Rules Book - Updated August 2012 - Lads to Leaders

Bulletin Board (Competitive)
PURPOSE
To offer participants an opportunity to use their serving spirit, creativity,
talents, and skills, to create bulletin boards to benefit their local congregation.
EVENT PARTICIPATION
A. Participants are divided into the following divisions for Bulletin
Board only:
Grades 3-4 Grades 5-6 Grades 7-9
Grades 10-12
B. The bulletin board must be based on the current year’s convention
theme.
C. Individuals may only submit one entry per category in these two
categories:
1. Informative/Decorative - This category includes most of
the boards in the hallways of the church. It may provide information
about missions, new programs, sign-ups, etc. This
bulletin board may tell you about an event that has happened,
have pictures of that event and/or explain the annual
events of the congregation. Decorative can be seasonal
boards that help beautify the building, have pictures, a Bible
verse, or just encourage the congregation in some way.
2. Teaching - These are usually found in a classroom and in
some way teach a particular Bible lesson or Bible concept.
There could be one large scene or several smaller images.
GENERAL RULES FOR CONSTRUCTION, CONTENT AND CREA-
TIVITY
A. Please email your high resolution (800 x 600 pixels or higher) .jpg
format entries on or before the registration deadline date to
bulletinboard@lads-to-leaders.org. Submit one before and one
after photo for each bulletin board that you are entering into competition.
The bulletin board should be based on the current convention
theme. Please submit only one entry per email. In the
body of the email, include the following information:
Bulletin Board Entry
Category _____ Informative/Decorative _____ Teaching
Convention Location
Name
Group Name
Group City, State
B. All photo entries must be in color. Digital enhancement of photographs
is not allowed. Photos taken with a digital camera may be
submitted, but cannot be fixed, corrected or enhanced in any way
before submitting, so take several photos of before and after to
get the true colors and a clear picture. Please only send in one
best before and one best after shot.
C. Copyrighted figures (such as cartoon figures) may not be used,
unless they are purchased for use on bulletin boards or you have
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approval to use them.
D. Titles and lettering are not required on bulletin boards, but the
bulletin board must clearly convey a thought.
E. Taking one item off a bulletin board and putting another up is not
acceptable. Background paper/cloth may remain the same, but
the border, and all items on the bulletin board must be new to the
board.
F. Ideas may come from a bulletin board book or another source but
the overall composition and scheme must be your own.
G. Since this bulletin board is to benefit the church or classroom, a
mentor/teacher should guide the competitor toward appropriate
choices and make sure the work meets a high standard. The
mentor/teacher should give suggestions, but do none of the work
with the exception of possibly taking the before and after pictures.
H. Do not enter a bulletin board which has been previously entered
in a Lads to Leaders/Leaderettes Bulletin Board event. Only new
entries are acceptable.
I. No entries will be returned to the participant. They become the
property of Lads to Leaders/Leaderettes and may be used in
training, promotional productions and/or the website for instructional
purposes.
JUDGING
A. Based on the above rules, the bulletin board will be judged according
to the official evaluation sheet.
B. Three to five judges will work independently to examine and score
each bulletin board entry.
C. Entries in each of the two categories will be judged for construction,
content and creativity.
1. Construction (Type of Material):
Effective Use of Materials/Media – The work should reflect
that the creator gave thought and time to creating the piece.
The overall quality of the piece should show workmanship,
including neatness, good use of color, and composition.
2. Content (Topic of Work):
All bulletin boards should have a distinct purpose that would
be beneficial to the congregation. Biblical truths will be considered.
Adherence to annual convention theme is important.
3. Creativity (Design):
Originality – uniqueness (although you may use a book to
get ideas, your final product should show some original ideas)
Design – layout, neatness, balance
Overall Appeal – impression (this is very subjective)
D. Penalties
Because of the unique nature of Bulletin Boards, self-identification
penalties do not apply.
AWARDS
First, second and third place awards will be given in each of the grade
divisions for each category.