All of us at Mr. International Rubber regret(s) to announce that upon a review of the scoring worksheets from this year's contest - which occurred on the evening of Monday, November 10, 2008 - we discovered that an error was made when tallying the scores.
We deeply regret this error and have contacted the four primarily effected contestants prior to sending this email.
Once the score tabulation was corrected, the results for Mister International Rubber 2009 were found to be as follows:
Stephane Donaldson, Montreal
Rubberbuck, Phoenix
Rocco, Chicago
Yann, Paris
In light of this unfortunate tallying error, placement will be re-awarded to recognize these four contestants as follows:
Mister International Rubber 2009, Stephane Donaldson
1st Runner-up, Rubberbuck
2nd Runners up, to both Rocco & Yann
The test of leadership, it is said, comes in the difficult times. Rocco, Yann, Rubberbuck, and Stephane were each exceedingly gracious upon learning of the tabulation error and exhibited both concern for their fellow contestants & leadership qualities that no medallion, sash or title can covey.
Truly, these four individuals have each demonstrated they are worthy of representing their communities locally and globally. Please join us in thanking and supporting these men as they each continue to represent the rubber community in the months and years ahead.
We thank you for your understanding.
With deepest apologies,
Frank Blondale
MIR Contest Owner
William "Rubberwilli" Schendel
Weekend Coordinator
Mr. International Rubber
That's very unfortunate that everyone left Chicago with the incorrect information, but it's good that everything was corrected and everything ended up on a gracious and equitable note. Good on the contestants to accept the correct outcome! It further shows how great the rubbermen involved actually are to admit mistakes and attempt to make things right!
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