ADMIN: Halloween Costume Contest

[Hebby Elf]

Hello, Everyone!

Just a quick reminder that we're still accepting entries for our 
Halloween Costume Contest today and tomorrow, so don't forget to 
upload your photos and show off how creative you were for the 
holiday!

Here are the details:

To enter, simply upload a photo of yourself, a family member, or a 
friend into one of the folders inside "HALLOWEEN 2003" located in 
the Photos section here at OTChatter. You may enter in the following 
categories:

Best Harry Potter themed costume
Scariest costume
Cutest/Prettiest costume
Funniest costume
Most original costume
Sexiest costume (that can be worn in public without getting arrested)

We'll be accepting your entries until 8pm PT/11pm ET Tuesday, 
November 4th (aka 4am GMT Wednesday, November 5th), after which time 
polls will be set up so we can all vote for our favourites. The 
winner in each category will receive an e-plaque, to be displayed in 
the Photos section of this group. Though we're especially interested 
in seeing what sort of Harry Potter costumes you've devised, 
submissions of all types are welcome.

A few rules and guidelines:

Photos must be of people you actually know (yourself, a friend or 
family member), and remember to get permission from the person in 
the photo before uploading to the group. When entering a photo, 
please provide the following information: a description of the 
costume, the name of the person in the photo (first names only or 
pseudonyms are fine), and also the name of the person submitting the 
photo. This information can be included in the photo description, 
which you can edit once you've uploaded your photo into the
appropriate folder.

Please be sure to upload the photos into the *category* folders (not 
into the overall HALLOWEEN 2003 folder itself) or we won't know 
which category you wish to enter. You may enter each photo in two 
categories if you wish (for example, a Dementor costume might be 
entered into "Harry Potter" and "Scariest"), but no more than two 
categories per photo.

In order to save file space and to make sure there will be room for 
all the entries people wish to submit, please make sure you've 
formatted your photo properly before uploading, so that the file 
size is approximately 50k. To get a file of this size, we suggest 
resizing your photo so that the longest side is no more than 500 
pixels long, and then saving as a compressed .jpg file. This should 
produce a file of the appropriate size that will still be fine for 
viewing on the Internet. Make certain to resize a copy - not your 
original.

If you have any questions about this, feel free to contact Hebby Elf 
at hebrideanblack@ earthlink.net. If you do not have the means to 
reformat your photos, you may send them to Hebby at that address, 
with "Costume Contest Photo" as the subject line and she'll be happy 
to reformat and upload them for you. When sending photos to Hebby, 
make sure to include the information requested above, and also the 
category (or categories) in which you would like the photo to be 
entered.

We can't wait to see your costumes!

Sincerely,

Our Wizarding Leaders - the Rather Eerie Admin Team (OWLTREAT)