Randomonium

Thank you very much for the donation NewBreed. This brings up some interesting issues for the winning noob, and by extension for many of us.

I Am Not A Lawyer (IANAL) but to the best of my understanding it goes something like this:
If the sponsor is hosting/publishing the gallery, then the sponsor is responsible for the 2257 documentation. (If this is not correct please let me know!)

If the sponsor chosen is offering free hosting, then it would be in essence a custom, exclusive, free hosted gallery. Perhaps in the future CEFHGs (custom, exclusive, free hosted galleries) will be a feature that affiliates look for in a sponsor if they don't have the resources to deal with 2257 documentation.

RealityCash has already offered free hosting, and AFF will be posting here soon.
PussyCash & WEGCash want to amend your offers to include hosting the gallery?
If all of the sponsors offer to host/publish, then the software may not turn out to be used for this contest.

However, if the sponsor chosen doesn't offer to host/publish the gallery, or more likely if the winning noob should turn out to like submitting galleries (and who wouldn't with a start like this?) then there is a strong likelihood that they will want to have the option to use images requiring 2257 documentation in their galleries in the future, especially for sponsors that don't offer CEFHGs. Either way thank you again NewBreed for your donation.

This brings up a point to consider/discuss. I don't mean to threadjack, but unless every sponsor offers to host/publish then it will be relevant in choosing the final sponsor. I created the thread 2257: Sentenced to 5 years for discussion of the ramifications.

The gist of the issue is as follows:
Section 75.5 requires that if you are keeping 2257 documentation then you (or an employee not a 3rd
party) have the records available for inspection during "normal" business hours with a minimum of 20 hours per week.

Even if you have the perfect software, and your records are in perfect order etc etc then in order to even use one image that
requires 2257 documentation, you have to be prepared to make a 20+ hour per week committment for at least 5 years.

If that is correct (I hope someone can show me it's not) then I am going to once again ask that AFF, PussyCash, and WEGCash join RealityCash in offering to host/publish the gallery for the winning noob.