(Attachment 3)

OFFICIAL SCHEDULED INTERCLUB SLIDE COMPETITION RULES

(Last Revised: 12/06/06)

 

THE SLIDE "DIVISIONS" ARE:

·         2¼ Slide (2¼S)

A "2¼ Slide" shall be any slide transparency larger than 35mm that will fit in a standard 2¼”x2¼” slide mount.

 

·         Color Slide (CS)

A "Color Slide" shall be any slide transparency that will fit within a 2" x 2" x 1/8" slide mount, except those slides in which a wild animal, bird or insect fills more than one-third (1/3) of the frame and there are no other factors that prevent that slide from being accepted in the Nature Slide Division.  Those 2" x 2" x 1/8" slides that are NOT acceptable in the Nature Slide Division are acceptable as Color Slides.

 

For Digital Slides that are submitted in the Color Slide Division (12/05/01 revision), the image entered must come from a photograph or montage of photographs taken by the entrant on film or electronically recorded.  All work, computer images, photography and image manipulation, with the exception of generating the transparency, must have been created personally by the author.  Clipart is not allowed.

 

·         Nature Slide (NS)

A "Nature Slide" shall be any slide transparency that will fit within a 2" x 2" x 1/8" slide mount that contains "Nature", where "Nature" is defined as:

 

Nature in all its forms, including the many facets of Botany, Geology, and Zoology.  Human elements, if present, should be unobtrusive and enhance the nature story.  Those depicting cultivated plants, domestic animals or pets, still-life studies, mounted specimens, museum pieces or groupings, or similar subjects are NOT eligible.

 

Exception: Digital Slides are NOT acceptable in the Nature Slide Division.

 

THE SLIDE "CLASSES" ARE:

·         For 2-1/4 Slides, all classes were merged into one group by Council vote on Nov 23, 2004.

·         For the Color Slide Division and the Nature Slide Division, there shall be five classes for competition in each slide division:

-         "BEGINNER" is defined as a member who has not attained five (5) points in GDCCC competition.

-         "ADVANCED" is defined as one who has attained five (5) points in the GDCCC beginner class.

-         "SALON" is defined as one who has attained seven (7) points in the GDCCC advanced class.

-         "STAR" is defined as one who has attained seven (7) points in the GDCCC salon class.

-         "GALAXY" is defined as one who has attained fourteen (14) points in the GDCCC star class.

·         Exhibitors new to council competitions will, as a general rule, start in the Beginner Class, but, if they enter a home club as an accomplished photographer, the club may ask the division’s director for permission to start them in another class.  Once they have competed in council competition, they must then abide by the rules for moving up in class.

·         An exhibitor cannot compete in classes lower than the highest class in which he or she has previously submitted.

·         For newly created divisions, at least three (3) makers must be eligible for a new class beyond Beginners before that class shall be created, and, for a new class to be created in the middle of a fiscal year, at least three (3) makers must be willing to advance to that next class immediately.

·         The Exhibition Directors may create a new class by declaring at least three (3) makers “eligible”, even though those makers have not attained the minimum points defined for that class.

 

GENERAL RULES:

·         The original exposure must be the work of the exhibitor.

·         Glass or cardboard mounts may be used.

·         Any slide exceeding a Division's standard slide dimensions or causing mechanical difficulty with the projection equipment will be disqualified.

 

GENERAL INFORMATION:

·         For CS and NS, six (6) scheduled interclub slide competitions will be held yearly for each division.

·         For CS and NS, each affiliated club may submit up to nine (9) slides per division per competition for five (5) out of the six (6) scheduled interclub slide competitions.  The slides may come from any one of the division's classes or be divided among the division's classes as desired by the home club.

·         For CS and NS, no individual may have more than one (1) slide per division per competition.

·         For 2¼ Slides, [added 04/25/06] “Instead of holding 6 Interclub 2¼ Slide Competitions per year, we will hold 1 competition as an end-of-year competition.  All entries will be in the same class.  The limit of 9 entrants per club per competition is removed.  Any member of any GDCCC club will be allowed up to 5 entries.  Awards will be Slide-of-the-Year, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and HMs equal to 25% of the total entries.  Trophies will be awarded for SOY, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, but a maker may only win one trophy.  The other general Slide Competition Rules apply.”

·         An image that is or has been successful as a 2¼ Slide or a Nature Slide or a Color Slide or a Digital Projection Image (MG, CG, NA and CC), including Honorable Mention (HM), becomes ineligible for future Council competition in the 2¼ Slide Division, the Nature Slide Division, the Color Slide Division and the Digital Projection Division (MG, CG, NA and CC).  2¼ Slides, Nature Slides, Color Slides and Digital Projection Images (MG, CG, NA and CC) that are so similar to a successful 2¼ Slide, Nature Slide, Color Slide, or Digital Projection Image (MG, CG, NA and CC) by the same maker that a casual observer would think they are the same image are not allowed and will be disqualified.

·         The title of an image that is or has been successful as a 2¼ Slide or a Nature Slide or a Color Slide or a Digital Projection Image (MG, CG, NA and CC), including Honorable Mention (HM), becomes ineligible for future Council competition in the 2¼ Slide Division, the Nature Slide Division, the Color Slide Division and the Digital Projection Division (MG, CG, NA and CC).  Any 2¼ Slide, Nature Slide, Color Slide or Digital Projection Image (MG, CG, NA and CC) entered using the same title as a previously successful 2¼ Slide, Nature Slide, Color Slide or Digital Projection Image (MG, CG, NA and CC) by that maker will be disqualified.

