Well said Mach5.
Well said.
DannyW wrote:I'm growing weary of macro competitions like this. Shipping from long distances, nothing is as fresh as it was at the source. Who knows what degredation is taking place on that long hot journey from the central macro competition somewhere far across the country. Besides, they are all the same. The medal I get here in Florida will be the same as the medal you get in Oregon, or even right near the source (this year) in Philadelphia. Who needs such homogenuity?
Compete locally! Support your local craft beer competitions! Get a medal with a rocket on it when you enter Commander Saaz! Get a medal with a palm tree on it when you enter the Hurricane Challenge! Even better, show up at your local craft beer competition and pitch in with stewarding, judging, cellerman, you name it they have lots of jobs. Then you can point to your medal and proudly tell people, "not only did I make the beer that won this, but I lifted cases and sorted numbers and filled cups to make it happen!"
So don't let the macros take over. Brew local. Judge local. Award local!
NervousDad wrote:AHA =I don't care that their shitty software crashed, I care that they haven't given us an update about our payment status and if they have an IT department I'd hope that they would step down, because they're inept.
NHC Registration Update: The AHA is aware of and actively working to troubleshoot a variety of National Homebrew Competition (NHC) registration payment issues, including some instances of multiple payments. As soon as possible, we will resolve overpayments and any other payment issues.
Per Tuesday evening’s emails to individuals with existing entries that were not yet paid, the system will accept payments through 1:00 pm MST/3:00 EST today (Weds., Feb. 27), with the exception of those judge centers that have reached a capacity of 750 paid entries (New York is currently maxed out and others will follow as payments are received). Unpaid entries in judge centers that have reached the capacity limit for paid entries will be reassigned to an alternate region, and registrants will have an opportunity to pay for those entries at a later date if they so choose. Once today’s 1:00 pm MST deadline for payments on existing entries is passed, the AHA will have data to troubleshoot and resolve payment issues, and will be able to complete a final tally of paid registrations. Note that no entries will be added or rejected (paid or unpaid) until the AHA can resolve all existing payment issues. We are doing our best to resolve these issues as efficiently as possible, but expect that it may take another full business day or more to identify and resolve these payment issues.
From there, we will communicate about the status of 2013 NHC registrations and next steps for the competition. Rest assured that all currently registered entries will have an opportunity to be judged in the competition.
Please accept our apologies for the failures of this year’s registration and payment system.
BDawg wrote:NervousDad wrote:AHA =
The email that went to the NHC 1st round organizers from Janis said that they had to wait until today to get the responses from the credit card processing company. Without that data, they were stuck.NHC Registration Update: The AHA is aware of and actively working to troubleshoot a variety of National Homebrew Competition (NHC) registration payment issues, including some instances of multiple payments. As soon as possible, we will resolve overpayments and any other payment issues.
Per Tuesday evening’s emails to individuals with existing entries that were not yet paid, the system will accept payments through 1:00 pm MST/3:00 EST today (Weds., Feb. 27), with the exception of those judge centers that have reached a capacity of 750 paid entries (New York is currently maxed out and others will follow as payments are received). Unpaid entries in judge centers that have reached the capacity limit for paid entries will be reassigned to an alternate region, and registrants will have an opportunity to pay for those entries at a later date if they so choose. Once today’s 1:00 pm MST deadline for payments on existing entries is passed, the AHA will have data to troubleshoot and resolve payment issues, and will be able to complete a final tally of paid registrations. Note that no entries will be added or rejected (paid or unpaid) until the AHA can resolve all existing payment issues. We are doing our best to resolve these issues as efficiently as possible, but expect that it may take another full business day or more to identify and resolve these payment issues.
From there, we will communicate about the status of 2013 NHC registrations and next steps for the competition. Rest assured that all currently registered entries will have an opportunity to be judged in the competition.
Please accept our apologies for the failures of this year’s registration and payment system.
They are working on it and I'm sure as hell glad I'm not on the hook for this cluster fuck.
boobookittyfuk wrote:they will move your 761 entry to another region. if it ends up not fitting under the 750 limit in NYC.
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