Albert Dudek and Andrzej Kawalec Minicontests and YPEF

Albert Dudek and Andrzej Kawalec Minicontests and YPEF Website Our Results and Proposal YPEF - Meeting of International Contest Commission Sagadi Estonia June 27 -28, 2012

A. Dudek and A. Kawalec, Minicontests and YPEF Website • why minicontest? • what kind of minicontest? two different contest: 1. „prof. Dudek asks” 2. forest in photography a) „winter in forest” b) „spring in forest” YPEF - Meeting of International Contest Commission Sagadi Estonia June 27 -28, 2012

A. Dudek and A. Kawalec, Minicontests and YPEF Website Winter - 1 st place – M. Doskocz – The limits of happines YPEF - Meeting of International Contest Commission Sagadi Estonia June 27 -28, 2012

A. Dudek and A. Kawalec, Minicontests and YPEF Website Winter - 2 nd place – M. Jurczak – Snowy land YPEF - Meeting of International Contest Commission Sagadi Estonia June 27 -28, 2012

A. Dudek and A. Kawalec, Minicontests and YPEF Website Winter – 3 rd place – A. Wołek – Winter sunset YPEF - Meeting of International Contest Commission Sagadi Estonia June 27 -28, 2012

A. Dudek and A. Kawalec, Minicontests and YPEF Website Spring – 1 st place – J. Brzeziniak – Spring is coming YPEF - Meeting of International Contest Commission Sagadi Estonia June 27 -28, 2012

A. Dudek and A. Kawalec, Minicontests and YPEF Website Spring – 2 nd place – M. Szaski – Young wagtails YPEF - Meeting of International Contest Commission Sagadi Estonia June 27 -28, 2012

A. Dudek and A. Kawalec, Minicontests and YPEF Website Rezerwa 6 slajdów na 6 zdjęć Spring – 3 rd place – A. Woniacki – Flower of larch YPEF - Meeting of International Contest Commission Sagadi Estonia June 27 -28, 2012

A. Dudek and A. Kawalec, Minicontests and YPEF Website In the cycle „prof. Dudek asks” so far we emmited 5 questions. First question -”What is behind the name (in Polish): TOPOROWA CYRHLA? ” (impossible to translate), we appeal to well known fact, that behind the geographical names, quite often their history is hidden. We obtained significant number of good answers. YPEF - Meeting of International Contest Commission Sagadi Estonia June 27 -28, 2012

A. Dudek and A. Kawalec, Minicontests and YPEF Website Questions #2; #3 & #4 we will present here in very shortened avi movies (with written translation) YPEF - Meeting of International Contest Commission Sagadi Estonia June 27 -28, 2012

A. Dudek and A. Kawalec, Minicontests and YPEF Website #2 YPEF - Meeting of International Contest Commission Sagadi Estonia June 27 -28, 2012

A. Dudek and A. Kawalec, Minicontests and YPEF Website #3 YPEF - Meeting of International Contest Commission Sagadi Estonia June 27 -28, 2012

A. Dudek and A. Kawalec, Minicontests and YPEF Website #4 YPEF - Meeting of International Contest Commission Sagadi Estonia June 27 -28, 2012

A. Dudek and A. Kawalec, Minicontests and YPEF Website #5 What part of country's (Poland's) emission of CO 2 is offseted by forest? YPEF - Meeting of International Contest Commission Sagadi Estonia June 27 -28, 2012

A. Dudek and A. Kawalec, Minicontests and YPEF Website Generally we have got, more or less, good answers for our questions. Except question # 4. All our young friends have been informed about „the only good” answer, some of them were rewarded with small gifts. It is quite often, that we are asked for written testimony of their success or just paricipation YPEF - Meeting of International Contest Commission Sagadi Estonia June 27 -28, 2012

A. Dudek and A. Kawalec, Minicontests and YPEF Website After such encouraging experiment we, National Commission of YPEF in Poland, invite this international group of friends to discuss: Organizing two different - whole European scale mini contest: 1. Forest quiz – with questions prepared volountarily 2. Photo contest strongly devoted to FOREST YPEF - Meeting of International Contest Commission Sagadi Estonia June 27 -28, 2012

A. Dudek and A. Kawalec, Minicontests and YPEF Website As kind of „ad hoc” experiment, we have elaborated and published (using Polish part of YPEF page) en example of question within FOREST QUIZ It is in form of short video, so you can look at it, but written question is like this: In XIX century in many European countries was executed theory of onespecies, evenaged, artificially originated stands/platations. This theory was based strongly in economy. Question: What kind of species have been used so broadly in European countries and what kind of problem is now in forest management in this countries? YPEF - Meeting of International Contest Commission Sagadi Estonia June 27 -28, 2012

A. Dudek and A. Kawalec, Minicontests and YPEF Website What is our proposal at this moment? In the area of FOREST QUIZ – one question monthly, published via our and other country pages – answers graded by questions Authors – few (? ) prizes monthly In the area of Photo Contest – thematic competitions, advertised few times a year, selection based on pooling of participants via facebook or www. ypef YPEF - Meeting of International Contest Commission Sagadi Estonia June 27 -28, 2012

A. Dudek and A. Kawalec, Minicontests and YPEF Website thank you and please, think about… YPEF - Meeting of International Contest Commission Sagadi Estonia June 27 -28, 2012