Fellowship Awards Program: Service, Educational and Photographic Degree
The point system and degree program are designed to encourage, recognize and reward those who demonstrate outstanding imaging skills and provide service and education to the profession. The program helps affiliate organizations attract program talent and encourages the individual to learn and achieve. Only PPC members will be awarded points, and only specified points can be applied toward a degree.
In January, 1999, the PPC Board of Directors adopted a new degree program. The degree program includes the following: Colorado Service Fellowship of Photography (S.F.) and Colorado Educational Fellowship of Photography (E.F.) and the Colorado Photographic Fellowship of Photography (P.F.). A review committee consisting of Fellowship chairperson(s) current and past Fellowship recipients has been established to review the Degree applications to help with points toward Fellowships.
If you have any questions, please refer to Sections I – VI of the Rules and Information for Fellowship Degree or contact Ellen Nelson, Fellowship Chairperson at ellen@ellennelson.com
Section I: Award Rules and Information/Points
- Service Fellowship of Photography S.F. ……………………..30 Points
- Educational Fellowship of Photography E.F. ………………….30 Points
- Photographic Fellowship of Photography P.F…………………..30 Points
- Gold Bar of Ribbon Service, Educational or Photographic……….25 Points
- Past President’s and Fellowship Degree………………………Ribbon
Section II: Who is Eligible?
A. All paid-up Active, Associate, Student, Sustaining and Honorary Life Members of Professional Photographer’s of Colorado in good standing for thirty-six (36) or more consecutive months prior to making application for the degree.
Section III: Rules
Please read and follow these rules exactly. To not do so, may cause loss of Points. If instructions and rules are not followed, the PPC may have no choice but to disallow the Points. All decisions on eligibility for Points will be made by the Fellowship Committee.
A. Points are earned in a calendar year and are presented at the Annual Holiday Party. Please turn your points application EVERY year into the Fellowship Chairperson, Ellen Nelson.
B. Proof of Service, Educational or Print Merit are on the honor system. If the committee has questions regarding your application, proof may be requested and must be supplied prior to the presentation at the Annual Holiday Party.
C. If requested, proof of Service, Education or Print Points can be a copy of a Program, Newsletter, copy of PPA Award Merit, minutes of a Board Meeting, Chairperson’s notes, Print Chairperson’s records or Scores or Awards and Secretary of Treasurer records.
D. The Service Fellowship Degree Award requires Thirty (30) Points, with a minimum of twenty (20) Service Points to be earned through service to Professional Photographers of Colorado. The additional ten (10) point awards may be for Educational or Photographic.
E. The Educational Fellowship Degree Award requires Thirty (30) Points, with a minimum of twenty (20) Educational Points to be earned through education to the Professional Photographers of Colorado. The additional ten (10) points may be for Service or Photographic.
F. The Photographic Fellowship Degree Award requires Thirty (30) Points, with a minimum of twenty (20) Photographic Points to be earned through State print competitions. The additional ten (10) Points may be for Service or Education.
G. For those individuals who after receiving either Service, Education, or Photographic Degree Awards, may be awarded a gold Bar to be worn on the neck ribbon for each additional twenty five (25) Service, Educational or Print Points or for those who earned all three degree awards, for any combination of the three totaling twenty five (25) Points.
H. The presentation of Fellowship Degree Awards and the Gold Bar Award will be made at this Association’s Annual Holiday Party to those members who earned and have been notified of Award earned.
I. All members receiving a Service and/or Educational and/or Photographic Fellowship Degree Medal with ribbon are requested to wear the Award at ALL formal Photographic PPA functions and monthly meetings.
K. The Fellowship Committee have the right to change any of the Award Rules with a two thirds (2/3) vote.
L. Committee chairman will review a written report of points earned by 15 days prior to Annual Holiday Party.
M. Chairperson merits are given with satisfactory completion of service and updating their job assignments in the SOP at the end of each year.
Section IV: Service Merits
- Treasurer (must attend 80% of all reg. & Board meetings) 3 Points
- Secretary (must attend 80% of all reg. & Board meetings) 3 Points
- Vice President (must attend 80% of all reg. & Board meetings) 3 Points
- President (must attend 80% of all reg. & Board meetings) 4 Points
- Board Member (must attend 80% of all reg. & Board meetings) 2 Points
- Chairperson (i.e., outside of the board) 2 Points
- Print Chairperson 2 Points
- Committee Member (i.e. Program/Conference) 1 Point
- Editor Newsletter 3 Points
- Past President’s (must attend 80% of all reg. & Board meetings) 1 Point
- Article written or photograph printed in PPA magazine 1 Point
- Blog post / article for website / newsletter 1 Point
- Web Master 3 Points
Section V: Educational Merits
- Speaker 1 to 2 hour PPA Sponsored Program…………………………. 1 Point
- Speaker 2 1/2 to 4 hour PPA Sponsored Program……………………… 2 Points
- Speaker 5 to 8 hour PPA Sponsored Program…………………………. 4 Points
- Speaker – Super Monday……………………………………………2 Points
- 100% attendance of programs in PPC calendar year…………………… 1 Point
- Attend PPC event 1-4 hours (point for each attended) ………………..0.5
- Attend PPC program 4 hours or longer ………………………………1 Point
- Attend PPC Annual Convention ……………………………………..1 Point
- Attend any PPA sponsored full date education………………………..1 Point
- Attend 4-5 day PPA affiliated school……………………………….2 Points
- Attend PPA Imaging USA …………………………………………..1 Point
- PPA Member………………………………………………………1 Point
- PPA Craftsman’s………………………………………………….1 Point
- Current Certified Professional Photographer ………………………..1 Point
Section VI: Photographic Merits
- Four prints entered for critique…………………………………. 1 Point
- Print Merit at PPC Annual……………………………………….. 1 Point
- PPC 6 for 6……………………………………………………..1 Point
- Photographer receiving PPC Photographer of the Year award…………… 2 Points
- Photographer receiving Judges choice award………………………… 1 Point
- PPC Court Of Honor …………………………………………….. 1 Point
- Print Merit at SWPPA……………………………………………. 1 Point
- SWPPA 4 for 4……………………………………………………1 Point
- Print Merit IPC………………………………………………… 1 Point
- Print accepted for PPA Loan Collection……………………………. 2 Points
- IPC 4 for 4……………………………………………………. 1 Point
- IPC Grand Imaging Awards Top 10 …………………………………. 2 Points
- PPA Master, Master Artist or Wedding Degree holder…………………. 1 Point
- ASP Member………………………………………………………1 Point
- ASP Fellowship…………………………………………………..1 Point
Great news! The new fellowship form has launched! No more filling out ambiguous spreadsheets. Apply for your Colorado Service Fellowship, Colorado Educational Fellowship and Colorado Photographic Fellowship awards in record time with this new, intuitive form.
Fellowship Chair, Ellen Nelson worked with Elane Graves behind the scenes all year to create a survey-style form that streamlines your achievements and involvement in PPC and PPA from December 1, 2021, to November 30, 2022.
By changing the form from an Excel spreadsheet, we hope that it makes it easier for you to complete. Please fill out the Fellowship Tracker before midnight, December 6, to have your points applied to this year’s Fellowship Awards, presented at the holiday party. This is a hard deadline.
Thanks to Jeff Johnson for giving us insight into past fellowship tracking procedures to help us build this simplified form and for Elane Grave’s invaluable talent and understanding of the mysterious world of form-building.
All Active, Associate, Student, Sustaining, and Honorary Life Members of PPC in good standing qualify to apply for the degree. Email Ellen Nelson at ellen@ellennelson.com if you have any questions.
