Outstanding Electronic Yearbook Contest – NEW!

This year, the Student Affiliate Division of the American Dairy Science Association is pleased to add a new category to the Yearbook/Scrapbook competition: Electronic Yearbook. Developed out of a desire to reduce production time as well as printing and distribution costs, clubs who produce an electronic yearbook may now enter their yearbook for competition. First, second, and third place entries will receive plaques along with monetary awards of $100, $50, and $25, respectively.

Ideally, one advisor, one student, and one industry person from nonparticipating schools will judge each electronic yearbook entry on appearance, content, and arrangement. Unlike the paper yearbook competition, schools will not be judged on advertisements. The SAD First Vice President will chair the committee and the SAD First Year Advisor will help.

Electronic yearbooks will be judged in advance of the meetings during the month of June. All chapters are strongly encouraged to participate even if they cannot attend the Annual Meeting. The electronic yearbook must be created by SAD members. The electronic yearbook can be done using any current desktop publishing program; however, the final version must be converted to a PDF file. The electronic yearbook should be between 24 and 72 pages in length. Eventually, clubs will be given the option to specify Electronic Yearbook score be used toward points on their Outstanding Chapter Award Scorecard. (If entered in more than one of the three categories: Electronic Yearbook, Outstanding Yearbook or Outstanding Scrapbook, the highest of the three will be used.) However, results from the first year of competition in the electronic yearbook will NOT be part of points awarded for Outstanding Chapter Award.

To effectively organize the electronic yearbook contest, each chapter should complete the Outstanding Electronic Yearbook Entry Form and send it along with three CDs, each containing the PDF file of the Electronic Yearbook to ADSA Headquarters postmarked by May 15. One CD will be sent to each of the three judges for their review and scoring. Each CD should be clearly labeled with the chapter name, yearbook editor’s name, editor’s phone number and Email. CDs will not be returned.

Please note: Competition entries received after the stated deadline will be accepted, but clubs will incur a 5-point late deduction on the Outstanding Chapter Award Scorecard.