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Jewish Genealogy Month
Annual Poster/flyer Competition
The IAJGS will hold an annual
competition for a piece of work that can be used as either a poster
or flyer for announcing and celebrating Jewish Genealogy Month.
The winning poster/flyer will be unveiled at the IAJGS
International Conference on Jewish Genealogy in the summer of the
appropriate year and the artist creating the winning entry will
receive free registration for that conference.
1.
Requirements.
The flyer/poster must include:
a. A 3.5 in. x 3.5 in. area
for IAGS logo plus “www.iajgs.org”
b. A 3 in. x 5 in.
blank area for local society name and contact info.
c. Be Submitted as JPEG via
e-mail attachment (or appropriate format)
d. Must include the words:
Jewish Genealogy Month: Cheshvan plus the Hebrew and Civil dates
for the appropriate year.
e. The poster may include
the words: Submitted by JGS of _______.
f. The poster may include
the artist’s signature.
2. Who may
submit?
a. Only member organizations
of the IAJGS may submit entries.
b. They may submit 1 or more
entries.
c. The member organization
may obtain the entries from one of their members or from someone
who is not a member.
d. There is no age specified
for the creator of the entry.
e. Each entry must be accompanied
by the form that is found below.
f. Entries will not be returned.
3. Who will
judge?
The IAJGS board has appointed
a Jewish Genealogy Month Competition Committee.
| Nominations must
be sent to the committee chair. |
Chair: Steve
Lasky - Massapequa, NY
Members:
* Beth Galleto – Greenbrae, CA
* Merle Kastner – Montreal, QC, Canada
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How to Submit: Please
send the poster and the completed form to the Poster Committee Chair.
Before submission, please insure that all requirements have been
adhered to.
4. Deadline.
All entries must be submitted by
April 1 of the year.
5. Announcement
of the winner.
The winner will be announced at
the IAJGS Annual International Conference and the winning entry
displayed publicly for the first time there.
6. If no
entries are received.
If no entries are received by the
deadline, the Committee will solicit entries and recommend one to
the board for its approval. If none of the entries are judged appropriate,
the Committee will solicit entries and recommend one to the board
for its approval.
7. Release
form.
a. All those creating entries
must sign a release form allowing IAJGS exclusive permission to
make the poster available in any format and available for anyone
wanting to use it.
b. At minimum, the winning
poster/flyer will be made available on the IAJGS website.
8. The prize.
The artist creating the winning
entry will receive free registration to the IAJGS International
Conference on Jewish Genealogy at which that entry is unveiled.
This form
must be completed for and accompany each entry for the IAJGS Jewish
Genealogy Month poster/flyer competition
Name of Society submitting the entry_________________________________
Name of Society president _________________________________________
Society contact information_________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
Artist release:
I hereby grant the International
Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) exclusive
rights to use my original work should my work, submitted for consideration
in the Jewish Genealogy Month poster/flyer competition, be declared
the winning entry.
Name: _______________________________________________________
Address: _____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
Phone No.:____________________________________________
E-mail:_________________________
Signature: _____________________________________________ |