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Charter for "ARTISTS' CHOICE AWARDS 2009*ACA 2009"

The Artists' Choice Awards is the premier PEER awards program within eBay groups. Founded by artist PattyABaker in 2004, the awards have grown steadily. It is recognized as a distinct honor to display an ARTISTS' CHOICE AWARD in your auctions, on ME PAGES, and anywhere where your sell.

Artists who are not members may be nominated for an award. However, all nominees must join the group in order to be considered for the final vote. The group is open to all qualifying sellers who are artists on eBay. Artists qualify for membership if they have sold 10 original works of art (no reproduction prints, kits, etc) within a year of their application date.IN ADDITION, ALL NOMINEES must have also sold a minimum of THREE original works of art between April 1, 2009 and December 31 2009 within EACH category (ies) in which they were nominated.

Qualification for membership and/or nominees is made by the group leadership. You must prove your sales and may be asked to submit auction listing numbers as proof.

Once you are invited into the group, the MEMBERSHIP IS FOR THE LIFE OF THE GROUP.
Group members,(join once, with ONE USERID) and may participate in all discussions but none shall promote other groups in their postings or within their signatures. No person shall promote other sales sites or post links to ANY SITE off eBay within any area of ACA2009.

The Photo Albums are open to everyone who wishes to be considered for a nomination. ALBUMS are organized by ACA CATEGORIES and each member may post TWOS IMAGE per category PER MONTH. Your image MUST be one that has been LISTED ON EBAY in your store, or as an AUCTION OR BIN within that MONTH. YOU MUST include your auction/bin number in the TITLE. Label your images with the SIZE, ie: ACEO, 4"X6", 10"X10", 40"X60", etc. Also include the medium (s).
The 2009 awards albums must show works created recently, 2008/2009 and listed and/or sold on eBay between April 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009.

STORY BOARDS WILL REMAIN CLOSED TO THE MEMBERSHIP AT LARGE UNTIL NOMINATIONS ARE MADE IN 2010. The leadership may use the storyboards for promotional purposes as well as to highlight the works of previous winners.

ALL FINALISTS MUST POST ONE STORY BOARD PER CATEGORY IN WHICH THEY PLACED. Posting a story board is considered your ACCEPTANCE of the nomination, non-complying finalists will be removed from the list. Finalists are expected to answer comments and questions that have been posted in the story board. This will keep the story board 'current', however, do not BUMP the story board, simply answer comments.
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THE AWARD:

As an annual collaboration open to the entire active eBay artist community, the ACA exists to acknowledge and promote exceptional artists based solely on the artistic merits of their work as determined by their eBay art peers.

Mission/Vision for the Artists’ Choice Awards

The steering committee overseeing this annual process is charged with the following duties:
~ To create a category structure which is inclusive of the majority of artists in this venue;
~ To establish and enforce parameters of qualification;
~To identify marketing opportunities, on eBay and in the outside art community; which will promote and benefit both the Artists' Choice Awards and the individual artists receiving the awards;
~To effectively communicate the above to the eBay art community in a timely fashion.

ACA posting rules: BRING NO SIGNATURE IMAGES or links that go OUTSIDE OF EBAY into the group. During nominations and voting, NO LINKS or images are allowed in the signatures.

eBay POSTING Rules~~
IF YOU ARE IN VIOLATION, WE WILL REMOVE YOUR POSTS:

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