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22 June 2009: No 34/09

LAUNCHING THE JOINT OPERATIONS DIVISION PHOTO COMPETITION 2009

Members are invited to enter their photographs into the Joint Operations Photo Competition, which will run from April to September 2009. Entries will be accepted in three categories and all photographs complying with the set requirements will be published on the Intranet. Winning photographs will be published in the SA Soldier: November edition.

COMPETITION RULES

• Entries for the photo competition must reach the organisers by Friday, 02 October 2009, at 1200B. No late entries will be accepted.
•  When participating in this competition participant accept all terms, rules and legal conditions.
• Photographs of current operations, internal, external, and ongoing joint exercises may be entered into this competition.
• All photo entries will become the property of the Joint Operations Division and may be published in any future Joint Operations and DOD publications with credits to entrants.
• Photographs that have been published before may not be entered into this competition.
• Entries are to be emailed to photos@jopsdiv.co.za or may be saved onto CD or DVD (with required information included) and forwarded to SSO OPCOM at the Joint Operations Division.
• Confirmation of receipt of each photograph will be sent to the email address provided by the entrant or handed to the person delivering the entries to SSO Opcom.
• Members currently deployed in mission areas are encouraged to take part in the competition.
• All photographs received will be published on the Intranet on the J Ops page.
• Members of the organising committee, the panel of judges, or their families may not take part in the competition.

CATEGORIES

Photos may be entered into three categories:

• Internal Operations
• External Operations
• Joint Exercises

YOUR ENTRIES

• Photographs must be in JPG format and about 1 meg (1 000 kb) in size. Most digital cameras store photographs in this format and size.
• Only electronic entries will be accepted.
• Photographs may not be digitally enhanced or manipulated.
• Participants should only enter their best photographs.
• Only photographs taken by the participant may be entered.
• Entries per participant are not limited.
• Send only one photograph per email.
• For each photograph entered, the following information is to be included:
  • The category into which the photograph is entered. o A description of where and when the photograph was taken.
  • Confirmation of the operation during which the photograph was taken.
  • People on the photograph should be identified where possible.
• Participants must provide a caption for each photograph.
• Participants must provide their full names and contact details with each entry.

THE JUDGING

• The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
• The panel of judges reserves the right to:
  • judge a photo in another category than that for which it was entered; and
  • refrain from announcing a winner in any category should the photographs received not meet the quality requirements.
• The winners in each category as well as the overall winner will be announced between 19 and 23 October 2009 in the DOD Info Bulletin.
• The winning photos will be published in the Joint Operations Calendar 2010, in the SA Soldier and on the Intranet.
• Prizes will be announced in a future edition of SA Soldier.

Note: The detailed legal conditions are on the Internet; J Ops page.

Enquiries may be directed to Capt (SAN) Sonica van Rooyen at tel. no. (012) 674 5496 or 082 807 8063.