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I have some good news! Well, some good, and some bad, and some that provides an opportunity.

The good news:

Spring Thing 2013 is going to happen!

In case you haven't heard, the Spring Thing is "the other" annual IF comp. In the past it has often featured a more select set of entrants than the IF Comp. You need to pay a $7 fee to enter, but there are cool prizes. It all begins in March 2013, but you will want to prepare earlier if you want to enter.

$200 has already been donated to the prize pool by me, and I have not yet asked others for donations yet. In the past we have had some generous donors.

For more information, including rules, prize info, history of the comp, etc., visit the site:

http://www.springthing.net/

The bad news:

Spring Thing 2013 will be the last Spring Thing organized by me.

After several years of organizing the competition, I am calling it quits. I have been glad to help promote IF in this way over the years, but I have had less time than ever these days. You know how it is.

But I wanted to do this the right way, so instead of just walking away, I am only organizing the competition one last time. Not only that, but I am announcing it with plenty of time to spare (which has made a big difference in previous years). And not only that, but hopefully that leaves even more time to spare to find a new organizer... if anyone is interested...

The opportunities:

I am looking for a new Spring Thing organizer. If you are interested in this, contact me.

As always, we are looking for donors. As I said, I have kicked things off with $200. If you would like to make a donation, please write to me.

My contact info:

Please do not write to me at my gmail account; instead please write to:

_dot_net
_at_springthing
greg

Also note: I will be without any email access during the period of Aug 24 to Aug 31.

Thanks,

Greg Boettcher

I'm surprised no one has responded to this. First of all thanks Greg for putting Spring Thing together for the last 8 (!) years, I've always liked the spirit and intent of this compo.

So, has anyone contacted Greg about taking this on? What are people's thoughts on Spring Thing?

I think Spring Thing is great, and thank you to Greg for keeping it going for the past eight years! Special praise for keeping on after the year when there were no entries, when it would have been easy to give it up.

It would be great if somebody else were to take up the mantle and keep Spring Thing going. (I think this may be why no one else has responded, because this probably makes me sound kind of like a jerk.)

Today, I wrote Greg to offer to organize next year's Spring Thing. I don't know if anyone else did.

Yaaaay Dan! +1 gratitude!

Good going Dan! I would have offered myself but I know my strengths and organising things isn't one of them.

Thanks Dan!

I might enter this. I sort of just started a game and don't think I'll have it completed by October!

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David Good
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Echo-- Thanks Dan.

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Robert DeFord

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