(Attachment 1)
HONORS PROGRAM
(Last Revised: February 2,
2006)
Purposes
-- To establish:
1.
Associate,
Greater Detroit Council and Fellow,
Greater Detroit Council -- to honor outstanding members who have
distinguished themselves photographically and by outstanding service to the
Greater Detroit Camera Club Council and member clubs.
2.
Honorary
Member, Greater Detroit Council, who
need not be a member of an associate club of the Council, for outstanding
contributions to the GDCCC.
3.
Harry
Pusgulian awardee, the top service
award of the Greater Detroit Camera Club Council.
The Honors Committee shall be composed of the
Chairperson and six members as follows:
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The Chairperson
shall be the first vice-president of the Council.
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The remaining
six members shall be representatives from six (6) member clubs selected in a
rotating alphabetical order of the clubs.
Each club’s selected representative should either be the President, a
Fellow, Greater Detroit Council or an Associate, Greater Detroit Council.
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The committee
shall serve from September through February of each year and shall meet at
least once in November to review the nominees and once in December to select
members for honors.
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September: Create forms and distribute to all club presidents.
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October: Deadline
for nominations.
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November: Committee members research nominees and meet to review
nominations.
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December: Committee meets to select members for honors. A quorum shall consist of four members
of
the committee.
An Annual Awards Banquet shall be held at the end of
each year.
Honors will be awarded at the Annual Awards Banquet
to those selected by the Honors Committee.
Appropriate plaques or diplomas stating their names and the award they have
received will be presented to those selected.
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The number of
Associate awards given in any one year shall not be over three.
·
The number of
Fellowships awarded in any one year shall not be over two.
·
The number of
Honorary Memberships awarded in any one year shall not be over one.
·
The Harry
Pusgulian award must be given to only one person in a year, but need not be
given every year.
ASSOCIATE, GREATER
·
A candidate for
Associate must have been a member of a member club for a minimum of three
years.
·
A nomination for
Associate, Greater Detroit Council (AGDC) shall be made in writing by a member
of a member club.
·
A nomination
shall list outstanding accomplishments of nominee in photography as well as
offices held in GDCCC and member clubs, chairpersonship of committees,
distinguished work on committees, judging of competitions and salons, lecturing
to the Council or member clubs, etc.
·
The Honors
Committee shall consider the above, but will not be limited to those
accomplishments listed.
·
The Honors
Committee may evaluate any additional accomplishments it considers appropriate.
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Election of
Associate, Greater Detroit Council (AGDC) shall require a two-thirds vote of
the members of the Honors Committee present.
FELLOW, GREATER
·
A Candidate for
Fellow, Greater Detroit Council shall have been an Associate, Greater Detroit
Council for a period of two years.
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A nomination for
Fellow, Greater Detroit Council (FGDC) shall be made in writing by a member of
a member club.
·
A nomination
shall list outstanding accomplishments of nominee in photography as well as
offices held in GDCCC and member clubs, chairpersonship of committees,
distinguished work on committees, judging of competitions and salons, lecturing
to the Council or member clubs, etc.
·
The Honors
Committee shall consider the above, but will not be limited to those
accomplishments listed.
·
The Honors
Committee may evaluate any additional accomplishments it considers appropriate.
·
These accomplishments
must be of a truly distinguished and outstanding record.
·
Election of
Fellow, Greater Detroit Council shall require a two-thirds vote of the members
of the Honors Committee who are present.
HONORARY MEMBER, GREATER
·
This is to be a
high honor for outstanding contributions to the GDCCC.
·
Membership in a
member club is not a requirement for this Honor.
·
This honor need
not be awarded every year.
HARRY PUSGULIAN AWARD RECIPIENT:
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This is the
highest service award given by the Greater Detroit Camera Club Council. The recipient shall have given long-term
outstanding service to the GDCCC, such as that given by Harry Pusgulian, and,
in addition, given extra service in the current year. He/she shall be a member of a GDCCC member
club and shall not have been a previous winner of this award. It is desirable, but not necessary that the
recipient be a Fellow, Greater Detroit Camera Club Council (FGDC).
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Harry Pusgulian (8/22/22
to 2/18/79) was active for over 20 years with the Photographic Society of
America and with the Greater Detroit Camera Club Council. He was a Fellow of GDCCC and a charter member
of Seaway Camera Club. At different
times, he was a member and officer of Silhouette of Dearborn, The Photographic
Guild of Detroit, and the Jewish Center Camera Club. He lectured to every club in the Greater
Detroit area and, for many years, ran free workshops in his basement darkroom
every week on Wednesday. He covered
judging, critiquing your own work, commenting on other’s prints, and the making
of black and white prints. He did
research on polycontrast paper and knew more about obtaining good prints with
polycontrast than Eastman Kodak did.