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AV News 197 - August 2014 Critical success factors included the following :Keeping the entries short made upload and download times reasonable. This was crucial with our limited, expensive bandwidth. Keeping up interest within the group by frequent mailshots. Helping first-timers individually. Many had never used www.wetransfer.com, or something like it or even created an exe. Using free Google Drive to make the Registration and Comments forms worked well and everyone could access them. Having comments in a single thread meant that everyone could see all the comments in their own time as they were published. Only time will tell how lasting our success will be. With this initiative we have at least stimulated many new AV enthusiasts. Anyone wanting more information is welcome to contact Jeff Port Elizabeth Camera Club South Africa 1st International AV Festival May 2nd 2014 - Results Name of AV Author(s) Country Award Arctic Dreams William Bruce Norway FIAP Gold Medal Toxicaland Andre Teyck & Armand De Smet Belgium PSSA Gold Medal Chihuly Ian Bateman Great Britain FIAP Silver Medal Calatrava's Follies Andre Teyck & Armand De Smet Belgium PSSA Silver Medal Sudursveit Howard Bagshaw Great Britain FIAP Bronze Medal People of the forest Urszula Gronowska & Jacek Zaim Poland PSSA Bronze Medal After the season Cezary Dubiel Poland FIAP Ribbon Auschwitz-Birkenau (The death factory) Peter Maderanek Slovakia FIAP Ribbon Colours of Underground Andre Teyck & Armand De Smet Belgium FIAP Ribbon Hedd Wynn Ron Davies Great Britain FIAP Ribbon Here with me Rachel Herman France FIAP Ribbon Talbot House Linda & Edgar Gibbs Great Britain FIAP Ribbon Andre Teyck & Armand De Smet Belgium FIAP Best Author Award Full Results are available on www.avnews.org.uk Page 15