·         Any unsuccessful slide may be entered again at any time.

·         All entries must contain the following completed information on the back:

-         Maker's name

-         Entire Title of Slide

-         Camera Club

-         A legible, easily recognizable thumb spot (preferably red) in the lower left-hand corner of the slide when it is setting the way you wish it to appear on the screen.

·         Each home club’s Slide Director must submit a completed form (provided by the Council) for each Division and Class entered on which must be shown:

-         Division (pre-printed on form)             -- Camera Club

-         Date of Competition                          -- Slide Director’s Name

-         Competition Number                         -- Slide Director’s Phone Number

-         Class                                              -- Slide Director’s E-mail Address (when available)

-         Maker’s Name 

-         Entire Title of Slide

·         All entries must be submitted for judging at the place of competition no later than 7:45 PM.

 

ADVANCEMENT TO NEXT HIGHER CLASS:

·         For CS and NS, when a maker has been awarded the appropriate number of points, i.e., one (1) each for first, second, third, or HM in the six (6) scheduled interclub council competitions, they may advance to the next class immediately or wait until the following January, but they must advance to the next class in January of the following year.

·         The Home Club Slide Director shall notify the Council Slide Director, in writing, if a move is made during the competition year.

·         As stated in the rules for Interclub Annual Award Competition, "In the event an exhibitor has advanced to a higher class during a given competition year, all his or her slides entered in the Slide of the Year competition will be judged in the higher class."

 

JUDGING FOR INTERCLUB COMPETITION:

·         There shall be three (3) qualified judges, all members in good standing selected from the hosting club.

·         All slides shall be previewed before judging.

·         Each judge will vote on a basis of up to nine (9) points.

·         The points of the three (3) judges will be totaled.

·         They will take into consideration:       -- Subject material

-- Composition

-- Technical quality

·         The division's Slide Director shall decide whether or not a slide is eligible for judging.

·         Awards:

-         In each of the classes, at least twenty-five (25) percent of the entries shall receive awards.

-         1st, 2nd, and 3rd place ribbons will always be awarded.

-         HM ribbons will be awarded until twenty-five (25) percent of the entries have received awards.

-         All slides with the same score as the one at the twenty-fifth (25) percentage point will receive the same award.

-         If 25% of the slides shown should be greater than 0.5 of the next number, this number will be considered as part of the 25%.

 

Example:  43 slides submitted             43 x 0.25 = 10.75  è Top eleven slides would receive awards.

 

INTERCLUB ANNUAL AWARD COMPETITION:

·         Eligibility:

-         For CS and NS, slides that placed first, second, third or HM in the six (6) scheduled interclub slide competitions within a given year may be entered in the "Slide of the Year" competition for that year.

o        It shall be the responsibility of the clubs concerned to submit eligible slides to the Slide Director at a designated time and place.  This will usually be the last scheduled meeting and competition of that year.

o        Only the original slide shall be acceptable.

o        In the event an exhibitor has advanced to a higher class during a given year, all of his/her slides entered in the Slide of the Year competition will be judged in the higher class.

o        A maker competing for one club may compete for a different club in the same year, retaining the same Council class rating, but cannot return to compete for the first club for the remainder of that year.

-         For 2¼ Slides, we will hold 1 competition as an end-of-year competition.  All entries will be in the same class.  The limit of 9 entrants per club per competition is removed.  Any member of any GDCCC club will be allowed up to 5 entries.”

·         Judging:

-         A panel of judges will be selected by the Slide Director.

-         None of these judges will be members of the affiliated clubs in the GDCCC Council.

·         Awards:

-         In each class, at least twenty-five (25) percent of the entries shall receive awards.  These shall consist of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place trophies and the remainder shall be awarded HM ribbons.  All slides with the same score as the one at the twenty-fifth (25) percentage point will receive the same award.

-         The judges will be instructed to select a first, second, third and fourth place in each class.  The Slide of the Year for each division will be selected from the first place slides from each of the classes for that division.  From whichever class the Slide of the Year is chosen, the second place becomes a first, the third place becomes a second and the fourth place becomes a third, and in the remaining classes, the fourth place becomes an HM.

-         In each of the classes, a minimum of twenty-five (25) percent of the entries shall receive awards, which must include 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.  If 25% of the slides exhibited should be greater than or equal to 0.5 of the next number, this number will be considered as part of the 25%.

 

Example:  43 slides submitted                43 x 0.25 = 10.75  è Top eleven slides would receive awards.

 

-         A maker is eligible to receive only one (1) trophy per division, either the Slide of the Year Trophy, or a first, second or third trophy.  A maker is eligible to receive more than one Honorable Mention ribbon in a division.

·         Club High Point Awards:

-         For CS and NS, one (1) point shall be awarded the home club for each placement in 1st, 2nd, 3rd or HM received at the six (6) scheduled interclub slide competitions during the year.

-         For CS and NS, the club accumulating the greatest number of points for each division for a given year during the six (6) scheduled interclub slide competitions shall receive the Annual Slide Competition Award for that division.  In the event of a tie, more than one award will be given.

·         A division's Slide Director shall have the authority to disqualify any slide that does not conform to these rules.

·         Each division's Slide Director shall maintain a complete record of that division's competitions.