Before it gets too late, I wanted to announce a service I am willing
to offer teams that submit their packets by the no-penalty deadline.  

If you request, I'll be more than happy to provide you a detailed and
(hopefully) constructive breakdown of what changes were made to your
packet and why they were made.  I'd also like the process to be
interactive, so I'll be more than willing to respond to any questions
or disagreements you have with my comments.

We want teams to see what they are doing wrong so that they can
minimize those mistakes in the future, and we also want to praise many
of the things that question writers do well so that they get the
reinforcement that that they deserve but do not often hear.  

The idea, and chief ulterior motive, is to pump some new blood into
today's question submission circuit and equip some teams with
guidelines gleaned from first-hand experience (not some online guide)
to run their own packet submission tournaments in the near future. 

I won't promise immediate or even prompt turnaround for those that
want this feedback, but my goal is to have the information back to you
no later than two months after the completion of ACF Fall.

Anyway, if you're interested in this service, please indicate as much
when you submit your packet, or e-mail me if you've already submitted
one.  Remember I'll only do this for those packets that get in before
the no-penalty deadline.

You can e-mail me at subash_at_...

I believe that a similar program will be instituted for ACF Regionals,
but I'll let the editors for that tournament confirm.

Thanks,

Subash Maddipoti