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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DaveStebbins" data-source="post: 4378483" data-attributes="member: 1427">There are three ideas in play currently. The professionals want all barriers removed or they're going to take their toys and go home. reveal and fusangite advocated the current method in response to those calls. Neither has weighed in on the entry fee idea.I guess where we disagree is that I think the hardcopy idea is indeed better than nothing. It creates waste, yes, but it also makes things much easier for the volunteers who have to go over every single submission. In my mind, the latter more than makes up for the former. I have spoken with many past judges at length about the amount of time they invest in judging the ENnies, so nothing you can say will sway me away from the idea that making things easier for the judges is a 'good thing.'The current method doesn't create a loss of funding because, to my knowledge, the entry fee idea has not received much play. Dextra seems taken with the idea and I believe that, in the future, it is the best way to go. You can say things aren't as good as they could be, because the entry fee isn't in place. However I believe the current method is WAY better than nothing.</blockquote>