CONTEST RULES

CLUB CONTESTS

Club Banner

The purpose of this contest is to promote the use of banners to represent each club at State Convention. Banners must relate to the Convention theme and should be completely new and different each year. Banners may be no larger than 25 square feet. All banners must be able to be hung or be freestanding. NO electrical outlets will be provided for banners. Battery packs attached to the banner itself are acceptable. The competition will be divided into Large Club and Small Club divisions.

Judging Criteria:

• Design (including eye appeal)..............................................................................10
  
  
• Originality..........................................................................................................10
  
  
• Use of materials.................................................................................................10
  
  
• Convention theme development...........................................................................10
  
  
• Overall effect.....................................................................................................10
  
  

Entry Limit: one per club

Club Scrapbook

The Club Scrapbook is to be a creatively designed record of club activities. The period, which the scrapbook covers, must be no longer than one calendar year and must not begin prior to the National Convention of two years previous (i.e. a scrapbook submitted at State Convention in 1999 should not begin prior to the 1997 National Convention).

The scrapbook should have an obvious unifying theme, somehow related to the classics, that runs throughout the scrapbook and ties the book together. All materials used in the scrapbook must pertain to Latin, the Classics, or the JCL, and must not be secondary or incidental in nature.

Scrapbooks may be of any shape, EXCLUDING scrolls. They should, however be easy to handle. NO glass covers will be permitted.

Scrapbooks must be contained in one volume. The pages of the scrapbook may be not larger than 22x28 inches and the notebook or box containing the pages of the scrapbook is to be only as large as is necessary to contain the pages.

The competition will be divided into Large Club and Small Club divisions.

Judging Criteria:

• Originality & creativity.......................................................................................10
  
  
• Artwork & design..............................................................................................10
  
  
• Neatness & ease of handling..............................................................................10
  
  
• Content...........................................................................................................10
  
  
• Theme & its development..................................................................................10
  
  
• Cover..............................................................................................................10
  
  

Entry Limit: one per club

Club Project

The purpose of this contest is to involve as much of the Club as possible in some activity that relates to the Convention theme. This includes, but is not limited to, creating a model, performing a service activity, or preparing materials for a classroom.

This project must be completed before arriving at Convention.

At Convention, no more than three representatives of the Club shall present their project to a panel of judges, and the presentation shall not exceed five (5) minutes. The presentation shall state the goals of the project, how the Club went about meeting those goals, and how successfully the goals were met. Three copies of a brief outline of the presentation shall be given to the judges prior to the presentation. Any visuals or products used in the project must not exceed 3 cubic feet. One electrical outlet will be available per project. There will not be equipment for digital presentations such as Power Point will be provided to the presenters.

Projects needing to be turned on must have a recognizable on/off switch.

Unlike other projects, the point score will generate a rating rather than a ranking. Judges will be looking for the following elements related to the Judging Criteria cited below in each project.

Judging Criteria:

• Clarity of goals...............................................................................................10
  
  
• Accomplishment of goals (process and success).................................................10
  
  
• Quality of presentation....................................................................................10
  
  
• Club involvement............................................................................................10
  
  
• Adherence to theme and rules..........................................................................10
  
  

Based on their point totals, projects can then receive the following rankings. NB: Not all projects will necessarily receive a ranking if the judges' point totals do not call for one.

• Superior...................45 to 50 points
  
  
• Excellent..................40 to 44 points
  
  
• Good........................35 to 39 points

Entry Limit: one per club