TRMN:BlackSphinxCup:PubAffair
Public Affairs Challenge (Photo / Video Challenge)
Overview and Purpose
The Public Affairs Challenge is a creative competition in which the chapters of a fleet strive to produce the most engaging photos, video, or other media, that portrays their chapter and TRMN as a whole in a positive light, by the end of the three month challenge period allotted by their fleet commander. These rules are based on similar challenges conducted by TRMN fleets in the past, in an effort to standardize them for unified competition under the Black Sphinx Cup.
The chapter that produces the best photo, video, or other media, as judged by their fleet commander, and correctly submits this media during the challenge period, wins the Public Affairs Challenge in their fleet.
Public Affairs Challenge Rules
In order to be compliant with the Black Sphinx Cup, the fleet cup’s Public Affairs Challenge must adhere to the following rules.
- The production of a chapter’s photos, videos, and other media may not be aided by a member of another participating chapter within the same fleet.
- Photographic and video is the preferred and primary method of challenge participation.
- Alternative forms of media must receive prior approval from the Office of the First Space Lord. Chapters wishing to produce any media other than photographic or video must first inquire with their fleet challenge director. It is then the fleet’s challenge director’s responsibility to seek this prior approval with the staff Intelligence officer of the First Space Lord, which will be granted or denied on a case-by-case basis.
- Chapters may submit up to 3 different articles of photographic, video, or other media, in any combination. These should be submitted together in one submission.
- All submissions must portray their chapter and TRMN as a whole in a positive light. No submissions may be of a political or controversial nature.
- As per Admiralty Order 1406-01, any media, from this challenge or otherwise, must first be approved by BuComm prior to being used in an official capacity or on TRMN affiliated websites.
- Any photographic, video, or other media created before or after the challenge period WILL NOT BE COUNTED.
Winning the Public Affairs Challenge
At the conclusion of the challenge period, all participating chapters submit their photos, video, or other media to the fleet challenge director. Submissions that are eligible based on the rules above are forwarded to the fleet commander. The fleet commander then selects the submission that they believe to be the best, and the chapter that submitted that selection is declared the winner of the challenge.
In the event that the fleet commander is a member of a participating chapter, or is otherwise featured in their submitted photos, videos, or other media, they are disqualified from judging and must recuse themselves from the process. Authority to judge the winner is then given to the fleet challenge director. In the event that the fleet challenge director is also a member of a participating chapter, or is otherwise featured in their submitted photos, videos, or other media, they must also recuse themselves from the judging process. Authority to judge the winner is then given to the staff Intelligence officer for the First Space Lord. If this individual also is disqualified and must recuse themselves for the same reasons as above, authority to judge the fleet’s winner is given to the 4th Space Lord. This process continues until a Space Lord can be found who does not meet the criteria for disqualification.
Submitting Materials in the Public Affairs Challenge
Chapter liaisons are required to submit materials in the following way:
- All submissions must be digital.
- All digital photographic, video, or other media submissions must be accompanied by the following information in an accompanying email:
- Chapter name
- CO name and contact information
- Chapter’s challenge liaison name and contact information
- Names, ranks, and TRMN ID numbers of all members featured in the photographic, video, or other media,
- Names, ranks, and TRMN ID numbers of all members involved in the production of the photo, video or other media, and a brief description of their involvement.
- Dates and locations involved in the production of photos, video, or other media.
Ambiguity Clause
In any instance that the Black Sphinx Cup rules, or the specific rules of approved challenges, are found to be unclear or ambiguous by a fleet commander or their subordinate, it is essential that they immediately confer with the First Space Lord’s staff Intelligence officer (intel@1SL.trmn.org). A final ruling will be made by the Office of the First Space Lord and must be adhered to. Failure to adhere to this ruling will result in the fleet being made ineligible for the Black Sphinx Cup. If a fleet is found to have made their own interpretations of the rules without consulting the Office of the First Space Lord, they will be made ineligible for the Black Sphinx Cup.