Salisbury Camera Club  Bi-Monthly Competitions

Following lengthy discussion at the club committee meeting it has been agreed that the following amendments to the club rules for Bi-monthly competitions will apply with effect from September 2008. The Committee realise that some members will be disappointed by the changes, but it is necessary to reduce the workload on judges on these nights. A downside to our growing membership of active photographers is that we have been putting judges under unfair pressure to get through the evenings work. After discussing this with all available judges and other clubs, it is accepted that the maximum pieces of work that can be realistically judged in an evening is 80. The following have therefore been agreed with this criteria in mind.

1. Salisbury Camera Club will no longer continue with slide entries for the open and set subject bi-monthly comps. There is an extremely limited entry at present, with little or no new work. Discontinuing will be in line with many other SPF clubs, and will free up time for other competition areas.

2. The maximum print entries for any single night will be 80. Members will be limited to a maximum of 2 prints in the open section and 2 prints in the set subject. The actual number available for set subject entries will be determined after the 2 open prints per member has been taken into account. This may mean a further reduction of set subject entries on the night if necessary (set subject entries should therefore be numbered 1 and 2).

3. Open prints should still be submitted the week prior to the bi-monthly competition. Set subject entries can still be brought in on the night.

4. There has been some understandable confusion regarding the current criteria for the two print categories. The following clarification is therefore made, which supersedes any previous interpretation. The only criteria applicable will be that of photographic ability. The less able members will be in the Silver group and the higher ability members will compete in the Gold group

 i)      Silver group entrants will compete for the Chaplin Bowl. 

      Print entries for this group can be on any size mount up to a maximum of 500mm x 400 mm.

1. Gold group entrants will compete for the Toomey Trophy.

          Print entries for this group must be on mounts of 500mm x 400mm.

5. All members’ competition category will be reviewed and agreed between the individual member and the committee annually. Ideally this will be undertaken at the end of each season, but will be completed by the latest 2 weeks prior to the first bi-monthly competition in the new season.

            Should there be a dispute; the final decision will be the committee’s.

Tony Oliver  Club Chairman.

8th May 2008.