"Minimum Number of Participants Combined gender Zone, Regional and District contests must have no fewer than three participants. Separate gender Zone, Regional and District contests must have no less than six participants (three boys and three girls).
In cases where the minimum number of 3 contestants at the
Zone or Regional contest cannot be met, there are two options:
A. Send winners directly to the next level of the contest. If your Zone or Regional competition has at least 3 contestants of one gender, you can hold the contest for that gender and send the winner on to the next level. Again, if there are less than 3 contestants for either gender, please forward them to the next level of competition. "
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ARTICLE
VI: DISTRICT CONTESTS
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District
Oratorical Contests
(Accounts
140, 370)
a)The
District shall conduct both a boys and girls’ Oratorical Contest each year. The
District Finals will be held at the time of the Third Quarter District
Conference.
b)
Pursuant to the policies of Optimist International all phases of the District
Contests shall be conducted in strict compliance with the International Contest
rules.
c)
A committee of three (3) members from Clubs in the city where the District
Contest is to be held may be appointed by the District Chair to assist in
selection of facilities, equipment,
judges,
etc. and other details pertinent to the conduct of the contests.
d)
Each zone winner shall advance to the state/provincial contest, known as the
Regional Contest, to determine the boy and girl winners who will represent that
state/province at the
District
Contest. Zone and Regional contests are to be conducted under the supervision
of, and coordinated by, the District Oratorical Chair, with the responsibility
for the actual
conduct
of Zone and Regional Contests assigned to the Lieutenant Governors. The
responsibility for running the Regional contests shall be rotated annually
among the
Lieutenant
Governors in that region.
e)
An entry fee of Forty Dollars ($40.00) per contestant, payable in advance to
the Alberta - Montana -Saskatchewan and Northern Wyoming District, shall be
paid by all Clubs
sponsoring
a contestant in the Zone contests. The costs of all transportation, food, and
lodging, while at or en route to or from Zone and Regional contests, shall be
the
responsibility
of the sponsoring Clubs.
f)
The costs of food and lodging while en route to and from the District Contest
shall be the responsibility of the sponsoring Clubs. Clubs sponsoring
contestants at the District
Oratorical
Contest shall be reimbursed for mileage at the rate established under Section
VIII [under Section VII the mileage is 10 cents per mile for U.S.A., and 10
cents per kilometer for Canada]. Cost of food and housing for contestants,
while at the District Oratorical Contest,
shall
be the responsibility of the District Administration.
g)
The runners up at the Regional Contests shall be presented with the official
Optimist International trophy designated as District Finalist. The
winners of the Regional Contests
shall
compete in the District Oratorical contest Finals and shall receive the
appropriate District Finalist or District Winner Trophy at that contest. (which
is at the time of the Third Quarter District Conference)
h)The
costs of all District Trophies, Zone certificates and frames, and all
authorized receipts and expenditures, shall be budgeted and audited under
Accounts 140 and 370. All such
12 items
shall be supervised by the District Contest Chair and accountable to the
District Secretary-Treasurer who shall make all purchases and expenditures, and
record all
revenues
and expenses.
i)
It shall be the responsibility of the District Oratorical Chair to submit the
required materials and information on the contest winners to International
Office within Thirty (30) days
following
the contest. The presentation of the official scholarship award provided by
Optimist International shall be made by the Governor at the District Convention
when
possible.
