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"Rising Star" Rules

1.  The "Rising Star" award is intended to recognize and honor the eligible DSS club member who has demonstrated the most improvement as a stereographer.  This will be determined by comparing the number of ribbons won in the current season's monthly club competitions against the number of ribbons won by that member during the most recent previous full season.  The member with the greatest increase in ribbons won shall be declared the winner of the club's "Rising Star" award.

2.  A ‘full season’ is defined as one where the member has earned at least 10 points in the club competitions. See the ‘Scoring and Awards’ section for point allocations (page 20, item #2).

3.  The winner must have won a minimum of 4 ribbons in the current season.

4.  Life Members and previous or current winners of the Helin (or High Point) Award are not eligible for this award.

5.  If a member has previously won this award, their ribbons won in the current season must be compared to their highest ribbon total for all prior years of participation in club competitions.

6.  In case of a tie, the award will go to the member who has not previously won this award.  If there is still a tie, the award goes to that person with the highest total number of ribbons in the current season.


Billy Turner "Best Premiere" Rules

1.  The Billy Turner "Best Premiere" award is intended to honor and recognize the new DSS club member who has earned the highest number of points in the first season in which they submit images to the club competition.

2. If the member did not start submitting images until after the first competition of the year, he/she may be eligible either that year or in their first full season in the club.  [Example: a member joining the competitions in November 2014 and submitting slides in the 2014-2015 season would also be eligible in the 2015-2016 season.]

3. The award may not be won more than once by any one member.

4.  In case of a tie in points, the award will go to the member with higher points in ribbons, or if that is also equal, the member with the most ribbons in the highest award category either has obtained.

Example: John and Jane both submit 10 images during the year (one point is given for each submitted image in addition to any ribbon points).  Here are their scores:

John's Ribbons Jane's Ribbons
Two 2nd Place = 8 points Three Second Place = 12 points
Two 3rd Place = 6 points No 3rd Place = 0 points
Two Hon Mention = 4 points Three Hon Mention = 6 point
Total Ribbon Points = 18 points Total Ribbon Points = 18 points
Total Points = 28 points Total Points = 28 points

In this case because they are tied in total points and ribbon points, the tie breaker is the number of 2nd Place ribbons they each won (Jane is the award winner).

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