Re: Conservation breeder's award program

[LeeH920226 at aol_com]

In a message dated 1/29/03 4:10:40 PM, MDelra at aol_com writes:

<< Maybe Lee can extend KHY to have additional merit in the conservation 
area without taking away from the current award. >>

There probably may be sufficient attribution in the current system to 
recognize significant contributions in this area. These are the points as now 
defined:

V.  Point System
    Points shall be awarded for the following:
    A. Breeder's Award Program (Killifish Award Program-KAP)
    1. Each level achieved in the KAP during the fiscal year shall be worth 
20 points.
    2. At the end of each year the points roll back to zero (0) for the 
purposes of this award.
    Example: A participant earning two levels in the KAP would receive 40 
points. Next year they start at zero, with no points awarded until the next 
level is achieved.
    B. Species Maintenance Participation
    1. Members registering with the SMC and successfully maintaining a 
species shall receive 10 points.
    2. If said participant supplies the committee with 5 pairs of the species 
for distribution back into the hobby, they shall receive an additional 20 
points.
    C. Species Conservation 
    1. Members registering with the Killifish Conservation Committee and 
successfully maintaining a core species for the fiscal year shall receive 10 
points.
    This shall be verified by a member in good standing or a member of the 
local club.
    2. If the participant supplies the committee with 5 pairs of the core 
species for distribution back into the hobby, they shall receive 30 points.
    D. Robert Felmey Exhibitor of the Year Award (former KHY)
    1. Any member showing 6 or more pairs of fish at any affiliate club show 
(except convention) shall receive 10 points. All 6 pairs must score and 
cannot have been disqualified.
    2. Any member showing 6 or more pairs of fish at convention shall receive 
20 points. All 6 pairs must score and cannot have been disqualified.
    3. Any member awarded Best of Show at the annual convention shall receive 
an additional 30 points.
    4. Any member winning a special award ( i.e. Jubb Award, Langton Award, 
etc.) shall receive an additional 10 points.
     E. JAKA Contribution
    1. Any member having an article published in the JAKA during the fiscal 
year shall receive 20 points  for each article published.
    Limit of 2 articles (40 points) per year.
    2. Any member editing or organizing an individual issue of JAKA shall 
receive 20 points.
    Limit of 2 issues (40 points) per year.
    F. Service to the AKA
    1. Any member chairing an AKA committee in a manner acceptable to the BOT 
shall receive 20 points. 
    2. Any member serving a successful year on the BOT shall receive 20 
points. The member must correspond and have a voting record in such a manner 
as prescribed in the BOT procedure manual.
    3. Any member serving under an AKA chairman  (i.e., studbook holder) 
shall receive 10 points.
    4. Any member successfully chairing/co-chairing the annual convention 
shall receive 20 points.
    5. This shall be left available for a deserving position if added by the 
BOT.
    G.  Affiliate Club Member of the Year
    Each year the affiliate clubs may submit the name of an individual from 
their club whom the membership of said club has chosen to represent them as 
the most outstanding member. Each representative shall receive 20 points. 
This must be sent in by the affiliate club liaison and signed by both the AKA 
liaison and the Affiliate club's Chairman/President.
    H. Seminars/Lectures for AKA Sanctioned events and Affiliate Club 
Presentations
    1. Any member giving a seminar/lecture at an AKA sanctioned show shall 
receive 10 points. The seminar must be on the subject of killifish or a 
related topic, such as live food, collecting, etc.
    I.Seminars/Lectures for All Species Groups
    1. Any member giving a seminar/lecture to promote the Killifish hobby to 
a general species club show, meeting, or workshop shall receive 20 points. 
This must be verified in writing by the club's show chairman or club's 
President/Chairman upon completion of said event.

    As you can see, the program is heavily slanted towards species 
maintenance and conservation, with an added weight toward overall 
contribution to the hobby. Certainly you can read "maintenance and 
conservation" into the Breeders Award program, the service to the hobby, 
local lectures, killifish publications, etc. as well as the more obvious 
Species Maintenance and Killifish Conservation Committee. The only part of 
this program that is residual from the previous KHY is the awarding of points 
for KEY awards. This is because it, to some extent, also reflects maintenance 
of species.

Lee Harper
Media, PA 
USA
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