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Is BOM melting down?
Pat B:
When Don started BOM it was more of a showcase for presenting your bow to the other members and not necessarily a competition. It has become more of a competition over the last few years and it seems that fewer folks are participating. Whether that be the reason or just a coincidence I don't know. I submit bows I've completed not to try to win BOM but to contribute to PA. I've won BOM 3 times over the years I've been on PA but I don't submit bows to BOM to win it.
BOM has been a pretty good draw for this message board and for subscriptions. It has also brought many folks into our bow building community. To me, the last being the most important. Winning a hat is nice but how many hats do any of us actually need. Being published in the magazine and on the PA message board should be plenty of a reward for doing what we love to do.
Dvshunter:
I truely hope thst bom continues. I have never won and am often discouraged, but it inky inspires me to try and build better. That is the reason that i hope those of you that have won will continue to post you bows and enter them in the contest. A win without the best entered is not truely a bow of the ,onth, just a best bow that was entered. Dont lower the bar for the sake of others. Our society already does t b st enough.
Knoll:
--- Quote from: Dvshunter on March 27, 2016, 05:08:47 pm ---Dont lower the bar for the sake of others.
--- End quote ---
Once in a while we agree. ;D
Onebowonder:
Read this and went out and bought a new subscription. Let mine lapse years ago because of a fight with trying to get issues that were never mailed to me or somehow 'LOST' in the mail. I've held out long enough and have been on-the-fense about re-upping my subscription for a long time. I know I missed some things I'd have liked to have had. Heck, they may screw me over again, but I guess they deserve another try...
OneBow
BTW - ...though I have NO expectation of building anything that ever could win, I'll even get an entry into the BOM well photographed and entered this year.
Marc St Louis:
If you have problems getting your subscription then the e-mag is an option, those never get lost in the mail.
It is a fact that the mag has gone to subscription only so those that were getting it off a newsstand will no longer be able to
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